TITLE 41

INSURANCE

CHAPTER 38

ACQUISITIONS OF CONTROL AND INSURANCE HOLDING COMPANY SYSTEMS

41-3804.  Acquisition of control of controlling interest with domestic insurer — acquisition of merger or divestiture of controlling interest with domestic insurer. (1) The following filing requirements shall apply:

(a)  No person other than the issuer shall make a tender offer for or a request or invitation for tenders of, or enter into any agreement to exchange securities for, seek to acquire, or acquire, in the open market or otherwise, any voting security of a domestic insurer if, after the consummation thereof, such person would, directly or indirectly, or by conversion or by exercise of any right to acquire, be in control of the insurer, and no person shall enter into an agreement to merge with or otherwise to acquire control of a domestic insurer or any person controlling a domestic insurer unless, at the time the offer, request or invitation is made or the agreement is entered into, or prior to the acquisition of the securities if no offer or agreement is involved, such person has filed with the director and has sent to the insurer, a statement containing the information required by this section and the offer, request, invitation, agreement or acquisition has been approved by the director in the manner prescribed in this chapter.

(b)  For purposes of this section, any controlling person of a domestic insurer seeking to divest his controlling interest of the domestic insurer, in any manner, shall file with the director, with a copy to the insurer, confidential notice of his proposed divestiture at least thirty (30) days prior to the cessation of control. The director shall determine those instances in which the party seeking to divest or to acquire a controlling interest in an insurer will be required to file for and obtain approval of the transaction. The information shall remain confidential until the conclusion of the transaction unless the director, in his discretion, determines that confidential treatment will interfere with or impede enforcement of this section. If the statement referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection is otherwise filed, this section shall not apply.

(c)  With respect to a transaction subject to this section, the acquiring or divesting person must also file a preacquisition notification with the director that contains the information set forth in section 41-3808(3)(a), Idaho Code, at least thirty (30) days prior to the proposed effective date of the acquisition. A failure to timely file the notification may subject the acquiring or divesting person to penalties as specified in section 41-3808(5)(e), Idaho Code.

(d)  For purposes of this section, a domestic insurer shall include any person controlling a domestic insurer unless the person, as determined by the director, is either directly or through his affiliates primarily engaged in business other than the business of insurance. For the purposes of this section, "person" shall not include any securities broker holding, in the usual and customary broker’s function, less than twenty percent (20%) of the voting securities of an insurance company or of any person who controls an insurance company.

(2)  The statement to be filed with the director as referenced in this section shall be made under oath or affirmation and shall contain the following:

(a)  The name and address of each person by whom or on whose behalf the merger or other acquisition of control referred to in subsection (1) of this section is to be effected, hereinafter called the "acquiring party"; and

(i)   If the person is an individual, his principal occupation and all offices and positions held during the past five (5) years and any conviction of crimes other than minor traffic violations during the past ten (10) years;

(ii)  If the person is not an individual, a report of the nature of its business operations during the past five (5) years or for the lesser period as the person and any predecessors shall have been in existence; a detailed description of the business intended to be conducted by the person and the person’s subsidiaries; and a list of all individuals who are or who have been selected to become directors or executive officers of the person, or who perform or will perform functions appropriate to such positions. The list shall include, for each individual, the information required by paragraph (a)(i) of this subsection; and

(iii) For individuals who are directors or executive officers of an entity, the information from time to time that is specified by the director on the biographical affidavit form prescribed by the department of insurance;

(b)  The source, nature and amount of the consideration used or to be used in effecting the merger or other acquisition of control, a description of any transaction where funds were or are to be obtained for any such purpose, including any pledge of the insurer’s stock or the stock of any of its subsidiaries or controlling affiliates, and the identity of persons furnishing consideration;

(c)  Fully audited financial information as to the earnings and financial condition of each acquiring party for the preceding five (5) fiscal years of each acquiring party, or for such lesser period as the acquiring party and any predecessors shall have been in existence, and similar unaudited information as of a date not earlier than ninety (90) days prior to the filing of the statement;

