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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="4-305" title_number="4" title_name="General Requirements for Insurers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Risk Based Capital Standards for Insurers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A company action level event occurs:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>when an insurer files an RBC report that indicates that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the insurer has total adjusted capital that is:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>greater than or equal to its regulatory action level RBC; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>less than its company action level RBC;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>in the case of a life insurer or fraternal benefit society, the life insurer or fraternal benefit society has total adjusted capital that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is greater than or equal to its company action level RBC;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is less than the product of its authorized control level RBC and 3.0; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>has a negative trend;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>in the case of a property and casualty insurer, the property and casualty insurer has total adjusted capital that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is greater than or equal to its company action level RBC;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is less than the product of its authorized control level RBC and 3.0; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>triggers the trend test calculation included in the property and casualty RBC instructions; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>in the case of a health insurer, the health insurer has total adjusted capital that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is greater than or equal to its company action level RBC;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is less than the product of its authorized control level RBC and 3.0; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>triggers the trend test calculation included in the health RBC instructions;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>when the Commissioner notifies an insurer of an adjusted RBC report that indicates an event under item (1) of this subsection; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>if an insurer requests a hearing to challenge an adjusted RBC report that indicates an event under item (1) of this subsection, when the Commissioner notifies the insurer that the Commissioner, after a hearing, has rejected the insurer’s challenge.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In the event of a company action level event, the insurer shall prepare and submit to the Commissioner an RBC plan that shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>identify the conditions that contribute to the company action level event;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>contain proposals of corrective actions that the insurer intends to take and that would be expected to result in the elimination of the company action level event;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide projections of the insurer’s financial results in the current year and at least the 4 succeeding years that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>project financial results:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>in the absence of proposed corrective actions; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>that give effect to the proposed corrective actions;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>include projections of statutory operating income, net income, capital, and surplus; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>for both new and renewal business, include separate projections for each major line of business and separately identify each significant income, expense, and benefit component;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>identify the key assumptions that impact the insurer’s projections and the sensitivity of the projections to the assumptions; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>identify the quality of and the problems associated with the insurer’s business, including its assets, anticipated business growth and associated surplus strain, extraordinary exposure to risk, mix of business, and use of reinsurance, as appropriate.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The insurer shall submit the RBC plan to the Commissioner:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>within 45 days after the date of the company action level event; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the insurer requests a hearing to challenge an adjusted RBC report, within 45 days after notification to the insurer that the Commissioner, after a hearing, has rejected the insurer’s challenge.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 60 days after an insurer submits an RBC plan to the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall notify the insurer whether the Commissioner has determined that the RBC plan may be implemented or that the RBC plan is unsatisfactory.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Commissioner determines that the RBC plan is unsatisfactory, the notification to the insurer:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall set forth the reasons for the determination; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may set forth proposed revisions that will make the RBC plan satisfactory to the Commissioner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>On notification that the RBC plan is unsatisfactory, the insurer shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>prepare a revised RBC plan, which may incorporate by reference any revisions proposed by the Commissioner; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>submit the revised RBC plan to the Commissioner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The insurer shall submit the revised RBC plan required by paragraph (3) of this subsection to the Commissioner:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>within 45 days after the notification from the Commissioner; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the insurer requests a hearing to challenge the notification from the Commissioner, within 45 days after notification to the insurer that the Commissioner, after a hearing, has rejected the insurer’s challenge.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Subject to the right of the insurer to a hearing, when the Commissioner notifies an insurer that the insurer’s RBC plan or revised RBC plan is unsatisfactory, the Commissioner may specify in the notification that the notification constitutes a regulatory action level event.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each domestic insurer that files an RBC plan or revised RBC plan with the Commissioner shall file a copy of the RBC plan or revised RBC plan with the insurance commissioner of any state in which the insurer is authorized to do business if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the state has a confidentiality provision substantially similar to § 4-310(a) of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the insurance commissioner of that state has notified the insurer in writing of its request for the filing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On request of an insurance commissioner of another state under this subsection, the insurer shall file a copy of the RBC plan or revised RBC plan with that insurance commissioner by the later of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>15 days after receipt of the notification to file a copy of its RBC plan or revised RBC plan with that state; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date on which the RBC plan or revised RBC plan is filed under subsection (c) or (d) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
