(a)A captive insurance company may cede any part of its risks to a reinsurer pursuant to a written reinsurance agreement and may take credit as an asset or a deduction from its liabilities for the amount of reinsurance premiums recoverable under such reinsurance agreement:
(1)If the reinsurer is in compliance with Code Section 33-7-14 ;
(2)To the extent that assets are deposited or withheld from the reinsurer under a written trust or escrow agreement approved by the Commissioner pursuant to an express provision in the reinsurance agreement as security for the payment of the reinsurer's obligations thereunder, provided that:
(A)The assets deposited or withheld are held subject to withdrawal by, and under the control of, the ceding captive insurance company; or (B) The assets deposited o
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(a) A captive insurance company may cede any part of its risks to a reinsurer pursuant to a written reinsurance agreement and may take credit as an asset or a deduction from its liabilities for the amount of reinsurance premiums recoverable under such reinsurance agreement: (1) If the reinsurer is in compliance with Code Section 33-7-14 ; (2) To the extent that assets are deposited or withheld from the reinsurer under a written trust or escrow agreement approved by the Commissioner pursuant to an express provision in the reinsurance agreement as security for the payment of the reinsurer's obligations thereunder, provided that: (A) The assets deposited or withheld are held subject to withdrawal by, and under the control of, the ceding captive insurance company; or (B) The assets deposited or withheld are placed in a trust or escrow account for such purposes in a bank which is either chartered by the State of Georgia or a national bank which is a member of the Federal Reserve System and withdrawals cannot be made without the express written consent of the ceding captive insurance company; (3) To the extent of the amount of a letter of credit, as described in Code Section 33-41-9 , given pursuant to an express provision in the reinsurance agreement as security for the payment of the reinsurer's obligations thereunder; or (4) When the Commissioner shall otherwise authorize such credits or deductions. (b) Any assets deposited or withheld under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Code section must be in the form of cash, as defined in Code Section 33-11-6 , or securities which must have a market value equal to or greater than the credit taken and are qualified as allowed assets for a domestic insurer under Chapter 11 of this title. (c) No credit shall be allowed for reinsurance in any unauthorized assuming reinsurer unless such reinsurer designates the Commissioner as agent for service of process in any action arising out of, or in connection with, such reinsurance.