(a) Credit shall be allowed when the reinsurance is ceded to an assuming insurer that is domiciled in, or in the case of a U.S. branch of an alien assuming insurer is entered through, a state that employs standards regarding credit for reinsurance substantially similar to those applicable under this chapter and the assuming insurer or U.S. branch of an alien assuming insurer does both of the following:
state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) Maintains a surplus as regards policyholders in an amount not less than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000).(2) Submits to the authority of this state to examine its books and records.(b) The requirement of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) does not apply to reinsurance ceded and assumed pursuant to pooling arrangements among insurers in the same holding company system.
