Iowa Code 521H.1 – Purpose and scope
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- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
521H.1 Purpose and scope.
1. The purpose of this chapter is to do all of the following:
a. Provide the commissioner with a summary of an insurer’s or insurance group’s corporate governance structure, policies, and practices to permit the commissioner to gain and maintain an understanding of the insurer’s or insurance group’s corporate governance framework.
b. Outline the requirements for an insurer or insurance group to complete a corporate governance annual disclosure for submission to the commissioner.
c. Provide for the confidential treatment of the corporate governance annual disclosure and related information that contains confidential and sensitive information related to an insurer’s or insurance group’s internal operations and proprietary and trade secret information which, if made public, could potentially cause the insurer or insurance group competitive harm or disadvantage.
2. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prescribe or impose corporate governance standards or internal procedures beyond those which are required under applicable state corporate law. In addition, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the commissioner’s authority under chapter 507, or the rights or obligations of third parties thereunder.
3. The requirements of this chapter shall apply to all insurers domiciled in this state.
2015 Acts, ch 27, §1, 9
1. The purpose of this chapter is to do all of the following:
a. Provide the commissioner with a summary of an insurer’s or insurance group’s corporate governance structure, policies, and practices to permit the commissioner to gain and maintain an understanding of the insurer’s or insurance group’s corporate governance framework.
b. Outline the requirements for an insurer or insurance group to complete a corporate governance annual disclosure for submission to the commissioner.
c. Provide for the confidential treatment of the corporate governance annual disclosure and related information that contains confidential and sensitive information related to an insurer’s or insurance group’s internal operations and proprietary and trade secret information which, if made public, could potentially cause the insurer or insurance group competitive harm or disadvantage.
2. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prescribe or impose corporate governance standards or internal procedures beyond those which are required under applicable state corporate law. In addition, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the commissioner’s authority under chapter 507, or the rights or obligations of third parties thereunder.
3. The requirements of this chapter shall apply to all insurers domiciled in this state.
2015 Acts, ch 27, §1, 9