2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 36. Insurance
§36-6454. Chartering and licensing of risk retention group.
A. 1. A risk retention group seeking to be chartered for domicile in this state shall be chartered and licensed only to write liability insurance pursuant to the insurance laws of this state and, except as provided elsewhere in the Oklahoma Risk Retention Act, shall comply with all of the laws, rules, regulations, and requirements applicable to such insurers chartered and licensed in this state including Section 6455 of this title to the extent such requirements are not a limitation on the laws, rules, regulations and requirements in this state.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all risk retention groups chartered in this state shall file with the Insurance Department and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners an annual statement in a form prescribed by the Association and in electronic form, if required by the Insurance Commissioner and completed in accordance with its instructions and the Practices and Procedures Manual of the Association.
B. Before it may offer insurance in any state, each risk retention group licensed in this state shall submit for approval to the Insurance Commissioner of this state a plan of operation or a feasibility study. The risk retention group shall submit an appropriate revision in the event of any subsequent material change in any item of the plan of operation or feasibility study within ten (10) days of the change. The group shall not offer any additional kinds of liability insurance in this state or in any other state until a revision of the plan or study is approved by the Commissioner. At the time of filing its application for charter, the risk retention group shall provide to the Commissioner a summary of the following information: the identity of the initial members of the group or who organized the group, the identity of those individuals who will provide administrative services or otherwise influence or control the activities of the group, the amount and nature of initial capitalization, the coverages to be afforded, and the states in which the group intends to operate. Upon receipt of this information, the Commissioner shall transmit the information to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Transmitting this information shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of Section 6455 of this section.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 157, § 4, emerg. eff. June 25, 1987. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 314, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2022, c. 154, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
