(1) The director or any of his or her examiners may conduct an examination under the Insurers Examination Act of any company incorporated in this state or in any other state or country admitted to or applying for admission to transact business in this state as often as the director in his or her sole discretion deems appropriate but shall at a minimum conduct an examination of every domestic insurer not less frequently than once every five years. In scheduling and determining the nature, scope, and frequency of the examination of a company, the director shall consider such matters as the results of financial statement analyses and ratios, changes in the company’s management or ownership, actuarial opinions, reports of independent certified public accountants, the company’s ability to meet and fulfill its obligations, the company’s compliance with provisions of law, other facts relating to the company’s business methods, the company’s management and its dealings with its policyholders, and other criteria as set forth in the Examiners’ Handbook adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and in effect when the director conducts an examination under this section.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-5904

  • Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Director: shall mean the Director of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
  • Domestic: when applied to corporations shall mean all those created by authority of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Insurer: shall include all companies, exchanges, societies, or associations whether organized on the stock, mutual, assessment, or fraternal plan of insurance and reciprocal insurance exchanges. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(2) For purposes of completing an examination of any company under the act, the director may examine or investigate any person, or the business of any person, insofar as such examination or investigation is, in the sole discretion of the director, necessary or material to the examination of the company.