Title 33, Chapter 41, Section 2
( 33-41-2)
Terms not otherwise defined in this chapter shall have the same
meaning ascribed to them in this title. As used in this chapter,
unless the context otherwise requires, the term: (1) "Affiliate" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
trust, or estate that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with one or more of the shareholders or members of a
captive insurance company. Affiliates shall also include
employees of any shareholder or member, or any affiliate thereof,
of a captive insurance company. For the purpose of the foregoing
definition of affiliate, "control" means: (A) Ownership of shares of a corporation possessing 50 percent
or more of the total voting power of all classes of shares
entitled to vote or possessing 50 percent or more of the total
value of the outstanding shares of the corporation; and (B) Ownership of 50 percent or more by value of the beneficial
interests in a partnership, trust, or estate. (2) "Association" means any membership organization whose members
consist of a group of individuals, corporations, partnerships, or
other associations who engage in similar or related professional,
trade, or business activities and who collectively own, control,
or hold with power to vote all of the outstanding voting interests
of an association captive insurance company or of a corporation
that is the sole shareholder of an association captive insurance
company. (3) "Association captive insurance company" means any domestic
insurance company granted a certificate of authority under this
chapter to insure or reinsure the similar or related risks of
members and affiliates of members of its association. (4) "Captive insurance company" means any pure captive insurance
company, association captive insurance company, industrial insured
captive insurance company, or risk retention group captive
insurance company. (5) "Industrial insured" means an insured: (A) Who procures the insurance of any risk or risks through the
use of the services of a full-time employee who acts as an
insurance manager, risk manager, or insurance buyer or through
the services of a person licensed as a property and casualty
agent, broker, or counselor in such person's state of domicile; (B) Whose aggregate annual premiums for insurance on all risks
total at least $25,000.00; and (C) Who either: (i) Has at least 25 full-time employees; (ii) Has gross assets in excess of $3 million; or (iii) Has annual gross revenues in excess of $5 million.
(6) "Industrial insured captive insurance company" means any
domestic insurance company granted a certificate of authority
under this chapter to insure or reinsure the risks of industrial
insureds and their affiliates and which has as its shareholders or
members only industrial insureds that are insured or reinsured by
the industrial insured captive insurance company or which has as
its sole shareholder or sole member a corporation whose only
shareholders are industrial insureds that are insured or reinsured
by the industrial insured captive insurance company. (7) "Parent" means a corporation which directly owns shares
representing more than 50 percent of the total outstanding voting
power and value of a pure captive insurance company. (8) "Pure captive insurance company" means any domestic insurance
company granted a certificate of authority under this chapter to
insure or reinsure the risks of its parent and affiliates of its
parent. (9) "Risk retention group captive insurance company" is any pure,
association, or industrial insured captive insurance company which
has been granted a certificate of authority under this chapter and
determined by the Commissioner to be established and maintained as
a "risk retention group" as defined under the federal Liability
Risk Retention Act of 1986, as amended. A risk retention group
may be chartered and licensed either under this chapter or under
Chapter 40 of this title. (10) "Transact," as used in this chapter, shall not include the
organizational activities associated with the preliminary
formation, incorporation, petitioning for a certificate of
authority, and initial capitalization of a captive insurance
company. |