Annual statements reporting market conduct data of insurers - Adoption of rules - Filing fee - Use of documents.

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A. Insurers authorized to do business under the provisions of the Oklahoma Insurance Code shall annually file with the Insurance Commissioner market conduct annual statements reporting market conduct data of insurers on the thirty-first day of December of the previous year. The statements shall report on the lines of insurance and be in such general form and context as approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), and as supplemented for additional information required by the Insurance Commissioner by rule. The statements shall be prepared in accordance with NAIC instructions including any supplemental filings described in the NAIC instructions. If no forms or instructions are available from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the statements shall be in the form and pursuant to instructions and deadlines as provided by the Insurance Commissioner. Insurers not authorized by the Insurance Commissioner to provide the lines of insurance approved by the National Association or the Insurance Commissioner shall not be required to file market conduct annual statements. For good cause shown, the Insurance Commissioner may extend the time within which market conduct annual statements may be filed. The Insurance Commissioner may provide copies of market conduct annual statements, amendments, and addendums to such statements and market conduct data taken from such statements to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners only if, prior to sharing of the market conduct annual statements, amendments, addendums to such statements or market conduct data taken from such statements, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners enters into a written agreement with the Insurance Commissioner to maintain the confidentiality of the shared information.

B. The Insurance Commissioner may adopt rules implementing this section including rules that:

1. Add lines of insurance to be reported in market conduct annual statements; and

2. Require the filing of market conduct annual statements and any amendments and addendums to such statements with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and the payment of applicable filing fees required by the NAIC.

C. Insurers shall pay a filing fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) to the Insurance Commissioner for the filing of the market conduct annual statement due at the time of filing, in accordance with NAIC filing deadlines.

D. No waiver of an applicable privilege or claim of confidentiality in the documents, materials, or other information shall occur as a result of disclosure to the Insurance Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee under this section or as a result of sharing the documents, materials or other information as provided in this section.

E. Market conduct annual statements and any amendments and addendums to such statements, filed with the Insurance Commissioner pursuant to this section in electronic format or otherwise, shall be treated as working papers and documents as set out in subsection F of Section 309.4 of this title.

F. The Insurance Commissioner may use market conduct annual statements or amendments or addendums to such statements to assist in determining whether a market conduct examination or investigation of an insurer should be conducted. For purposes of completing a market conduct examination of any company under Sections 309.1 through 309.7 of this title, the Insurance Commissioner may, in the sole discretion of the Insurance Commissioner, use market conduct annual statements or amendments or addendums to such statements to assist in determining compliance with the laws of this state and rules adopted by the Insurance Commissioner.

G. For any violation of this section, the Insurance Commissioner may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, subject an insurer to a civil penalty of up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each occurrence. The civil penalty may be enforced in the same manner in which civil judgments may be enforced.

Added by Laws 2009, c. 176, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 275, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2021, c. 180, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.


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