(1) "Company action level event"
means any of the following events:
(a) The filing of an RBC report by an insurer indicating
that:
(i) The insurer's total adjusted capital is greater than or
equal to its regulatory action level RBC, but less than its
company action level RBC;
(ii) If a life and disability insurer, the insurer has total
adjusted capital that is greater than or equal to its company
action level RBC, but less than the product of its authorized
control level RBC and 2.5 and has a negative trend; or
(iii) If a property and casualty insurer, the insurer has
total adjusted capital that is greater than or equal to its
company action level RBC but less than the product of its
authorized control level RBC and 3.0 and met the trend test
determined in accordance with the trend test calculation included
in the RBC instructions;
(b) The notification by the commissioner to the insurer of
an adjusted RBC report that indicates an event in (a) of this
subsection, provided the insurer does not challenge the adjusted
RBC report under RCW 48.05.460; or
(c) If, under RCW 48.05.460, an insurer challenges an
adjusted RBC report that indicates an event in (a) of this
subsection, the notification by the commissioner to the insurer
that the commissioner has, after a hearing, rejected the
insurer's challenge.
(2) In the event of a company action level event, the
insurer shall prepare and submit to the commissioner an RBC plan
that:
(a) Identifies the conditions that contribute to the company
action level event;
(b) Contains proposals of corrective actions that the
insurer intends to take and would be expected to result in the
elimination of the company action level event;
(c) Provides projections of the insurer's financial results
in the current year and at least the four succeeding years, both
in the absence of proposed corrective actions and giving effect
to the proposed corrective actions, including projections of
statutory operating income, net income, capital, and surplus.
The projections for both new and renewal business might include
separate projections for each major line of business and
separately identify each significant income, expense, and benefit
component;
(d) Identifies the key assumptions impacting the insurer's
projections and the sensitivity of the projections to the
assumptions; and
(e) Identifies the quality of, and problems associated with,
the insurer's business, including but not limited to its assets,
anticipated business growth and associated surplus strain,
extraordinary exposure to risk, mix of business, and use of
reinsurance, if any, in each case.
(3) The RBC plan shall be submitted:
(a) Within forty-five days of the company action level
event; or
(b) If the insurer challenges an adjusted RBC report under
RCW 48.05.460, within forty-five days after notification to the
insurer that the commissioner has, after a hearing, rejected the
insurer's challenge.
(4) Within sixty days after the submission by an insurer of
an RBC plan to the commissioner, the commissioner shall notify
the insurer whether the RBC plan may be implemented or is, in the
judgment of the commissioner, unsatisfactory. If the
commissioner determines the RBC plan is unsatisfactory, the
notification to the insurer shall set forth the reasons for the
determination, and may set forth proposed revisions that will
render the RBC plan satisfactory. Upon notification from the
commissioner, the insurer shall prepare a revised RBC plan, that
may incorporate by reference any revisions proposed by the
commissioner, and shall submit the revised RBC plan to the
commissioner:
(a) Within forty-five days after the notification from the
commissioner; or
(b) If the insurer challenges the notification from the
commissioner under RCW 48.05.460, within forty-five days after a
notification to the insurer that the commissioner has, after a
hearing, rejected the insurer's challenge.
(5) In the event of a notification by the commissioner to an
insurer that the insurer's RBC plan or revised RBC plan is
unsatisfactory, the commissioner may, subject to the insurer's
rights to a hearing under RCW 48.05.460, specify in the
notification that the notification constitutes a regulatory
action level event.
(6) Every domestic insurer that files an RBC plan or revised
RBC plan with the commissioner shall file a copy of the RBC plan
or revised RBC plan with the insurance commissioner in any state
in which the insurer is authorized to do business if:
(a) The state has an RBC provision substantially similar to
RCW 48.05.465(1); and
(b) The insurance commissioner of that state has notified
the insurer of its request for the filing in writing, in which
case the insurer shall file a copy of the RBC plan or revised RBC
plan in that state no later than the later of:
(i) Fifteen days after the receipt of notice to file a copy
of its RBC plan or revised plan with the state; or
(ii) The date on which the RBC plan or revised RBC plan is
filed under subsections (3) and (4) of this section.
[2006 c 25 § 6; 1995 c 83 § 3.]