§ 58-10-300.  Special financial requirements.

(a) Mutual insurance holding companies and their insurance company subsidiaries and affiliates shall comply with the provisions of Article 19 of this Chapter except as expressly provided in this Part. Mutual insurance holding companies' investments in subsidiaries, including intermediate holding companies, shall not be subject to any of the restrictions on investment activities set forth in G.S. 58-19-10.

(b) When a mutual insurance holding company acquires or plans to acquire more than fifty percent (50%) of a stock insurance company, the mutual insurance holding company shall submit to the Commissioner a plan describing any membership interests of policyholders.

(c) Each mutual insurance holding company shall supply to the Commissioner, by April 1 of each year, an annual statement consisting of the following:

(1) An income statement.

(2) A balance sheet.

(3) A cash flow statement.

(4) Complete information on the status of any closed block formed as a part of a plan of reorganization.

(5) An investment plan covering all assets.

(6) A statement disclosing any intention to pledge, borrow against, alienate, hypothecate, or in any way encumber the assets of the mutual insurance holding company.

(d) At least fifty percent (50%) of the net worth of the mutual insurance holding company, based upon generally accepted accounting practices, shall be invested in insurance company subsidiaries. The Commissioner may waive the fifty percent (50%) limitation upon a showing of good cause.

(e) No policyholder who is a member of a mutual insurance holding company shall receive on account of such membership interest any payment of a policy credit, dividend, or other distribution unless the payment has been approved by the Commissioner. The Commissioner, if satisfied the proposed payment is fair and equitable to policyholders who are members, may approve the proposed payment and may require as a condition of the approval modification of the proposed payment that the Commissioner finds necessary for the protection of the policyholders.

(f) Mutual insurance holding companies shall comply with Part 3 of this Article and shall be considered a domestic insurer for the purposes of compliance with Part 3 of this Article. (2012-161, s. 1.)