Title 48, INSURANCE

An insurer which otherwise qualifies therefor may be authorized to transact any one kind or combinations of kinds of insurance as defined in chapter 48.11 RCW, except: (1) A life insurer may grant annuities and may be authorized to transact in addition only disability insurance; …

(1) Subject to RCW 48.05.350 to qualify for authority to transact any one kind of insurance as defined in chapter 48.11 RCW or combination of kinds of insurance as set forth in this subsection, a foreign or alien insurer, whether stock or mutual, or a domestic insurer must posses…

An insurer authorized to transact general casualty insurance shall be authorized to transact disability insurance and fidelity insurance without requiring additional financial qualifications. [ 1963 c 195 s 8.]

Officers and directors of an insurer or a corporation holding a controlling interest in an insurer shall be deemed to stand in a fiduciary relation to the insurer, and shall discharge the duties of their respective positions in good faith, and with that diligence, care and skill …

The insurance commissioner shall adopt rules requiring insurers who are authorized to write property and casualty insurance in the state of Washington to record and report their Washington state loss and expense experiences and other data, as required by RCW 48.05.390. These rule…

(1) Every property and casualty insurance company doing business in this state, unless otherwise exempted by the domiciliary commissioner, shall annually submit the opinion of an appointed actuary entitled "Statement of Actuarial Opinion." This opinion shall be filed in accordanc…

(1) The statement of actuarial opinion shall be provided with the annual statement in accordance with the property and casualty annual statement instructions as adopted by the national association of insurance commissioners and shall be treated as a public document. (2) Documents…

(1) The report required by RCW 48.05.380 shall include the types of insurance written by the insurer for policies pertaining to: (a) Medical malpractice for physicians and surgeons, hospitals, other health care professions, and other health care facilities individually; (b) Produ…

(1) Each domestic, foreign, and alien insurer that is authorized to transact insurance in this state shall annually, on or before March 1 of each year, file with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners a copy of its annual statement convention blank, along with such a…

Effective July 1, 1994, each health care provider, facility, or health maintenance organization that self-insures for liability risks related to medical malpractice and employs physicians or other independent health care practitioners in Washington state shall condition each phys…

As used in RCW 48.05.430 through * 48.05.490, these terms have the following meanings: (1) "RBC" means risk-based capital. (2) "NAIC" means the national association of insurance commissioners. (3) "Domestic insurer" means any insurance company domiciled in this state. (4) "Foreig…

(1) Every domestic insurer shall, on or prior to the filing date, which is hereby established as March 1, prepare and submit to the commissioner a report of its RBC levels as of the end of the calendar year just ended, in a form and containing that information required by the RBC…

(1) "Company action level event" means any of the following events: (a) The filing of an RBC report by an insurer indicating that: (i) The insurer's total adjusted capital is greater than or equal to its regulatory action level RBC, but less than its company action level RBC; (ii…

(1) "Regulatory action level event" means, with respect to any insurer, any of the following events: (a) The filing of an RBC report by the insurer indicating that the insurer's total adjusted capital is greater than or equal to its authorized control level RBC but less than its …

(1) "Authorized control level event" means any of the following events: (a) The filing of an RBC report by the insurer indicating that the insurer's total adjusted capital is greater than or equal to its mandatory control level RBC but less than its authorized control level RBC; …

(1) "Mandatory control level event" means any of the following events: (a) The filing of an RBC report indicating that the insurer's total adjusted capital is less than its mandatory control level RBC; (b) Notification by the commissioner to the insurer of an adjusted RBC report …

(1) Upon notification to an insurer by the commissioner of any of the following, the insurer shall have the right to a hearing, in accordance with chapters 48.04 and 34.05 RCW, at which the insurer may challenge any determination or action by the commissioner: (a) Of an adjusted …

(1) All RBC reports, to the extent the information is not required to be set forth in a publicly available annual statement schedule, and RBC plans, including the results or report of any examination or analysis of an insurer and any corrective order issued by the commissioner, w…

(1) The provisions of RCW 48.05.430 through * 48.05.490 are supplemental to any other provisions of the laws of this state, and shall not preclude or limit any other powers or duties of the commissioner under those laws, including, but not limited to, chapter 48.31 RCW. (2) The c…

(1) Any foreign or alien insurer shall, upon the written request of the commissioner, submit to the commissioner an RBC report as of the end of the calendar year just ended by the later of: (a) The date an RBC report would be required to be filed by a domestic insurer under RCW 4…

There is no liability on the part of, and no cause of action may arise against, the commissioner or insurance department or its employees or agents for any action taken by them in the performance of their powers and duties under RCW 48.05.430 through * 48.05.490. [ 1995 c 83 s 11…

All notices by the commissioner to an insurer that may result in regulatory action are effective upon dispatch if transmitted by registered or certified mail, or in the case of any other transmission are effective upon the insurer's receipt of the notice. [ 1995 c 83 s 12.]

