58-10-725. Exemption.
(a) An insurer shall be exempt from the requirements of this Part if it meets both of the following standards:
(1) The insurer has annual direct written and unaffiliated assumed premium, including international direct and assumed premium, but excluding premiums reinsured with the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and Federal Flood Program, less than five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000).
(2) The insurance group of which the insurer is a member has annual direct written and unaffiliated assumed premium, including international direct and assumed premium, but excluding premiums reinsured with the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and Federal Flood Program, less than one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000).
(b) If an insurer qualifies for exemption pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, but the insurance group of which the insurer is a member does not qualify for exemption pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, then the ORSA Summary Report that may be required pursuant to G.S. 58-10-720 shall include every insurer within the insurance group, regardless of whether an insurer meets the standard of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section. This requirement may be satisfied by the submission of more than one ORSA Summary Report for any combination of insurers within the group, provided that the reports, taken together, include every insurer within the insurance group.
(c) If an insurer does not qualify for exemption pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, but the insurance group of which it is a member qualifies for exemption pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, then the only ORSA Summary Report that may be required pursuant to G.S. 58-10-720 shall be the report applicable to that insurer.
(d) An insurer that does not qualify for exemption pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may apply to the Commissioner for a waiver from the requirements of this Part based upon unique circumstances. In deciding whether to grant the insurer's request for waiver, the Commissioner may consider the type and volume of business written, ownership and organizational structure, and any other factor the Commissioner considers relevant to the insurer or insurance group of which the insurer is a member. If the insurer is part of an insurance group with insurers domiciled in more than one state, the Commissioner shall coordinate with the lead state commissioner and with the other domiciliary commissioners in considering whether to grant the insurer's request for a waiver.
(e) Notwithstanding the exemptions stated in this section:
(1) The Commissioner may require that an insurer maintain a risk management framework, conduct an ORSA, and file an ORSA Summary Report based on unique circumstances, including, but not limited to, the type and volume of business written, ownership and organizational structure, federal agency requests, and international supervisor requests.
(2) The Commissioner may require that an insurer maintain a risk management framework, conduct an ORSA, and file an ORSA Summary Report if the insurer has a risk-based capital company action level event as set forth in G.S. 58-12-11, meets one or more of the standards of an insurer deemed to be in hazardous financial condition as defined in G.S. 58-30-60, or otherwise exhibits qualities of a troubled insurer as determined by the Commissioner.
(f) If an insurer that qualifies for an exemption pursuant to subsection (a) of this section subsequently no longer qualifies for that exemption due to 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 shall have one year following the year the threshold is exceeded to comply with the requirements of this Part. (2017-136, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 10 - Miscellaneous Insurer Financial Provisions.
§ 58-10-1 - Stock to mutual insurer conversion.
§ 58-10-10 - Mutual to stock insurer conversion.
§ 58-10-12 - Conversion plan requirements.
§ 58-10-30 - Notice requirements.
§ 58-10-35 - Policyholder rights.
§ 58-10-40 - Effect of consent.
§ 58-10-45 - Commissioner's discretion.
§ 58-10-60 - Acquisitions and dispositions of assets.
§ 58-10-65 - Nonrenewals, cancellations, or revisions of ceded reinsurance agreements.
§ 58-10-75 - Purpose and legislative intent.
§ 58-10-85 - Establishment of protected cells.
§ 58-10-90 - Use and operation of protected cells.
§ 58-10-95 - Reach of creditors and other claimants.
§ 58-10-100 - Conservation, rehabilitation, or liquidation of protected cell companies.
§ 58-10-105 - No transaction of an insurance business.
§ 58-10-110 - Authority to adopt rules.
§ 58-10-125 - Policyholders position and capital and surplus requirements.
§ 58-10-130 - Unearned premium reserve.
§ 58-10-135 - Contingency reserve for mortgage guaranty insurers.
§ 58-10-140 - Report of policyholder's position.
§ 58-10-145 - Monoline requirement for mortgage guaranty insurers.
§ 58-10-150 - Statement of actuarial opinion.
§ 58-10-155 - Actuarial opinion summary.
§ 58-10-160 - Actuarial report and work papers.
§ 58-10-165 - Monetary penalties for failure to provide documents.
§ 58-10-170 - Qualified immunity of appointed actuary.
§ 58-10-175 - Confidentiality.
§ 58-10-185 - Purpose and scope.
§ 58-10-200 - Contents of annual audited financial report.
§ 58-10-205 - Designation of independent certified public accountant.
§ 58-10-210 - Qualifications of independent certified public accountant.
§ 58-10-215 - Consolidated or combined audits.
§ 58-10-220 - Scope of audit and report of independent certified public accountant.
§ 58-10-225 - Notification of adverse financial condition.
§ 58-10-230 - Communication of internal control related matters noted in an audit.
