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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="24-308" title_number="24" title_name="State Created Mutual Societies and Other Entities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Board may declare a policyholder dividend in the form of a cash refund or credit to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a policyholder based on the actual loss ratio that is better than the loss ratio used to calculate the policyholder’s premium; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>all policyholders whose loss ratio contributed to the Company’s surplus for that year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may not issue a policyholder dividend under subsection  (a)(2) of this section unless the Commissioner has approved the policyholder dividend.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In determining whether to approve the policyholder dividend under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Commissioner shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Company’s surplus;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>material changes in premium rates, claims, market share, or types of insured risks;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the methodology the Board used to determine that policyholders are eligible for the policyholder dividend; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any other factor the Commissioner considers relevant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
