(1) In making any determination or prescribing rules relating to items such as are reported in the form of annual statement and any supplement thereto required to be filed by an insurer, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall give consideration to recommendations made from time to time by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and to customary and general practice in insurance accounting.

(2) The director may apply and may require insurers to use and comply with standards, practices and procedures established by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in its manuals or other publications, including actuarial, accounting and other opinion and reporting requirements. [1967 c.359 § 228; 1993 c.447 § 20]