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Home » US Law » 2022 Rhode Island General Laws » Title 27 - Insurance » Chapter 27-33 - Federal Riot Reinsurance Reimbursement Fund

Section 27-33-1. – Purposes.

§ 27-33-1. Purposes. The purposes of this chapter are: (1) to make basic property insurance available to qualified applicants who have been unable to secure the insurance in the normal market, and (2) to create a fund to discharge the obligations of the state to the secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, […]

Section 27-33-10. – “Basic property insurance” defined.

§ 27-33-10. “Basic property insurance” defined. “Basic property insurance” for the purposes of this chapter means fire, extended coverage, vandalism, malicious mischief, broad and special form dwelling coverage commonly referred to as DP-2 and DP-3, and sprinkler leakage insurance. It shall also include homeowners package coverages which include dwelling and tenant forms, as well as […]

Section 27-33-11. – Rules and regulations.

§ 27-33-11. Rules and regulations. The director of business regulation may issue rules, regulations, and orders necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The director is specifically empowered to require that basic property insurance as defined in § 27-33-10 and any other insurance that may be required or suggested by the federal insurance […]

Section 27-33-2. – Participation.

§ 27-33-2. Participation. Each domestic insurer and all insurers licensed to write those classes of insurance listed in §§ 27-8-1 and 27-8-3 in the state, on a direct basis, shall participate in the basic property insurance and placement program established in this state in furtherance of 12 U.S.C. § 1749bbb et seq., commonly known as […]

Section 27-33-3. – Inspection and statements.

§ 27-33-3. Inspection and statements. There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against insurers, any inspection bureau, placement facility, or underwriting association, or their directors, agents, or employees, or the director of business regulation or his or her authorized representatives, for any inspections […]

Section 27-33-4. – Creation of fund.

§ 27-33-4. Creation of fund. There is created a fund to be known as the “federal riot reinsurance reimbursement fund,” referred to in this chapter as “the fund,” which shall be operated under the joint control of the general treasurer and the director of business regulation. The fund shall consist of all of the payments […]

Section 27-33-5. – Reimbursement of the secretary.

§ 27-33-5. Reimbursement of the secretary. The fund shall reimburse the secretary in an amount up to five percent (5%) of the aggregate property insurance premiums earned in this state during the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year, with respect to which the secretary paid losses on lines of insurance reinsured by him or […]

Section 27-33-6. – Post assessment funding.

§ 27-33-6. Post assessment funding. Whenever the secretary shall, in accordance with the Act, present to the state a request for reimbursement under the Act, the fund shall immediately assess all insurers that, during the calendar year with respect to which reimbursement is requested by the secretary, were chartered or licensed or engaged in writing […]

Section 27-33-7. – Authorization of payment.

§ 27-33-7. Authorization of payment. The fund shall reimburse the secretary, up to amounts actually collected by it, upon drafts or vouchers duly authorized by the general treasurer with the approval of the director of business regulation. History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 211, § 1.

Section 27-33-8. – Insolvency.

§ 27-33-8. Insolvency. In the event any insurer fails, by reason of insolvency, to pay any assessment, the fund shall cause the reimbursement ratios, computed under § 27-33-6, to be immediately recalculated, excluding from them the insolvent insurer, so that its assessment is in effect, assumed and redistributed among the remaining insurers. History of Section.P.L. […]

Section 27-33-9. – Alternate preassessment funding.

§ 27-33-9. Alternate preassessment funding. In the event of a determination by the secretary that the provisions of this chapter are not sufficient to meet the requirements of 12 U.S.C. § 1749bbb-9, the fund shall, with respect to the calendar year in which the determination is made and for each calendar year after that, assess […]