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§33-31-18. Rules for Controlled Unaffiliated Business

The commissioner may adopt rules establishing standards to ensure that a parent or affiliated company is able to exercise control of the risk management function of any controlled unaffiliated business to be insured by the pure captive insurance company. Until such time as rules under this section are adopted, the commissioner may approve the coverage […]

§33-31-19. Conversion to or Merger With Reciprocal Insurer

(a) An association captive insurance company, risk retention group, or industrial insured captive insurance company formed as a stock or mutual corporation may be converted to or merged with and into a reciprocal insurer in accordance with a plan therefore and the provisions of this section. (b) Any plan for such conversion or merger shall […]

§33-31-20. Branch Captive Insurance Company Formation

(a) A branch captive may be established in this state in accordance with the provisions of this article to write in this state only insurance or reinsurance of the employee benefit business of its parent and affiliated companies which is subject to the provisions of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and […]

§33-31-21. Security Required

In the case of a branch captive insurance company, as security for the payment of liabilities attributable to the branch operations, the commissioner shall require that a trust fund, funded by an irrevocable letter of credit or other acceptable asset, be established and maintained in the United States for the benefit of United States policyholders […]

§33-31-8. Examinations and Investigations

(a) At least once in five years, and whenever the commissioner determines it to be prudent, the commissioner shall personally, or by some competent person appointed by the commissioner, visit each captive insurance company and thoroughly inspect and examine its affairs to ascertain its financial condition, its ability to fulfill its obligations and whether it […]

§33-31-10. Legal Investments

(a) Association captive insurance companies and risk retention groups shall comply with the investment requirements contained in article eight of this chapter, as applicable. Subsection (b), section ten and section eleven, article seven of this chapter shall apply to association captive insurance companies and risk retention groups except to the extent it is inconsistent with […]

§33-31-11. Reinsurance

(a) Any captive insurance company may provide reinsurance, comprised in section fifteen-a, article four of this chapter, on risks ceded by any other insurer: Provided, That if the reinsurer is licensed as a risk retention group, then the ceding risk retention group or its members must qualify for membership with the reinsurer. (b) Any captive […]

§33-31-3. Names of Companies

No captive insurance company shall adopt a name that is the same, deceptively similar, or likely to be confused with or mistaken for any other existing business name registered in the State of West Virginia.