2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 38 - Insurance
CHAPTER 12 - SOUTH CAROLINA INVESTMENTS LAWS
SECTION 38-12-50. Board of director responsibilities; adoption of written investment plan; review of portfolio; records of authorizations.

(A) Within three months after the effective date of this chapter, the board of directors of an insurer shall adopt a written plan for acquiring and holding investments and for engaging in investment practices that specifies guidelines as to the quality, maturity, and diversification of investments and other specifications including investment strategies intended to assure that the investments and investment practices are appropriate for the business conducted by the insurer, its liquidity needs and its capital and surplus. The board shall review and assess the insurer's technical investment and administrative capabilities and expertise before adopting a written plan concerning an investment strategy or investment practice.

(B) Investments acquired and held and investment practices engaged in pursuant to this chapter must be acquired and held under the supervision and direction of the board of directors of the insurer or a committee of the board charged with the responsibility to direct its investments. The board of directors or a committee of the board charged with the responsibility to direct its investments shall evidence by formal resolution, at least annually, that it has determined whether all investments have been made in accordance with delegations, standards, limitations, and investment objectives prescribed by the board or a committee of the board charged with the responsibility to direct its investments.

(C) On not less than a quarterly basis, and more often if considered appropriate, the board of directors or committee of the board of directors of an insurer shall:

(1) receive and review a summary report on the insurer's investment portfolio, its investment activities, and investment practices engaged in pursuant to delegated authority so as to determine whether the investment activity of the insurer is consistent with its written plan; and

(2) review and revise, as appropriate, the written plan.

(D) In discharging its duties pursuant to this section, the board of directors shall require that records of authorizations or approvals, other documentation as the board may require, and reports of action taken pursuant to authority delegated under the plan referred to in subsection (A) must be made available on a regular basis to the board of directors.

(E) The directors of an insurer shall perform their duties pursuant to this section in good faith and with that degree of care that ordinarily prudent individuals in like positions would use under similar circumstances.

(F) If an insurer does not have a board of directors, all references to the board of directors in this chapter are considered to be references to the governing body of the insurer having authority equivalent to that of a board of directors.

HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 319, Section 2, eff June 3, 2002.