§ 442.3. Credit for reinsurance and reciprocal jurisdictions
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 40 P.S. InsuranceEffective: November 3, 2020
Effective: November 3, 2020
40 P.S. § 442.3
§ 442.3. Credit for reinsurance and reciprocal jurisdictions
(2) The assuming insurer must have and maintain on an ongoing basis minimum capital and surplus, or its equivalent, calculated on at least an annual basis as of the preceding December 31 or at the annual date otherwise statutorily reported to the reciprocal jurisdiction, and confirmed as provided under paragraph (7) according to the methodology of its domiciliary jurisdiction in the following amounts, which may be modified by the commissioner by regulation:
(ii) if the assuming insurer is domiciled in a reciprocal jurisdiction under paragraph (2) of the definition of “reciprocal jurisdiction”, a risk-based capital ratio of three hundred per centum (300%) of the authorized control level calculated in accordance with the formula developed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; or
(iii) if the assuming insurer is domiciled in a reciprocal jurisdiction under paragraph (3) of the definition of “reciprocal jurisdiction”, after consultation with the reciprocal jurisdiction and considering any recommendations published through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners committee process, the solvency or capital ratio as the commissioner determines to be an effective measure of solvency.
(iv) Each reinsurance agreement must include a provision requiring the assuming insurer to provide security in an amount equal to one hundred per centum (100%) of the assuming insurer's liabilities attributable to reinsurance ceded pursuant to the agreement if the assuming insurer resists enforcement of a final judgment that is enforceable under the law of the jurisdiction in which it was obtained or a properly enforceable arbitration award, whether obtained by the ceding insurer or by its legal successor on behalf of this estate, if applicable.
(I) The provisions of section 319.1(a.2)(2)1 applicable to certified reinsurers.
(E) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “solvent scheme of arrangement” means a foreign or alien statutory or regulatory compromise procedure subject to requisite majority creditor approval and judicial sanction in the assuming insurer's home jurisdiction either to finally commute liabilities of duly noticed class members or creditors of a solvent debtor on a final basis, and which may be subject to jurisdictional recognition and enforcement of the arrangement by a governing authority outside the ceding insurer's home jurisdiction.
(i) for the two years preceding entry into the reinsurance agreement and on an annual basis thereafter, the assuming insurer's annual audited financial statements, in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction of its head office or domiciliary jurisdiction, as applicable, including the external audit report;
(iv) prior to entry into the reinsurance agreement and not more often than semi-annually thereafter, information regarding the assuming insurer's assumed reinsurance by ceding insurer, ceded reinsurance by the assuming insurer and reinsurance recoverable on paid and unpaid losses by the assuming insurer to allow for the evaluation of the criteria under paragraph (6).
(7) The assuming insurer's supervisor shall confirm, in writing, to the commissioner on an annual basis, as of the preceding December 31 or at the annual date otherwise statutorily reported to the reciprocal jurisdiction that the assuming insurer complies with the requirements under paragraphs (2) and (3).
(4) The commissioner may remove a jurisdiction from the list of reciprocal jurisdictions upon a determination that the jurisdiction no longer meets the requirements of this section or other law or regulation, or in accordance with a process published through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners committee process, except that the commissioner may not remove a reciprocal jurisdiction that meets the requirements of subsection (k)(1) or (2). Upon removal of a reciprocal jurisdiction from the list, credit for reinsurance ceded to an assuming insurer which has its home office or is domiciled in a jurisdiction shall be allowed only if allowed under section 319.1.
(ii) The commissioner may add an assuming insurer to the list if, upon initial eligibility, the assuming insurer submits the information to the commissioner as required under subsection (c)(4) and complies with any additional requirements the commissioner may impose by regulation, except to the extent that the additional requirements conflict with an applicable covered agreement.
(iii) If a National Association of Insurance Commissioners-accredited jurisdiction has determined that the conditions under subsection (c) have been met, the commissioner may defer to the jurisdiction's determination and add the assuming insurer to the list of assuming insurers to which cessions shall be granted credit in accordance with this subsection. The commissioner may accept financial documentation filed with another National Association of Insurance Commissioners-accredited jurisdiction or with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in satisfaction of the requirements of subsection (c).
