33-2-1702. Required contract provisions -- reinsurance intermediary-brokers. - Montana Statutes

     33-2-1702. Required contract provisions -- reinsurance intermediary-brokers. Transactions between a reinsurance intermediary-broker and the insurer it represents must be entered into pursuant to a written authorization, specifying the responsibilities of each party. The authorization must, at a minimum, contain the following provisions:
     (1) The insurer may terminate the reinsurance intermediary-broker's authority at any time.
     (2) The reinsurance intermediary-broker shall render to the insurer accounts accurately detailing all material transactions, including information necessary to support all commissions, charges, and other fees received by or owing to the reinsurance intermediary-broker. The reinsurance intermediary-broker shall remit all funds due to the insurer within 30 days of receipt.
     (3) All funds collected for the insurer's account must be held by the reinsurance intermediary-broker in a fiduciary capacity in a bank that is a qualified United States financial institution.
     (4) The reinsurance intermediary-broker shall comply with the requirements of 33-2-1703.
     (5) The reinsurance intermediary-broker shall comply with the written standards established by the insurer for the cession or retrocession of all risks.
     (6) The reinsurance intermediary-broker shall disclose to the insurer any relationship with any reinsurer to which business will be ceded or retroceded.

     History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 596, L. 1993.