2016 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 20 - Insurance
§ 20-481.10 Form and content of registration statement; disclosure of information; enterprise risk filing

20-481.10. Form and content of registration statement; disclosure of information; enterprise risk filing

A. Every insurer subject to registration shall file a registration statement on a form provided by the director, which shall contain current information concerning:

1. The capital structure, general financial condition, ownership and management of the insurer and the identity of any person controlling the insurer.

2. The identity of every member of the insurance holding company system that directly or indirectly controls the insurer.

3. The following agreements in force, relationships subsisting and transactions currently outstanding or that have occurred during the last calendar year between such insurer and its affiliates:

(a) Loans, other investments or purchases, sales or exchanges of securities of the affiliates by the insurer or of the insurer by its affiliates.

(b) Purchases, sales or exchanges of assets.

(c) Transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

(d) Guarantees or undertakings for the benefit of any affiliate that result in an actual contingent exposure of the insurer's assets to liability, other than insurance contracts entered into in the ordinary course of the insurer's business.

(e) All management and service contracts and all cost sharing arrangements.

(f) Reinsurance agreements.

(g) Dividends and other distributions to shareholders.

(h) Consolidated tax allocation agreements.

4. A pledge of the insurer's stock, including stock of any subsidiary or controlling affiliate, for a loan made to a member of the insurance holding company system.

5. If requested by the director, financial statements of or within an insurance holding company system, including all affiliates. Financial statements may include annual audited financial statements filed with the United States securities and exchange commission pursuant to the securities act of 1933 or the securities exchange act of 1934. An insurer required to file financial statements pursuant to this paragraph may satisfy the request by providing the director with the most recent parent corporation financial statements filed with the United States securities and exchange commission.

6. Other matters concerning transactions between registered insurers and any affiliates as may be included from time to time in any registration forms adopted or approved by the director.

7. A statement that the insurer's board of directors oversees corporate governance and internal controls of the insurer and that the insurer's officers or senior management have approved, implemented and maintain and monitor corporate governance and internal control procedures.

8. Any other information required by the director by rule.

B. All registration statements shall contain a summary outlining all items in the current registration statement representing changes from the prior registration statement.

C. A person within an insurance holding company system subject to registration shall provide complete and accurate information to an insurer if this information is reasonably necessary to enable the insurer to comply with this article.

D. The ultimate controlling person of each insurer subject to registration shall file an annual enterprise risk report that to the best of the ultimate controlling person's knowledge and belief identifies the material risks within the insurance holding company system that could pose enterprise risk to the insurer. The ultimate controlling person shall file the report according to the procedures of the national association of insurance commissioners' financial analysis handbook.