(iv) If requesting that the commissioner defer to another National Association of Insurance Commissioners-accredited jurisdiction's determination, the assuming insurer shall execute the form under subsection (c)(4) and provide additional information required by the commissioner. A state that has received such a request must notify other state insurance regulators through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners committee process and provide the relevant information with respect to the determination of eligibility.
(i) While an assuming insurer's eligibility is suspended, a reinsurance agreement issued, amended or renewed after the effective date of the suspension may not qualify for credit except to the extent that the assuming insurer's obligations under the contract are secured in accordance with section 319.1(b).
(ii) If an assuming insurer's eligibility is revoked, a credit for reinsurance may not be granted after the effective date of the revocation with respect to any reinsurance agreements entered into by the assuming insurer, including reinsurance agreements entered into prior to the date of revocation, except to the extent that the assuming insurer's obligations under the contract are secured in a form acceptable to the commissioner in accordance with section 319.1(b).
(2) Provide the assuming insurer with thirty (30) days from the initial communication to submit a plan to remedy the defect and ninety (90) days from the initial communication to remedy the defect except in exceptional circumstances in which a shorter period is necessary for policyholder and consumer protection.
(g) If subject to a legal process of rehabilitation, liquidation or conservation, as applicable, the ceding insurer or its representative may seek and, if determined appropriate by the court in which the proceedings are pending, may obtain an order requiring that the assuming insurer post security for all outstanding ceded liabilities.
(h) Nothing under this subsection shall limit or alter the capacity of a party to a reinsurance agreement to agree on requirements for security or other terms in the reinsurance agreement, except as expressly prohibited under section 3192 or other law or regulation.
(i) Credit may be taken under this section only for reinsurance agreements entered into, amended or renewed on or after the effective date of this section and only with respect to losses incurred and reserves reported on or after the later of the date on which the assuming insurer has met all eligibility requirements under subsection (a), and the effective date of the new reinsurance agreement, amendment or renewal. The following shall apply:
(1) A non-United States jurisdiction that is subject to an in-force covered agreement with the United States, each within its legal authority or, for a covered agreement between the United States and European Union, is a member state of the European Union. For purposes of this paragraph, a “covered agreement” is an agreement entered into under 31 U.S.C. §§ 313 (relating to Federal Insurance Office) and 314 (relating to covered agreements) that is currently in effect or in a period of provisional application and addresses the elimination, under specified conditions, of collateral requirements as a condition for entering into any reinsurance agreement with a ceding insurer domiciled in this Commonwealth or for allowing the ceding insurer to recognize credit for reinsurance.
(i) Provides that an insurer that has its head office or is domiciled in the qualified jurisdiction shall receive credit for reinsurance ceded to a United States-domiciled assuming insurer in the same manner as credit for reinsurance is received for reinsurance assumed by insurers domiciled in such qualified jurisdictions.
(ii) Does not require a United States-domiciled assuming insurer to establish or maintain a local presence as a condition for entering into a reinsurance agreement with any ceding insurer subject to regulation by the non-United States jurisdiction or as a condition to allow the ceding insurer to recognize credit for such reinsurance.
(iii) Recognizes the United States state regulatory approach to group supervision and group capital by providing written confirmation by a competent regulatory authority, in the qualified jurisdiction, that insurers and insurance groups that are domiciled or maintain their headquarters in this Commonwealth or another jurisdiction accredited by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners shall be subject only to worldwide prudential insurance group supervision including worldwide group governance, solvency and capital and reporting, as applicable, by the commissioner or the commissioner of the domiciliary state and will not be subject to group supervision at the level of worldwide parent undertaking of the insurance or reinsurance group by the qualified jurisdiction.
(iv) Provides written confirmation by a competent regulatory authority in the qualified jurisdiction that information regarding insurers and their parent, subsidiary or affiliated entities, if applicable, shall be provided to the commissioner in accordance with a memorandum of understanding or similar document between the commissioner and such qualified jurisdiction, including, but not limited to, the international association of insurance supervisors multilateral memorandum of understanding or multilateral memoranda of understanding coordinated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
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1921, May 17, P.L. 682, § 319.3, added 2020, Nov. 3, P.L. 1097, No. 113, § 1.1, imd. effective.
40 P.S. § 442.3, PA ST 40 P.S. § 442.3
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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