33-11-103. Chartering -- licensing -- plan of operation. - Montana Statutes

     33-11-103. Chartering -- licensing -- plan of operation. (1) A risk retention group seeking to be chartered in this state must be chartered and licensed to write only casualty insurance pursuant to the insurance laws of this state and, except as provided in this part, shall comply with all of the laws, rules, regulations, and requirements applicable to the insurers chartered and authorized in this state, including 33-11-104, to the extent that the requirements are not a limitation on laws, rules, regulations, or requirements of this state. Before it may offer insurance in any state, the risk retention group shall also submit for approval to the commissioner a plan of operation or a feasibility study and revisions of the plan or study if the group intends to offer any additional lines of liability insurance.
     (2) At the time of filing its application for charter, the risk retention group shall provide to the commissioner in summary form the following information:
     (a) the identity of the initial members of the risk retention group;
     (b) the identity of those individuals who organized the risk retention group or who will provide administrative services or otherwise influence or control the activities of the risk retention group;
     (c) the amount and nature of initial capitalization;
     (d) the coverages to be afforded; and
     (e) the states in which the risk retention group intends to operate.
     (3) Upon receipt of the information required under subsection (2), the commissioner shall forward the information to the national association of insurance commissioners. Providing this information to the national association of insurance commissioners does not satisfy the requirements of 33-11-104 or any other section of this chapter.
     (4) All risk retention groups chartered in this state shall file with the department and the national association of insurance commissioners an annual statement in a form prescribed by the national association of insurance commissioners and in diskette form, if required by the commissioner, and completed in accordance with its instructions and the national association of insurance commissioners' accounting practices and procedures manual.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 249, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 63, Ch. 596, L. 1993.