A. Every MEWA shall, within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the MEWA, or within any such extension of time that the Insurance Commissioner for good cause grants, file a report with the Commissioner, on forms acceptable to the Commissioner and verified by the oath of a member of the board of trustees or chief executive officer of any governing association and by the administrator of the MEWA, showing its financial condition on the last day of the preceding fiscal year. The report shall contain an audited financial statement of the MEWA prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including its balance sheet and a statement of the operations for the preceding fiscal year certified by an independent accounting firm or independent individual holding a permit to practice certified public accounting in this state. The report shall also include an analysis of the adequacy of reserves and contributions or premiums charged, based on a review of past and projected claims and expenses.

B. In conjunction with the annual report required in subsection A of this section, the MEWA shall submit an actuarial certification prepared by a qualified independent actuary that indicates:

1. The MEWA is actuarially sound, with the certification considering the rates, benefits, and expenses of, and any other funds available for the payment of obligations of the MEWA;

2. The rates being charged and to be charged for contracts are actuarially adequate to the end of the period for which rates have been guaranteed;

3. The recommended amount of cash reserves the MEWA should maintain, which shall not be less than the greater of twenty percent (20%) of the total contributions in the preceding plan year or twenty percent (20%) of the total estimated contributions for the current plan year. The cash reserves shall be calculated with proper actuarial regard for known claims, paid and outstanding, a history of incurred but not reported claims, claims handling expenses, unearned premiums, a trend factor, and a margin for error. Cash reserves required by this section shall be maintained in cash or federally guaranteed obligations of less than five-year maturity that have a fixed or recoverable principal amount or such other investments as the Commissioner may authorize by rule;

4. Whether amounts reserved to cover the cost of health care benefits are:

a.calculated in accordance with the loss reserving standards that would be applicable to a private insurance company writing the same coverage,

b.computed in accordance with accepted loss reserving standards, including a reserve for Incurred But Not Reported Claims (IBNR), and

c.fairly stated in accordance with sound loss reserving standards;

5. The recommended level of specific and aggregate stop-loss insurance that the MEWA should maintain and whether the MEWA is funding at the aggregate retention plus all other costs of the MEWA; and

6. Such other information relating to the performance of the MEWA that is reasonably required by the Commissioner.

C. The MEWA shall send an annual report to all of the employers, describing the financial condition of the MEWA as of the end of the last fiscal year. The report must be sent at the same time as the filing of the annual statement of the MEWA.

D. The Commissioner may require a MEWA to file quarterly, within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the remaining fiscal quarters, a financial statement on a form prescribed by the Commissioner, verified by the oath of a member of the board of trustees and an administrator of the MEWA, showing its financial condition on the last day of the preceding quarter and the statement of a qualified actuary setting forth the actuary's opinion relating to the level of cash reserves in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of subsection B of this section.

E. Any MEWA that fails to file a report as required by this section is subject to Section 311 of this title; and, after notice and opportunity for hearing, the Commissioner may suspend the MEWA's authority to enroll new insureds or to do business in this state while the failure continues.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 374, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 129, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2019, c. 425, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.