§ 22:1728 — Prohibited acts

Louisiana § 22:1728

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 22: Insurance

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§1728. Prohibited acts
The reinsurance intermediary-manager shall not:
(1) Cede retrocessions on behalf of the reinsurer, except that the reinsurance
intermediary-manager may cede facultative retrocessions pursuant to obligatory facultative
agreements, if the contract with the reinsurer contains reinsurance underwriting guidelines
for such retrocessions. The guidelines shall include a list of reinsurers with which such
automatic agreements are in effect, and for each such reinsurer, the coverages and amounts
or percentages that may be reinsured, and commission schedules.
(2) Commit the reinsurer to participate in reinsurance syndicates.
(3) Appoint any producer without assuring that the producer is lawfully licensed to
transact the type of reinsurance for which he is appointed.
(4) Without prior approval of the reinsurer, pay or commit the reinsurer to pay a
claim, minus its retrocessions, that exceeds the lesser of an amount specified by the reinsurer
or one percent of the reinsurer's policyholder's surplus as of December thirty-first of the last
complete calendar year.
(5) Collect any payment from a retrocessionaire or commit the reinsurer to any claim
settlement with a retrocessionaire, without prior approval of the reinsurer. If prior approval
is given, a report must be promptly forwarded to the reinsurer.
(6) Jointly employ an individual who is employed by the reinsurer, unless such
reinsurance intermediary-manager is under common control with the reinsurer subject to the
Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Law, R.S. 22:691.1 et seq.
(7) Appoint a subreinsurance intermediary-manager.

Legislative History

Acts 1992, No. 811, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:1210.27 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2011, No. 94, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Acts 2022, No. 161, §1.