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Idaho Statutes
Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session.
INSURANCE
CHAPTER 48
RISK RETENTION GROUPS
41-4805. Risk retention groups not chartered in this state. Risk retention groups chartered in states other than this state and seeking to do business as a risk retention group in this state must observe and abide by the laws of this state as follows:
(1) Before transacting any insurance business or offering any insurance policies in this state, a risk retention group shall submit to the director of this state:
(a) A statement identifying the state or states in which the risk retention group is chartered and licensed as a liability insurance company, the date of chartering, the risk retention group’s principal place of business, and such other information including information concerning its membership as the director of this state may require to verify that the risk retention group is qualified as defined in subsection (11) of section 41-4803, Idaho Code;
(b) A copy of its plan of operations or feasibility study and revisions of such plan or study submitted to its state of domicile; provided, however, that the provision relating to the submission of a plan of operation or feasibility study shall not apply with respect to any line or classification of liability insurance which was defined in the product liability risk retention act of 1981 before October 27, 1986, and was offered before such date by any risk retention group which had been chartered and operating for not less than three (3) years before such date;
(c) A statement of registration which designates the director as its agent for the purpose of receiving service of legal documents or process against the risk retention group.
(2) Any risk retention group doing business in this state shall submit the following financial information to the director:
(a) A copy of the group’s financial statement submitted to its state of domicile, which shall be certified by an independent public accountant and contain a statement of opinion on loss and loss adjustment expense reserves made by a member of the American academy of actuaries or a qualified loss reserve specialist operating under criteria established by the national association of insurance commissioners;
(b) A copy of each examination of the risk retention group as certified by the director or public official conducting the examination;
(c) Upon request by the director, a copy of any audit performed with respect to the risk retention group; and
(d) Such information as may be required to verify the group’s continuing qualification as a risk retention group as defined in subsection (11) of section 41-4803, Idaho Code.
(3) All risk retention groups operating in this state, and all premiums paid for any coverage within this state to any risk retention group, shall be subject to the same premium tax provisions, including any interest, fines, and penalties for nonpayment, as are applicable to foreign admitted insurers. To the extent any agents or brokers are utilized, they shall report and pay the taxes for the premiums for risks which they have placed with or on behalf of any risk retention group not chartered in this state. To the extent any agents or brokers are not utilized, or agents or brokers that are utilized fail to pay said premium tax, each risk retention group shall pay the tax for risks insured within the state. Further, each risk retention group shall report to the director all premiums paid to it for risks insured within this state.
(4) Any risk retention groups and its agents and representatives are subject to and shall comply with the provisions of section 41-1329, Idaho Code (unfair claim settlement practices).
(5) Any risk retention group formed in this state shall comply with and be subject to chapter 13, title 41, Idaho Code (trade practices and frauds). The director may issue orders enjoining prohibited practices in accordance with section 41-213, Idaho Code, or section 41-1321, Idaho Code, or may apply directly to the district court for Ada county, state of Idaho, for such injunctive relief as he deems appropriate.
(6) Any risk retention group must submit to an examination by the director of this state to allow him to determine the group’s financial condition if the director of the jurisdiction in which the group is chartered has not initiated an examination or does not initiate an examination within sixty (60) days after a request by the director of this state. Any such examination shall be coordinated to avoid unjustified repetition or duplication and shall be conducted in an expeditious manner.
(7) Any policy issued by a risk retention group shall contain in 10 point or larger type on the front page and the declaration page, the following notice:
NOTICE
This policy has been issued by your risk retention group. Your risk retention group may not be subject to all of the insurance laws and regulations of your state. State insurance insolvency guaranty funds are not available for your risk retention group.
(8) In addition to other restrictions that may be applicable, the following acts by a risk retention group are hereby prohibited:
(a) The solicitation or sale of insurance by a risk retention group to any person who is not eligible for membership in such group; and
(b) The solicitation or sale of insurance by, or operation of, a risk retention group that is in a hazardous financial condition or is financially impaired.
(9) No risk retention group shall be allowed to do business in this state if an insurance company is directly or indirectly a member or owner of such risk retention group, other than in the case of a risk retention group whose members are all insurance companies.
(10) No risk retention group may offer any insurance policy or insurance coverage that has been declared unlawful by the Idaho supreme court or is in conflict with chapter 5 or chapter 25, title 41, Idaho Code.
(11) A risk retention group not chartered in this state and doing business in this state must comply with a lawful order issued in a voluntary dissolution proceeding or in a delinquency proceeding commenced by another state’s insurance director if there has been a finding of financial impairment after an examination pursuant to subsection (6) of this section.
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