(d)  Any plans or proposals that each acquiring party may have to liquidate the insurer, to sell the insurer’s assets or merge or consolidate the insurer with any person, or to make any other material change in the insurer’s business or corporate structure or management;

(e)  The number of shares of any security referred to in subsection (1) of this section that each acquiring party proposes to acquire, and the terms of the offer, request, invitation, agreement or acquisition referred to in subsection (1) of this section, and a statement as to the method by which the fairness of the proposal was determined;

(f)  The amount of each class of any security referred to in subsection (1) of this section which is beneficially owned or concerning which there is a right to acquire beneficial ownership by each acquiring party;

(g)  A full description of any contracts, arrangements or understandings with respect to any security referred to in subsection (1) of this section in which any acquiring party is involved including, but not limited to, transfer of any of the securities, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of loans, guarantees against loss or guarantees of profits, division of losses or profits, or the giving or withholding of proxies. The description shall identify the persons with whom the contracts, arrangements or understandings have been entered into;

(h)  A description of the purchase of any security referred to in subsection (1) of this section during the twelve (12) calendar months preceding the filing of the statement required by this section by any acquiring party, including the dates of purchase, names of the purchasers and consideration paid or agreed to be paid;

(i)  A description of any recommendations to purchase any security referred to in subsection (1) of this section made during the twelve (12) calendar months preceding the filing of the statement by any acquiring party or by anyone based upon interviews or at the suggestion of the acquiring party;

(j)  Copies of all tender offers for, requests or invitations for tenders of, exchange offers for, and agreements to acquire or exchange any securities referred to in subsection (1) of this section, and if distributed, of additional solicitation material relating thereto;

(k)  The term of any agreement, contract or understanding made with, or proposed to be made with, any broker-dealer as to solicitation of securities referred to in subsection (1) of this section for tender and the amount of any fees, commissions or other compensation to be paid to broker-dealers with regard thereto;

(l)  An agreement by the person required to file the statement referenced in subsection (1) of this section that it will provide the annual report specified in section 41-3809(12), Idaho Code, for so long as its control exists;

(m)  An acknowledgment by the person required to file the statement referenced in subsection (1) of this section that the person and all subsidiaries within its control in the insurance holding company system will provide information to the director upon request as necessary to evaluate enterprise risk to the insurer; and

(n)  Such additional information as the director may prescribe by rule as necessary or appropriate for the protection of policyholders and security holders of the insurer or in the director’s determination is in the public interest.

(3)  If the person required to file the statement referenced in subsection (1) of this section is a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group, the director may require that the information required by subsection (2)(a) through (n) of this section shall be provided to the director with respect to each partner of the partnership or limited partnership, each member of the syndicate or group, and each person who controls the partner or member. If any partner, member or person is a corporation, or the person required to file the statement referenced in subsection (1) of this section is a corporation, the director may require that the information required by subsection (2)(a) through (n) of this section shall be provided to the director with respect to the corporation, each officer and director of the corporation, and each person who is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner of more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding voting securities of the corporation.

(4)  If any material change occurs in the facts set forth in the statement filed with the director and sent to the insurer pursuant to this section, an amendment setting forth the change, together with copies of all documents and other material relevant to the change, shall be filed with the director and sent to the insurer within two (2) business days after the person learns of the change.

(5)  If any offer, request, invitation, agreement or acquisition referenced in subsection (1) of this section is proposed to be made by means of a registration statement under the securities act of 1933, or in circumstances requiring the disclosure of similar information under the securities exchange act of 1934, or under a state law requiring similar registration or disclosure, the person required to file the statement referred to in subsection (1) of this section may use the documents in furnishing the information required by that statement.

History:

[41-3804, added 2013, ch. 266, sec. 2, p. 654.]