§ 500.1165

500.1165 Reinsurance intermediary-manager; license required; obtaining annual copy of statement of financial condition and opinion of actuary; authority for retrocessional contracts or participation in reinsurance syndicates; termination of contract; appointment to board of directors. Sec. 1165. (1) A reinsurer shall not engage the services of any person to act as a reinsurance intermediary-manager on its behalf unless the person is licensed as required by section 1153. (2) The reinsurer shall obtain annually a copy of statements of the financial condition of each reinsurance intermediary-manager that the reinsurer has engaged. The statements shall be prepared by an independent certified accountant and shall be in a form acceptable to the commissioner. (3) If a reinsurance intermediary-manager establishes loss reserves, the reinsurer shall obtain annually the opinion of an actuary attesting to the adequacy of loss reserves established for losses incurred and outstanding on business produced by the reinsurance intermediary-manager. This opinion shall be in addition to any other required loss reserve certification.

erves established for losses incurred and outstanding on business produced by the reinsurance intermediary-manager. This opinion shall be in addition to any other required loss reserve certification. (4) Binding authority for all retrocessional contracts or participation in reinsurance syndicates shall rest with an officer of the reinsurer who shall not be affiliated with the reinsurance intermediary-manager. (5) Within 30 days of termination of a contract with a reinsurance intermediary-manager, the reinsurer shall provide written notification of the termination to the commissioner. (6) A reinsurer shall not appoint to its board of directors any officer, director, employee, controlling shareholder, or subproducer of its reinsurance intermediary-manager. This subsection shall not apply to relationships governed by chapter 13 or, if applicable, chapter 14a. History: Add. 1994, Act 226, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994 Popular Name: Act 218