A. To aid in the detection and prevention of title insurer insolvencies, the association's board of directors may, upon majority vote:
(1) make recommendations to the superintendent for the detection and prevention of insolvencies; and
(2) respond to requests by the superintendent to discuss and make recommendations regarding the status of a member insurer whose financial condition may be hazardous to policyholders or the public. Recommendations pursuant to this paragraph shall not be available for public inspection.
B. The superintendent shall report to the association's board of directors when he has reasonable cause to believe that a title insurer may be insolvent or in a financial condition hazardous to its policyholders or the public. The report, and subsequent meetings, activities, recommendations and decisions of the board of directors as required or permitted in this subsection, shall not be open to the public or available for public inspection.
C. At the conclusion of a domestic title insurer insolvency for which the association was obligated to pay covered claims, the association's board of directors may prepare a report on the history and causes of such insolvency, based on the information available to the association, and submit the report to the superintendent. The report, and subsequent meetings, activities, recommendations and decisions of the board of directors as required or permitted in this section, shall not be open to the public or available for public inspection.
History: Laws 1999, ch. 60, § 12.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 1999, ch. 60 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 1999, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.