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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="4-306" 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 regulatory action level event occurs when:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an insurer files an RBC report that indicates that the insurer has total adjusted capital that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>greater than or equal to its authorized control level RBC; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>less than its regulatory action level RBC;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Commissioner notifies an insurer of an adjusted RBC report that indicates an event under item (1) of this subsection;</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, the Commissioner notifies the insurer that the Commissioner, after a hearing, has rejected the insurer’s challenge;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>an insurer fails to file an RBC report by the filing date, unless the insurer has:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>provided the Commissioner with a satisfactory explanation for the failure; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>cured the failure within 10 days after the filing date;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>an insurer fails to submit an RBC plan to the Commissioner within the time period specified in § 4-305(c) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the Commissioner notifies an insurer that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the RBC plan or revised RBC plan submitted by the insurer is, in the judgment of the Commissioner, unsatisfactory; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the notification constitutes a regulatory action level event with respect to the insurer;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the Commissioner notifies an insurer that the insurer has failed to adhere to its RBC plan or revised RBC plan, but only if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the insurer’s failure to adhere to the RBC plan or revised RBC plan has a substantial adverse effect on the ability of the insurer to eliminate the company action level event in accordance with its RBC plan or revised RBC plan; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Commissioner has stated in the notification that the insurer’s failure to adhere to the RBC plan or revised RBC plan has a substantial adverse effect on the ability of the insurer to eliminate the company action level event; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>if an insurer requests a hearing to challenge a determination made by the Commissioner under item (6) or (7) of this subsection, 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 regulatory action level event, the Commissioner shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>require the insurer to prepare and submit an RBC plan or, if applicable, a revised RBC plan;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>perform any examination or analysis that the Commissioner considers necessary of the assets, liabilities, and operations of the insurer, including a review of the insurer’s RBC plan or revised RBC plan; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>after any examination or analysis performed under this subsection, issue a corrective order.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In determining the type of corrective action to be taken by the insurer, the Commissioner may take into account all factors that the Commissioner considers relevant with respect to the insurer based on the Commissioner’s examination or analysis of the assets, liabilities, and operation of the insurer, including the results of any sensitivity test undertaken pursuant to the RBC instructions.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The insurer shall submit the RBC plan or revised RBC plan to the Commissioner:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>within 45 days after the date of the regulatory action level event; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if an insurer has requested a hearing to challenge an adjusted RBC report or revised RBC plan, 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="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner may retain actuaries, investment experts, and other consultants as necessary in the judgment of the Commissioner to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>review an insurer’s RBC plan or revised RBC plan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>examine or analyze the assets, liabilities, and operation of the insurer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>formulate the corrective order to be imposed on the insurer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fees, costs, and expenses that relate to any actuaries, investment experts, or other consultants retained under this subsection shall be borne by the affected insurer as directed by the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
