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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 10 - Insurance » Article 3 - Regulation of Insurance Companies » Part 16 - Corporate Governance Annual Disclosures

§ 10-3-1601. Purpose and Scope – Applicability – Legislative Declaration

The purpose of this part 16 is to: Provide the commissioner a summary of each insurer’s and insurance group’s corporate governance structure, policies, and practices to permit the commissioner to gain and maintain an understanding of each insurer’s and insurance group’s corporate governance framework; Outline the requirements for submitting a corporate governance annual disclosure to […]

§ 10-3-1602. Definitions

As used in this part 16, unless the context otherwise requires: “Corporate governance annual disclosure” or “CGAD” means a confidential report filed by an insurer or an insurance group in accordance with the requirements of this part 16. “Insurance group” means those insurers and affiliates that are included within an insurance holding company system, as […]

§ 10-3-1603. Disclosure Requirement

On June 1, 2020, and on June 1 of each year thereafter, an insurer, or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member, shall submit to the commissioner a CGAD that contains the information described in section 10-3-1604 and in subsection (2) of this section. Notwithstanding any request from the commissioner made pursuant […]

§ 10-3-1604. Contents of Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure – Rules

In responding to a request for CGAD-related information, an insurer or insurance group may exercise its discretion so long as its CGAD provides the commissioner sufficient information to understand the insurer’s or insurance group’s corporate governance structure, policies, and practices. The commissioner may request that an insurer or insurance group provide additional information for this […]

§ 10-3-1605. Confidentiality

Documents, materials, and other information, including a CGAD, in the possession or control of the division that are obtained by, created by, or disclosed to the commissioner or any other person under this part 16 are recognized by this state as being proprietary and to contain trade secrets. All such documents, materials, and other information […]

§ 10-3-1606. Retention of Third-Party Consultants – Information Sharing

The commissioner may retain, at the expense of an insurer or insurance group, one or more third-party consultants, including attorneys, actuaries, accountants, and other experts who are not otherwise members of the commissioner’s staff, as may be reasonably necessary to assist the commissioner in reviewing the insurer’s or insurance group’s CGAD and related information or […]

§ 10-3-1607. Sanctions

Any insurer or insurance group that fails, without just cause, to timely file a CGAD as required in this part 16 shall pay, after notice and a hearing, a penalty of two hundred dollars for each day’s delay. The maximum penalty under this section is twenty-five thousand dollars. The commissioner may reduce the penalty if […]

§ 10-3-1608. Rules

The commissioner shall, upon notice and opportunity for all interested persons to be heard, issue rules and orders to carry out this part 16. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1291), ch. 188, p. 2089, § 1, effective August 2.