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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 205
BY SENATOR MORRISH
INSURERS. Lowers the minimum capital and surplus requirement for pure captive insurers
and removes the prohibition on providing workers' compensation and employee liability
insurance. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 22:550.3(B), 550.10, 550.12(A), 550.13(B), and 550.16(C),2
relative to captive insurers; to reduce the unimpaired paid-in capital requirements for3
captive insurers; to clarify requirements and prohibitions for captive insurers; to4
provide technical changes; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 22:550.3(B), 550.10, 550.12(A), 550.13(B), and 550.16(C) are7
hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 8
§550.3. Applicability of other provisions9
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B. The provisions of R.S. 22:71 and 72 regarding conversions apply to11
captive insurers licensed pursuant to this Chapter.12
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§550.10. Capital and surplus requirements14
A. A pure captive insurer shall maintain at all times, in addition to any other15
capital or surplus required to be maintained pursuant to Subsection C D of this16
Section, unimpaired paid-in capital and surplus of not less than one million five17 SB NO. 205
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hundred thousand dollars.1
B. An association captive insurer shall maintain at all times, in addition2
to any other capital or surplus required to be maintained pursuant to3
Subsection D of this Section, unimpaired paid-in capital and surplus of not less4
than one million dollars.5
B.C. Except as otherwise provided by the commissioner pursuant to6
Subsection B D of this Section, the capital required to be maintained pursuant to this7
Section must be in the form of cash, cash equivalents, or bonds or evidences of8
indebtedness which are direct general obligations of the government of the United9
States.10
C. D. The commissioner may prescribe additional requirements relating to11
capital and surplus based on the type, volume and nature of the insurance business12
that is transacted by the captive insurer.13
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§550.12. Suspension or revocation of certificate of authority; hearings15
A. The commissioner may refuse, suspend or revoke the certificate of16
authority of a captive insurer if, after an examination and hearing, the commissioner17
determines that the captive insurer satisfies any one of the following items:18
(1) Is insolvent or has impaired its required capital or surplus.19
(2) Is in such condition that its further transaction of business in this state20
would be hazardous to the policyholders, creditors, or the public.21
(3) Has failed to meet a requirement of R.S. 22:2420 550.10.22
(4) Has refused or failed to submit an annual report, as required by R.S.23
22:2431 550.21, or any other report or statement required by law or by order of the24
commissioner.25
(5) Has failed to comply with the provisions of its charter or bylaws.26
(6) Has failed to submit to an examination, or has refused or failed to pay the27
cost of an examination required pursuant to R.S. 22:2432 550.22.28
(7) Has used any method in transacting the business of insurance pursuant29
to this Chapter which is detrimental to the operation of the captive insurer or would30 SB NO. 205
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make its condition unsound with respect to its policyholders or the general public.1
(8) Has failed otherwise to comply with the laws of this state.2
(9) The suspension or revocation of the certificate of authority of the captive3
insurer is in the best interest of its policyholders or the general public.4
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§550.13. Authorized and prohibited types of insurance6
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B. A captive insurer licensed pursuant to this Chapter shall comply with the8
following:9
(1) The insurer shall not directly provide insurance classified as life, health10
and accident, title, credit life, health, and accident, credit property and casualty, or11
annuity, as described in R.S. 22:47.12
(2) The insurer shall not directly provide personal motor vehicle,13
homeowners' insurance coverage, or any other noncommercial line of coverage.14
(3) The insurer shall not directly provide workers' compensation or15
employers' liability insurance coverage, except in connection with a self-funded16
insurance program as prescribed in this Section.17
(4) The insurer shall not accept or cede reinsurance, except as otherwise18
provided in R.S. 22:2427550.17.19
(5) The insurer may provide excess workers' compensation insurance to its20
parent and affiliated companies, unless otherwise prohibited by the laws of the state21
in which the insurance is transacted.22
(6) The insurer may reinsure workers' compensation insurance provided23
pursuant to a program of self-funded insurance of its parent and affiliated companies24
if either one of the following applies:25
(a) The parent or affiliated company which is providing the self-funded26
insurance is certified as a self-insured employer by the Louisiana Workforce27
Commission, if the insurance is being transacted in this state.28
(b) The program of self-funded insurance is otherwise qualified pursuant to,29
or in compliance with, the laws of the state in which the insurance is transacted.30 SB NO. 205
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§550.16. Investments; loan to parent or affiliated company in certain circumstances2
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C. A pure captive insurer may make a loan to its parent or affiliated company4
if the loan meets each of the following requirements:5
(1) Is The loan is first approved in writing by the commissioner ;.6
(2) Is The loan is evidenced by a note that is in a form that is approved by7
the commissioner; and.8
(3) Does The loan does not include any money that has been set aside as9
capital or surplus as required by R.S. 22: 2420 550.10.10
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cheryl Horne.
DIGEST
Morrish (SB 205)
Present law requires captive insurers to maintain a paid-in capital surplus of at least one
million dollars.
Proposed law lowers the capital surplus requirement for pure captive insurers to five hundred
thousand dollars. Retains present law requirement that an association captive insurer
maintain unimpaired paid-in capital and surplus of not less than one million dollars.
Present law prohibits captive insurers from directly providing workers' compensation or
employers' liability insurance coverage, unless the coverage is in connection with a self-
funded program. Present law further lists certain exceptions to this prohibition.
Proposed law removes the prohibition that prevents captive insurers from providing workers'
compensation or employers' liability insurance coverage, eliminating the necessity for the
exceptions provided in present law.
Present law has references to citations which have been recodified.
Proposed law makes technical changes to correct citations.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 22:550.3(B), 550.10, 550.12(A), 550.13(B), and 550.16(C)) SB NO. 205
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Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Insurance to the original
bill.
1. Makes a technical change.
2. Requires an association captive insurer to maintain unimpaired paid-in
capital and surplus of not less than one million dollars.