§ 58-10-235 - Accountant's letter of qualifications.
§ 58-10-245 - Requirements for audit committees.
§ 58-10-246 - Internal audit function requirements.
§ 58-10-255 - Management's report of internal control over financial reporting.
§ 58-10-260 - Exemptions and effective dates.
§ 58-10-265 - Canadian and British companies.
§ 58-10-280 - General provisions.
§ 58-10-285 - Application; contents; process.
§ 58-10-290 - Plan of reorganization.
§ 58-10-295 - Powers of the Commissioner.
§ 58-10-300 - Special financial requirements.
§ 58-10-305 - Reorganization of domestic mutual insurer with mutual insurance holding company.
§ 58-10-310 - Mergers of mutual insurance holding companies.
§ 58-10-315 - Stock offerings.
§ 58-10-320 - Regulation of holding company system.
§ 58-10-325 - Reporting of stock ownership and transactions.
§ 58-10-345 - Licensing; authority; confidentiality.
§ 58-10-347 - Provisional approval for a license.
§ 58-10-350 - Commissioner use of consultants and other professionals.
§ 58-10-355 - Organizational audit.
§ 58-10-360 - Designation of captive manager.
§ 58-10-365 - Names of companies.
§ 58-10-370 - Capital and surplus requirements.
§ 58-10-375 - Dividends and distributions.
§ 58-10-380 - Formation of captive insurance companies.
§ 58-10-385 - Governing board members, officers, and employees.
§ 58-10-390 - Conflict of interest.
§ 58-10-395 - Plan of operation change.
§ 58-10-400 - Insurance manager and intermediaries.
§ 58-10-415 - Annual audit and statement of actuarial opinion.
§ 58-10-420 - Independent certified public accountants.
§ 58-10-425 - Deposit requirement.
§ 58-10-430 - Audits and Financial Analysis.
§ 58-10-435 - License suspension or revocation.
§ 58-10-440 - Investment requirements.
§ 58-10-450 - Membership in rating organizations; exemption from compulsory associations.
§ 58-10-460 - Adoption and amendment of rules by Commissioner.
§ 58-10-465 - Applicable provisions.
§ 58-10-475 - Supervision; rehabilitation; liquidation.
§ 58-10-480 - Authority for expenditure of public funds.
§ 58-10-485 - Violations and penalties.
§ 58-10-490 - Inactive captive insurance companies.
§ 58-10-495 - Captive insurance companies reinsuring life insurance policies.
§ 58-10-496 - Waiver or modification.
§ 58-10-500 - Forming a protected cell captive insurance company.
§ 58-10-510 - Establishment of protected cells.
§ 58-10-512 - Incorporated protected cells.
§ 58-10-513 - Cell shares and cell dividends.
§ 58-10-515 - Participants in a protected cell captive insurance company.
§ 58-10-520 - Combining assets of protected cells.
§ 58-10-530 - Establishment of branch captive insurance companies.
§ 58-10-535 - Security for payment of branch captive insurance company liabilities.
§ 58-10-545 - Filing of reports and statements.
§ 58-10-550 - Audit of a branch captive insurance company.
§ 58-10-555 - Creation of special purpose financial captives.
§ 58-10-560 - Controlling provisions when conflict exists; exemptions.
§ 58-10-565 - Application requirements.
§ 58-10-570 - Organization of an SPFC.
§ 58-10-575 - Minimum capital.
§ 58-10-580 - Authorized activities.
§ 58-10-585 - Establishment of protected cell accounts.
§ 58-10-590 - Protected cell accounts.
§ 58-10-595 - Issuing securities.
§ 58-10-600 - Asset management agreements.
§ 58-10-610 - No securities considered to be insurance or reinsurance contracts.
§ 58-10-615 - Disposition of assets; investment limitations.
§ 58-10-625 - Changes in plan of operation; filing of audit and statement of operation; audits.
§ 58-10-630 - Cessation of business.
§ 58-10-635 - Supervision, rehabilitation, or liquidation of SPFC.
§ 58-10-650 - Other laws applicable to captive insurance companies.
§ 58-10-655 - Commissioner to share information with Department of Revenue.
§ 58-10-700 - Purpose and scope.
§ 58-10-710 - Risk management framework.
§ 58-10-715 - ORSA requirement.
§ 58-10-720 - ORSA Summary Report.
§ 58-10-730 - Contents of ORSA Summary Report.
§ 58-10-735 - Confidentiality.
§ 58-10-745 - Severability clause.
§ 58-10-755 - Purpose and scope.
§ 58-10-765 - Disclosure requirement and filing procedures.
§ 58-10-770 - Rules and regulations.
§ 58-10-775 - Contents of corporate governance annual disclosure.
§ 58-10-780 - Confidentiality.