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Section 177u - Reinsurance Intermediary Manager License Required; Annual Financial Statements; Actuary Opinion of Loss Reserves; Notice of Termination; Prohibited Appointments

MA Gen L ch 175 § 177u (2019) (N/A)
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Section 177U. (A) A reinsurer shall not engage the services of any person, firm, association or corporation to act as a reinsurance intermediary manager on its behalf unless such person is licensed as required by section one hundred and seventy-seven O.

(B) The reinsurer shall annually obtain a copy of statements of the financial condition of each reinsurance intermediary manager which such reinsurer has engaged prepared by an independent certified accountant in a form acceptable to the commissioner.

(C) If a reinsurance intermediary manager establishes loss reserves, the reinsurer shall annually obtain the opinion of an actuary attesting to the adequacy of loss reserves established for losses incurred and outstanding on business produced by the reinsurance intermediary manager. This opinion shall be in addition to any other required loss reserve certification.

(D) Binding authority for all retrocessional contracts or participation in reinsurance syndicates shall rest with an officer of the reinsurer who shall not be affiliated with the reinsurance intermediary manager.

(E) Within thirty days of termination of a contract with a reinsurance intermediary manager, the reinsurer shall provide written notification of such termination to the commissioner which shall include a statement of all reasons for such termination.

(F) A reinsurer shall not appoint to its board of directors, any officer, director, employee, controlling shareholder or subproducer of its reinsurance intermediary manager. This subsection shall not apply to relationships governed by sections two hundred and six to two hundred and six D, inclusive, or, if applicable, sections one hundred and seventy-four F to one hundred and seventy-four K, inclusive.

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Section 177u - Reinsurance Intermediary Manager License Required; Annual Financial Statements; Actuary Opinion of Loss Reserves; Notice of Termination; Prohibited Appointments