Credit for reinsurance - Reinsurer domiciled in another state

(a) The Commissioner shall allow credit for reinsurance ceded by a domestic insurer to an assuming insurer that as of any date on which statutory financial statement credit for reinsurance is claimed: (1) Is domiciled in (or, in the case of a United States branch of an alien assuming insurer, is entered through) a state which employs standards regarding credit for reinsurance substantially similar to those applicable under Sections 38a-85 to 38a-89, inclusive, of the General Statutes and this regulation; (2) Maintains a surplus as regards policyholders in an amount not less than $20,000,000; and (3) Files a properly executed Form AR-1 (Appendix A of this regulation) with the Commissioner as evidence of its submission to this State's authority to examine its books and records. (b) The provisions of this section relating to surplus as regards policyholders shall not apply to reinsurance ceded and assumed to pooling arrangements among insurers in the same holding company system. As used in this section, "substantially similar" standards means credit for reinsurance standards which the Commissioner determines equal or exceed the standards of Sections 38a-85 to 38a-89, inclusive, of the General Statutes and this regulation. (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner shall allow credit for reinsurance ceded and assumed to a pooling arrangement that has the following characteristics: (1) The majority of the pooling members are licensed to transact business in this state; (2) The members of the pool are subject to several or joint and several liability; (3) All members of the pool agree to file annually on or before March 1 with the Commissioner a copy of its annual statement filed with the insurance department of its state of domicile; and (4) The manager of the pool files annually by December 1 with the Commissioner a request to be exempted from the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.