(a) Associations, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, trusts, risk retention groups, and other business entities may be participants in any sponsored captive insurance company formed or licensed under this chapter.

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:19-305

  • Participant: means an entity that meets the requirements of § 431:19-305, and any affiliated entities thereof that are insured by a sponsored captive insurance company where the losses of the participant may be limited through a participant contract to the participant's pro rata share of the assets of one or more protected cells identified in the participant contract. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:19-101
  • Sponsor: means any entity that meets the requirements of § 431:19-304 and is approved by the commissioner to provide all or part of the minimum required capital and surplus of a sponsored captive insurance company and to organize and operate a sponsored captive insurance company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:19-101
  • Sponsored captive insurance company: means a captive insurance company:

    (1) In which the minimum required capital and surplus is provided by one or more sponsors;

    (2) That is formed or licensed under this article;

    (3) That insures the risks only of its participants through separate participant contracts; and

    (4) That may fund its liability to each participant through one or more protected cells. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:19-101

(b) A sponsor of a sponsored captive insurance company may be a participant.
(c) A participant need not be a shareholder or member of the sponsored captive insurance company or any affiliate thereof.
(d) A participant shall insure only its own risks through a sponsored captive insurance company.