(a) Pursuant to section 412:5-205.5 a bank may engage in insurance underwriting if the following requirements are met:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:5-205.6

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Company: means any corporation, partnership, trust (business or otherwise), association, joint venture, pool syndicate, unincorporated organization, or any form of business entity not specifically listed herein and, unless specifically excluded, a financial institution; provided that "company" does not mean any trust existing on July 1, 1993, which under its terms must terminate within twenty-five years, or not later than twenty-one years and ten months after the death of individuals living on the effective date of the trust. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Division: means the division of financial institutions of the department of commerce and consumer affairs of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Holding company: means any company which controls another company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Subsidiary: means a corporation, joint venture, partnership, or other company that is controlled by another corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • this State: means the State of Hawaii, its political subdivisions, agencies, and departments. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
(1) The insurance underwriting activities shall be conducted in a separately capitalized subsidiary of the bank or affiliate of its bank holding company;
(2) A bank or the bank holding company that controls an insurance underwriting subsidiary shall be subject to article 11, chapter 431, relating to insurance company holding systems;
(3) The name of the insurance underwriting subsidiary or affiliate and any assumed business name used by it shall not be identical to that of the bank;
(4) The logo of the insurance underwriting subsidiary or affiliate shall not be identical to that of the bank; and
(5) In no event shall any liabilities or losses associated with the banking activities of the bank be recoverable through the Hawaii insurance guaranty association, the Hawaii life and disability insurance guaranty association, or the insurance guaranty fund of another state.
(b) Pursuant to section 412:5-205.5, a bank may engage in insurance sales through an independent insurance producer or a producer under contract. In addition, a bank may engage in insurance sales pursuant to section 412:5-205.5, either directly in any department or division of the bank or through a subsidiary or affiliate of the bank, subject to chapter 431.
(c) Upon receipt of the commissioner‘s approval under section 412:5-205.5, the bank or its subsidiary or affiliate shall obtain any necessary approvals from the insurance commissioner required under chapter 431 and any insurance administrative rules adopted under chapter 431 or the applicable insurance and banking laws of any jurisdiction other than this State in which the bank will be conducting its insurance and annuity activities.

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