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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 6035

  • Captive insurance company: means any pure captive insurance company, association captive insurance company, sponsored captive insurance company, industrial insured captive insurance company, agency captive insurance company, risk retention group, affiliated reinsurance company, or special purpose financial insurance company formed or licensed under the provisions of this chapter. See
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Financial Regulation. See
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
  • Risk retention group: means a captive insurance company organized under the laws of this State pursuant to the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986, 15 U. See
  • Sponsor: means any entity that meets the requirements of section 6035 of this title and is approved by the Commissioner to provide all or part of the capital and surplus required by applicable law and to organize and operate a sponsored captive insurance company. See
  • Sponsored captive insurance company: means any captive insurance company:

§ 6035. Qualification of sponsors

A sponsor of a sponsored captive insurance company may be any person approved by the Commissioner in the exercise of his or her discretion, based on a determination that the approval of such person as a sponsor is consistent with the purposes of this chapter. In evaluating the qualifications of a proposed sponsor, the Commissioner shall consider the type and structure of the proposed sponsor entity, its experience in financial operations, financial stability and strength, business reputation, and such other facts deemed relevant by the Commissioner. A risk retention group shall not be a sponsor of a sponsored captive insurance company. (Added 1999, No. 38, § 18, eff. May 20, 1999; amended 1999, No. 80 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 11, 2000; 2003, No. 55, § 9; 2005, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2007, No. 49, § 16; 2011, No. 21, § 24; 2011, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 39, eff. April 2, 2012.)