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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 6009

  • 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
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
  • 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: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 6009. Grounds and procedures for suspension or revocation of license

(a) The license of a captive insurance company may be suspended or revoked by the Commissioner for any of the following reasons:

(1) insolvency or impairment of capital or surplus;

(2) failure to meet the requirements of section 6004 of this title;

(3) refusal or failure to submit an annual report, as required by this chapter, or any other report or statement required by law or by lawful order of the Commissioner;

(4) failure to comply with the provisions of its own charter, bylaws, or other organizational document;

(5) failure to submit to or pay the cost of examination or any legal obligation relative thereto, as required by this chapter;

(6) use of methods that, although not otherwise specifically prohibited by law, nevertheless render its operation detrimental or its condition unsound with respect to the public or to its policyholders; or

(7) failure otherwise to comply with the laws of this State.

(b) If the Commissioner finds, upon examination, hearing, or other evidence, that any captive insurance company has violated any provision of subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner may suspend or revoke such company’s license if the Commissioner deems it in the best interests of the public and the policyholders of such captive insurance company, notwithstanding any other provision of this title. (Added 1981, No. 28; amended 1997, No. 49, § 14, eff. June 26, 1997; 1999, No. 38, § 11, eff. May 20, 1999; 2003, No. 55, § 7.)