NRS681A.550. Managers: Conditions for employment; annual statement of financial condition; reserves for losses; retrocessional contracts; notice of termination; prohibition against serving on board of directors of reinsurer.

      1.  A reinsurer shall not engage the services of any person to act as a manager for reinsurance on its behalf unless the person is licensed as required by NRS 681A.430.

      2.  A reinsurer shall annually obtain a copy of statements of the financial condition of each manager for reinsurance whom the reinsurer has engaged. The statements must be prepared by an independent certified public accountant in a form approved by the Commissioner.

      3.  If a manager for reinsurance establishes reserves for losses, the reinsurer shall annually obtain the opinion of an actuary attesting to the adequacy of reserves established for losses incurred and outstanding on the business produced by the manager for reinsurance. The opinion of the actuary must be in addition to any other required certification.

      4.  An officer of the reinsurer must have authority to bind a reinsurer for all retrocessional contracts and for participation in syndicates for reinsurance. The officer must not be affiliated with the manager for reinsurance.

      5.  At least 30 days before termination of a contract with a manager for reinsurance, the reinsurer shall provide written notification of the termination to the Commissioner.

      6.  Except as otherwise provided in chapter 692C of NRS, a reinsurer shall not appoint to its board of directors any officer, director, employee, controlling shareholder or subproducer of its manager for reinsurance.

      (Added to NRS by 1995, 1766)