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A.  Every insurer authorized to do business in this state shall annually and quarterly file with the commissioner of insurance a true statement of its financial condition, transactions, and affairs, as hereafter required along with such additional filings as are prescribed by the commissioner for the preceding year, on or before March first of each year, with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.  The statement shall be on forms and shall contain information as required by this Code and by the commissioner of insurance, including supplementals for additional information required by the commissioner of insurance, and shall be verified by the oaths of at least two of the insurer’s principal officers.  Statements shall also be filed  electronically with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Any amendments and addendums to the annual statement filing subsequently filed with the commissioner shall also be filed with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

B.  The annual statement shall be due before the first day of March and show the condition of the company as of the preceding thirty-first day of December.  The first quarterly report shall be due prior to May fifteenth and show the condition of the company as of the preceding thirty-first day of March.  The second quarterly report shall be due prior to August fifteenth and show the condition of the company as of the preceding thirtieth day of June.  The third quarterly report shall be due prior to November fifteenth and show the condition of the company as of the preceding thirtieth day of September.

C.  Upon the request of an insurer, the commissioner of insurance shall furnish each such insurer duplicate copies of annual and quarterly forms as next required to be filed.

D.  Each such insurer shall file the appropriate National Association of Insurance Commissioners annual statement blank and quarterly statement blank, which shall be prepared in accordance with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners annual statement instructions handbook, and shall follow those accounting practices and procedures prescribed by the appropriate National Association of Insurance Commissioners Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual.

E.  In the absence of actual malice, members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, their duly authorized committees, subcommittees, and task forces, their delegates, employees of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and all others charged with the responsibility of collecting, reviewing, analyzing, and disseminating the information developed from the filing of the annual statement convention blanks shall be acting as agents of the commissioner under the authority of this Section and shall not be subject to civil liability for libel, slander, or any other cause of action by virtue of their collection, review, and analysis or dissemination of the data and information collected from such filings.

F.  All financial analysis ratios and examination synopses concerning insurance companies that are submitted to the Department of Insurance by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Regulatory Information System shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by the department.

G.  The annual and quarterly statement of an alien insurer shall relate only to its transactions and affairs in the United States unless the commissioner of insurance requires otherwise.  The statement shall be verified by the insurer’s United States manager or by its officers duly authorized.

H.  The commissioner of insurance may suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of any insurer failing to file its annual statement when due or during any extension of time thereof which the commissioner of insurance, for good cause, may grant.

I.  Upon written application and approval by the commissioner, a domestic company may be exempted from the following filings required by this Section:

(1)  Quarterly statements.

(2)  Management discussion and analysis accompanying the annual statement.

(3)  Electronic filings with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

(4)  Holding company registration.

Acts 1958, No. 125; Acts 1992, No. 811, §1; Acts 1993, No. 558, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1304, §1, eff. July 12, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 1312, §1, eff. July 12, 1999; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 22:1451 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 471, §1; Acts 2009, No. 503, §1.

NOTE:  Former La. Rev. Stat. 22:571 redesignated as La. Rev. Stat. 22:311 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.