[§431:3D-102]  Definitions.  As used in this article:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3D-102

  • Insurance group: means those insurers and affiliates included within an insurance holding company system as defined in article 11. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3D-102
  • Own risk and solvency assessment: means a confidential internal assessment, appropriate to the nature, scale, and complexity of an insurer or insurance group and conducted by that insurer or insurance group, of the material and relevant risks associated with the insurer or insurance group's current business plan and the sufficiency of capital resources to support those risks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3D-102
  • Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Guidance Manual: means the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Guidance Manual as developed and adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and as amended from time to time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3D-102

     “Insurance group” means those insurers and affiliates included within an insurance holding company system as defined in article 11.

     “Insurer” shall have the same meaning as set forth in article 1, except that it shall not include:

     (1)  Agencies, authorities, or instrumentalities of the United States, its possessions and territories, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, or a state or political subdivision of a state;

     (2)  Fraternal benefit societies;

     (3)  Nonprofit medical and hospital service associations that are exempt from state and federal income taxes; or

     (4)  Unauthorized insurers.

     “Own risk and solvency assessment” means a confidential internal assessment, appropriate to the nature, scale, and complexity of an insurer or insurance group and conducted by that insurer or insurance group, of the material and relevant risks associated with the insurer or insurance group’s current business plan and the sufficiency of capital resources to support those risks.

     “Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Guidance Manual” means the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Guidance Manual as developed and adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and as amended from time to time.  A change in the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Guidance Manual shall take effect on the January 1 following the calendar year in which the changes have been adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

     “Own risk and solvency assessment summary report” means a confidential, high-level summary of an insurer or insurance group’s own risk and solvency assessment.