2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 38 - Insurance
CHAPTER 9 - CAPITAL, SURPLUS, RESERVES, AND OTHER FINANCIAL MATTERS
Section 38-9-360. Mandatory Control Level Event defined; discretion, rights, powers and duties of director.
(A) A "Mandatory Control Level Event" includes any one of the following events:
(1) filing of an RBC Report which indicates that the licensee's Total Adjusted Capital is less than its Mandatory Control Level RBC;
(2) notification of an Adjusted RBC Report pursuant to Section 38-9-360(A)(1), provided the licensee does not challenge that Adjusted RBC Report pursuant to Section 38-9-370. If the licensee challenges an Adjusted RBC Report notification, then the Mandatory Control Event Level occurs upon notification that an administrative law judge has rejected the challenge.
(B) In the event of a Mandatory Control Level Event:
(1) For a life and health insurer, the director must take action necessary to place the insurer under regulatory control pursuant to Section 38-26-10, et seq., or Section 38-27-10, et seq. The Mandatory Control Level Event is sufficient grounds for the director to take that action, and the director has the rights, powers, and duties detailed within those provisions of law. If the director takes action, then the insurer is entitled to the protections afforded under those provisions pertaining to summary proceedings. The director, in his discretion, may forego action for up to ninety days after the Mandatory Control Level Event if the director finds that there is a reasonable expectation that the Mandatory Control Level Event will be eliminated within that period.
(2) For a property and casualty insurer, the director must take action necessary to place the insurer under regulatory control pursuant to Section 38-26-10, et seq., or Section 38-27-10, et seq. If the insurer is not writing business and is running off its existing business, then the director may allow the insurer to continue its run-off under his supervision. The Mandatory Control Level Event is sufficient grounds for the director to take either action, and the director has the rights, powers, and duties detailed within those provisions. If the director takes action, then the insurer is entitled to the protections afforded under those provisions pertaining to summary proceedings. The director, in his discretion, may forego action for up to ninety days after the Mandatory Control Level Event if the director finds that there is a reasonable expectation that the Mandatory Control Level Event will be eliminated within that period.
(3) For a health organization, the director must take action necessary to place the health organization under regulatory control pursuant to Section 38-26-10, et seq., or Section 38-27-10, et seq. In that event, the Mandatory Control Level Event must be considered an indication of a hazardous financial condition which serves as sufficient grounds for the director to commence delinquency proceedings, and the receiver appointed in conjunction with the proceedings has the rights, powers, and duties with respect to the licensee as are set forth in Section 38-26-10, et seq., or Section 38-27-10, et seq., or an order of liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation entered under it. If the director takes action, then the health organization is entitled to the protections afforded under those provisions pertaining to summary proceedings. The director, in his discretion, may forego action for up to ninety days after the Mandatory Control Level Event if the director finds that there is a reasonable expectation that the Mandatory Control Level Event will be eliminated within that period.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 254, Section 2; 2014 Act No. 164 (S.908), Section 6, eff January 1, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 164, Section 6, substituted "licensee" for "insurer" throughout; in subsection (A)(2), inserted "Level" following "Control Event"; and added subsection (B)(3).
