Montana Code Annotated
Part 11. Affiliation and Merger -- Holding Company Systems -- Own Risk and Solvency Assessment
33-2-1136. ORSA exemptions -- conditions -- waiver -- override

33-2-1136. ORSA exemptions -- conditions -- waiver -- override. (1) Except as provided in subsection (5), an insurer is exempt from the requirements of 33-2-1130 through 33-2-1138 if:
(a) (i) the insurer has an annual direct written and unaffiliated assumed premium of less than $500 million. This total includes international direct and assumed premiums. The total excludes premiums reinsured through the federal crop insurance corporation and the federal flood program.
(ii) the insurer's insurance group has annual direct written and unaffiliated assumed premiums of less than $1 billion. This total includes international direct and assumed premiums. The total excludes premiums reinsured through the federal crop insurance corporation and the federal flood program.
(b) the insurer provides the most recent and similar report provided by the insurer or another group member of an insurance group of which the insurer is a member to the insurance regulator of another state or to an insurance supervisor or insurance regulator of a foreign jurisdiction.
(2) If an insurer qualifies for exemption pursuant to subsection (1)(a)(i) but the insurance group of which the insurer is a member does not qualify for exemption pursuant to subsection (1)(a)(ii), the ORSA summary report must include every insurer within the insurance group. This requirement may be satisfied by the submission of more than one ORSA summary report for any combination of insurers as long as each combination of reports includes every insurer within the insurance group.
(3) If an insurer does not qualify for exemption pursuant to (1)(a)(i) but the insurance group of which the insurer is a member qualifies for exemption pursuant to subsection (1)(a)(ii), the only required ORSA summary report is the report applicable to that insurer.
(4) (a) An insurer that does not qualify for exemption under this section may apply to the commissioner for a waiver from the requirements of 33-2-1130 through 33-2-1138 based on unique circumstances.
(b) In deciding whether to grant an insurer's request for a waiver, the commissioner may consider the type and volume of business written, ownership, organizational structure, and any other factor the commissioner considers relevant to the insurer or to the insurance group of which the insurer is a member.
(c) If the insurer is part of an insurance group with insurers domiciled in more than one state, the commissioner may coordinate with the lead state regulator and with the other domiciliary insurance regulators in considering whether to grant the insurer's request for a waiver.
(5) (a) The commissioner may override the exemptions provided under this section:
(i) based on unique circumstances, which may include the type and volume of business written, ownership, organizational structure, federal agency requests, or international supervisor requests;
(ii) if the insurer has risk-based capital that meets a company action level event as provided in 33-2-1904;
(iii) if the insurer is in hazardous financial condition as described in 33-2-1321; or
(iv) if the insurer exhibits the qualities of a troubled insurer as determined by the commissioner.
(b) If the commissioner determines that an override of the exemptions as provided in subsection (5)(a) is necessary, the commissioner may require an insurer to maintain a risk management framework, conduct an own risk and solvency assessment, and file an ORSA summary report.
(6) If an insurer qualifies for an exemption pursuant to subsection (1) but subsequently no longer qualifies for that exemption because of changes in premium as reflected in the insurer's most recent annual statement or in the most recent annual statements of the insurers within the insurance group of which the insurer is a member, the insurer has 1 year following the year in which the threshold was exceeded to comply with the requirements of 33-2-1130 through 33-2-1138.
History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 370, L. 2015.