Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 6011
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 6011
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Association: means any legal association of individuals, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, associations, or other entities, the member organizations of which or which does itself, whether or not in conjunction with some or all of the member organizations:
- 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.
- Parent: means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, other entity, or individual, that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote more than 50 percent of the outstanding voting:
§ 6011. Reinsurance
(a) Any captive insurance company may provide reinsurance, comprised in subsection 3301(a) of this title, on risks ceded by any other insurer, and may provide reinsurance of annuity contracts as defined in section 3717 of this title that are granted by any other insurer.
(b) Any captive insurance company may take credit for the reinsurance of risks or portions of risks ceded to reinsurers complying with the provisions of subsections 3634a(a) through (e) of this title. Prior approval of the Commissioner shall be required for ceding or taking credit for the reinsurance of risks or portions of risks ceded to reinsurers not complying with subsections 3634a(a) through (e) of this title, except for business written by an alien captive insurance company outside the United States.
(c) In addition to reinsurers authorized under the provisions of section 3634a of this title, a captive insurance company may take credit for the reinsurance of risks or portions of risks ceded to a pool, exchange, or association acting as a reinsurer that has been authorized by the Commissioner. The Commissioner may require any other documents, financial information, or other evidence that such a pool, exchange, or association will be able to provide adequate security for its financial obligations. The Commissioner may deny authorization or impose any limitations on the activities of a reinsurance pool, exchange, or association that, in the Commissioner’s judgment, are necessary and proper to provide adequate security for the ceding captive insurance company and for the protection and consequent benefit of the public at large.
(d) For all purposes of this chapter, insurance by a captive insurance company of any workers’ compensation qualified self-insured plan of its parent and affiliates shall be deemed to be reinsurance. (Added 1981, No. 28; 1985, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 7, 1986; amended 1987, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 3, 1988; 1991, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 93, No. 40, §§ 7, 8, eff. June 3, 1993; 1999, No. 38, § 13, eff. May 20, 1999; 2003, No. 55, § 7; 2005, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2023, No. 32, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)