(a) The following standards, either singly or in a combination of two or more, may be considered by the commissioner to determine whether the continued operation of any insurer transacting insurance business in this State may be deemed to be hazardous to its policyholders, its creditors, or the general public:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:15-103.5

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Delinquency proceeding: means any proceeding instituted against an insurer for the purpose of liquidating, rehabilitating, reorganizing, or conserving such insurer, and any summary proceeding under section 431:15-201 or 431:15-202. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:15-103
  • insolvent: means :

    (1) For an insurer issuing only assessable fire insurance policies:
    (A) The inability to pay any obligation within thirty days after it becomes payable; or
    (B) If an assessment be made within thirty days after such date, the inability to pay such obligation thirty days following the date specified in the first assessment notice issued after the date of loss pursuant to this code;
    (2) For any other insurer, that it is unable to pay its obligations when they are due, or when its admitted assets do not exceed its liabilities plus the greater of:
    (A) Any capital and surplus required by law for its organization; or
    (B) The total par or stated value of its authorized and issued capital stock; and
    (3) As to any insurer licensed to do business in this State as of July 1, 1988, who does not meet the standard established under subparagraph (B), the term insolvency or insolvent shall mean, for a period not to exceed three years from July 1, 1988, that it is unable to pay its obligations when they are due or that its admitted assets do not exceed its liabilities plus any required capital contribution ordered by the commissioner under provisions of this code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:15-103
  • Insurer: means any person who has done, purports to do, is doing or is licensed to do an insurance business, and is or has been subject to the authority of, or to liquidation, rehabilitation, reorganization, supervision, or conservation by any insurance commissioner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:15-103
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • State: means any state, district, or territory of the United States and the Panama Canal Zone. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:15-103
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(1) Adverse findings reported in financial condition and market conduct examination reports, audit reports, and actuarial opinions, reports, or summaries;
(2) The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ insurance regulatory information system and its other financial analysis solvency tools and reports;
(3) Whether the insurer has made adequate provision, according to presently accepted actuarial standards of practice, for the anticipated cash flows required by the contractual obligations and related expenses of the insurer, when considered in light of the assets held by the insurer with respect to the reserves and related actuarial items, including the investment earnings on the assets, and the considerations anticipated to be received and retained under the policies and contracts;
(4) The ability of an assuming reinsurer to perform and whether the insurer’s reinsurance program provides sufficient protection for the insurer’s remaining surplus after taking into account the insurer’s cash flow and the classes of business written as well as the financial condition of the assuming reinsurer;
(5) Whether the insurer’s operating loss in the last twelve-month period or any shorter period of time, including but not limited to net capital gain or loss, change in non-admitted assets, and cash dividends paid to shareholders, is greater than fifty per cent of the insurer’s remaining surplus as regards policyholders in excess of the minimum required;
(6) Whether the insurer’s operating loss in the last twelve-month period or any shorter period of time, excluding net capital gains, is greater than twenty per cent of the insurer’s remaining surplus as regards policyholders in excess of the minimum required;
(7) Whether a reinsurer, obligor, or any entity within the insurer’s insurance holding company system is insolvent, threatened with insolvency, or delinquent in payment of its monetary or other obligations and which in the opinion of the commissioner may affect the solvency of the insurer;
(8) Contingent liabilities, pledges, or guaranties that, either individually or collectively, involve a total amount that, in the opinion of the commissioner, may affect the solvency of the insurer;
(9) Whether any “controlling person” of an insurer is delinquent in the transmitting to, or payment of, net premiums to the insurer;
(10) The age and collectibility of receivables;
(11) Whether management of an insurer, including officers, directors, or any other person who directly or indirectly controls the operation of the insurer, fails to possess and demonstrate the competence, fitness, and reputation deemed necessary to serve the insurer in such position;
(12) Whether management of an insurer has failed to respond to inquiries relative to the condition of the insurer or has furnished false and misleading information concerning an inquiry;
(13) Whether the insurer has failed to meet financial and holding company filing requirements in the absence of a reason satisfactory to the commissioner;
(14) Whether management of an insurer either has filed any false or misleading sworn financial statement, or has released any false or misleading financial statement to lending institutions or to the general public, or has made a false or misleading entry, or has omitted an entry of material amount in the books of the insurer;
(15) Whether the insurer has grown so rapidly and to such an extent that it lacks adequate financial and administrative capacity to meet its obligations in a timely manner;
(16) Whether the company has experienced, or will experience in the foreseeable future, cash flow or liquidity problems;
(17) Whether management has established reserves that do not comply with minimum standards established by state insurance laws, regulations, statutory accounting standards, sound actuarial principles, and standards of practice;
(18) Whether management persistently engages in material under reserving that results in adverse development;
(19) Whether transactions among affiliates, subsidiaries, or controlling persons for which the insurer receives assets or capital gains, or both, do not provide sufficient value, liquidity, or diversity to assure the insurer’s ability to meet its outstanding obligations as they mature; and
(20) Any other finding determined by the commissioner to be hazardous to the insurer’s policyholders, creditors, or the general public.
(b) For the purposes of making a determination of an insurer’s financial condition under this part, the commissioner may:

(1) Disregard any credit or amount receivable resulting from transactions with a reinsurer that is insolvent, impaired, or otherwise subject to a delinquency proceeding;
(2) Make appropriate adjustments including disallowance to asset values attributable to investments in or transactions with parents, subsidiaries, or affiliates consistent with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ accounting practices and procedures manual, state laws, and rules;
(3) Refuse to recognize the stated value of accounts receivable if the ability to collect receivables is highly speculative in view of the age of the account or the financial condition of the debtor; or
(4) Increase the insurer’s liability in an amount equal to any contingent liability, pledge, or guarantee not otherwise included if there is a substantial risk that the insurer will be called upon to meet the obligation undertaken within the next twelve-month period.
(c) If the commissioner determines that the continued operation of the insurer licensed to transact business in this State may be hazardous to its policyholders, its creditors, or the general public, the commissioner may, upon the commissioner’s determination, issue an order requiring the insurer to:

(1) Reduce the total amount of present and potential liability for policy benefits by reinsurance;
(2) Reduce, suspend, or limit the volume of business being accepted or renewed;
(3) Reduce general insurance and commission expenses by specified methods;
(4) Increase the insurer’s capital and surplus;
(5) Suspend or limit the declaration and payment of dividends by an insurer to its stockholders or to its policyholders;
(6) File reports in a form acceptable to the commissioner concerning the market value of the insurer’s assets;
(7) Limit or withdraw from certain investments or discontinue certain investment practices to the extent the commissioner deems necessary;
(8) Document the adequacy of premium rates in relation to the risks insured;
(9) File, in addition to regular annual statements, interim financial reports on the form adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or on such forms as approved by the commissioner;
(10) Correct corporate governance practice deficiencies and adopt and utilize governance practices acceptable to the commissioner;
(11) Provide a business plan to the commissioner in order to continue to transact business in the State; or
(12) Notwithstanding any other provision of law limiting the frequency or amount of premium rate adjustments, adjust rates for any non-life insurance product written by the insurer that the commissioner considers necessary to improve the financial condition of the insurer.

If the insurer is a foreign insurer, the commissioner’s order may be limited to the extent provided by statute.

(d) Any insurer subject to an order under subsection (c) may request a hearing to review that order pursuant to chapter 91.

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