(1) Every insurer domiciled in this state shall file a report with the commissioner disclosing material acquisitions and dispositions of assets or material nonrenewals, cancellations, or revisions of ceded reinsurance agreements unless these acquisitions and dispositions of asset…

No acquisitions or dispositions of assets need be reported under RCW 48.05.510 if the acquisitions or dispositions are not material. For purposes of RCW 48.05.510 through 48.05.535, a material acquisition, or the aggregate of any series of related acquisitions during any thirty-d…

(1) Asset acquisitions subject to RCW 48.05.510 through 48.05.535 include every purchase, lease, exchange, merger, consolidation, succession, or other acquisition other than the construction or development of real property by or for the reporting insurer or the acquisition of mat…

(1) The following information is required to be disclosed in any report of a material acquisition or disposition of assets: (a) Date of the transaction; (b) Manner of acquisition or disposition; (c) Description of the assets involved; (d) Nature and amount of the consideration gi…

(1) No nonrenewals, cancellations, or revisions of ceded reinsurance agreements need be reported under RCW 48.05.510 if the nonrenewals, cancellations, or revisions are not material. For purposes of RCW 48.05.510 through 48.05.535, a material nonrenewal, cancellation, or revision…

(1) The following is required to be disclosed in any report of a material nonrenewal, cancellation, or revision of ceded reinsurance agreements: (a) The effective date of the nonrenewal, cancellation, or revision; (b) The description of the transaction with an identification of t…

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to provide the requirements for maintaining a risk management framework and completing an own risk and solvency assessment and provide guidance and instructions for filing an ORSA summary report with the insurance commissioner of this state. (2)…

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Insurance group" means, for the purposes of conducting an ORSA, those insurers and affiliates included within an insurance holding company system as defined in RCW 48…

An insurer must maintain a risk management framework to assist the insurer with identifying, assessing, monitoring, managing, and reporting on its material and relevant risks. This requirement is satisfied if the insurance group of which the insurer is a member maintains a risk m…

Subject to RCW 48.05A.030, an insurer, or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member, must regularly conduct an ORSA consistent with a process comparable to the ORSA guidance manual. The ORSA must be conducted annually but also at any time when there are significant cha…

(1) Upon the commissioner's request, and no more than once each year, an insurer must submit to the commissioner an ORSA summary report or any combination of reports that together contain the information described in the ORSA guidance manual, applicable to the insurer or the insu…

(1) An insurer is exempt from the requirements of this chapter, if: (a) The insurer has annual direct written and unaffiliated assumed premium including international direct and assumed premium, but excluding premium reinsured with the federal crop insurance corporation and feder…

(1) The ORSA summary report shall be prepared consistent with the ORSA guidance manual, subject to the requirements of subsection (2) of this section. Documentation and supporting information must be maintained and made available upon examination or upon the request of the commis…

(1) Documents, materials, or other information, including the ORSA summary report, in the possession or control of the commissioner that are obtained by, created by, or disclosed to the commissioner or any other person under this chapter, is recognized by this state as being prop…

The commissioner must require any insurer failing, without just cause, to file the ORSA summary report as required in this chapter, after notice and hearing, to pay a fine of five hundred dollars for each day's delay, to be recovered by the commissioner and the fine collected mus…

This chapter may be known and cited as the risk management and solvency assessment act. [ 2015 c 17 s 14.]

Except for section 11 of this act, which takes effect July 1, 2017, this act takes effect January 1, 2016. [ 2015 c 17 s 15.]

An insurer formed in this state shall be either (1) An incorporated stock insurer, or (2) An incorporated mutual insurer, or (3) An incorporated specific risks mutual property insurer, or (4) An incorporated mutual assessment property insurer only, or (5) An incorporated farm mut…

No insurer shall be formed or be authorized in this state to issue contracts of insurance the performance of which is contingent upon the payment of assessments, assessment premiums, or calls made upon its members. Mutual assessment property insurers and farm mutual assessment pr…

(1) No person forming or proposing to form in this state an insurer, or insurance holding corporation, or stock corporation to finance an insurer or insurance production therefor, or corporation to manage an insurer, or corporation to be attorney-in-fact for a reciprocal insurer,…

To apply for a solicitation permit the person shall: (1) File with the commissioner a request showing: (a) Name, type, and purpose of insurer, corporation, or syndicate proposed to be formed; (b) Biographical reports on forms prescribed by the national association of insurance co…

The commissioner shall expeditiously examine the application for a solicitation permit and make any investigation relative thereto deemed necessary. If the commissioner finds that (1) the application is complete; and (2) the documents therewith filed are equitable in terms and pr…

Upon the filing of the bond required by RCW 48.06.110 after notice by the commissioner, the commissioner shall: (1) File the articles of incorporation of the proposed incorporated insurer or other corporation; and (2) Issue to the applicant a solicitation permit. [ 1998 c 23 s 1;…

Every solicitation permit issued by the commissioner shall: (1) Be for a period of not over two years, subject to the right of the commissioner to grant a reasonable extension for good cause. (2) State the securities for which subscriptions are to be solicited, the number, classe…