§431:19-209 - Authorized contracts and agreements.
§431:19-209 Authorized contracts and agreements. (a) A special purpose financial captive insurance company shall insure only the risks of a counterparty and shall not issue a contract for assumption of risk or indemnification of loss other than a special purpose financial captive insurance company contract; provided that the special purpose financial captive insurance company may cede risks assumed through a special purpose financial captive insurance company to third party reinsurers through the purchase of reinsurance or retrocession protection on terms approved by the commissioner.
(b) A special purpose financial captive insurance company may enter into contracts and agreements with affiliated entities and third parties to conduct other activities related or incidental to and necessary to fulfill the purposes of the special purpose financial captive insurance company contract, the insurance securitization, and this part; provided that the contracts and activities are included in the special purpose financial captive insurance company's plan of operation or are otherwise approved in advance by the commissioner. Those contracts, agreements, and activities may include but are not limited to:
(1) Entering into special purpose financial captive insurance company contracts;
(2) Issuing of special purpose financial captive insurance company securities;
(3) Complying with the terms of the special purpose financial captive insurance company contracts or securities;
(4) Entering into trust, tax, administration, reimbursement, or fiscal agent transactions; or
(5) Complying with trust indenture, reinsurance or retrocession and other contracts, agreements, and activities necessary or incidental to effectuate an insurance securitization in compliance with the special purpose financial captive insurance company's plan of operation approved by the commissioner or as authorized by this part.
(c) A special purpose financial captive insurance company may enter into swap agreements, or other forms of asset management agreements, including guaranteed investment contracts, or other transactions that have the objective of leveling timing differences in funding of up-front or ongoing transaction expenses or managing asset, credit, or interest rate risk of the investments in the trust to ensure that the investments are sufficient to assure payment or repayment of the securities, and related interest or principal payments issued pursuant to a special purpose financial captive insurance company insurance securitization transaction or the obligations of a special purpose financial captive insurance company under a special purpose financial captive insurance company contract.
(d) A special purpose financial captive insurance company shall immediately notify the commissioner of any threatened or pending action by a counterparty or any other person to foreclose or otherwise take possession of or control over or encumber the collateral provided by the special purpose financial captive insurance company and part of the insurance securitization.
(e) Unless otherwise approved in advance by the commissioner, a special purpose financial captive insurance company shall not:
(1) Issue or otherwise administer primary insurance contracts;
(2) Enter into a special purpose financial captive insurance company contract with a counterparty that is not licensed or otherwise authorized to transact the business of insurance or reinsurance in at least its state or country of domicile;
(3) Enter into a special purpose financial captive insurance contract that contains any provision for payment by the special purpose financial captive insurance company in discharge of its obligations under the contract to any person other than the counterparty or receiver;
(4) Have any direct obligation to the policyholders or reinsured of the counterparty; or
(5) Lend or otherwise invest, or place in custody, trust, or under management any of its assets with, or to borrow money or receive a loan from anyone convicted of a felony, anyone convicted of a criminal offense involving the conversion or misappropriation of funds, including fiduciary funds or insurance amounts, or theft, deceit, fraud, misrepresentation, embezzlement, or corruption, or anyone whom the commissioner has cause to believe has violated, is violating, or is about to violate any provision of this code, any order of the commissioner, or undertakes or plans to undertake any action that may cause the special purpose financial captive insurance company to be in a condition as to render the continuance of the special purpose financial captive insurance company's business hazardous to the public or to the holders of the special purpose financial captive insurance company contracts or special purpose financial captive insurance company securities. [L 2008, c 190, pt of §1; am L 2009, c 11, §7]