Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 6042

  • Alien captive insurance company: means any insurance company formed to write insurance business for its parents and affiliates and licensed pursuant to the laws of an alien jurisdiction that imposes statutory or regulatory standards in a form acceptable to the Commissioner on companies transacting the business of insurance in such jurisdiction. See
  • Branch captive insurance company: means any alien captive insurance company licensed by the Commissioner to transact the business of insurance in this State through a business unit with a principal place of business in this State. See
  • Captive insurance company: means any pure captive insurance company, association captive insurance company, sponsored captive insurance company, industrial insured captive insurance company, agency captive insurance company, risk retention group, affiliated reinsurance company, or special purpose financial insurance company formed or licensed under the provisions of this chapter. See
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Financial Regulation. See
  • 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.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 6042. Definitions

As used in this subchapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Alien captive insurance company” means any insurance company formed to write insurance business for its parents and affiliates and licensed pursuant to the laws of an alien jurisdiction that imposes statutory or regulatory standards in a form acceptable to the Commissioner on companies transacting the business of insurance in such jurisdiction.

(2) “Branch business” means any insurance business transacted by a branch captive insurance company in this State.

(3) “Branch captive insurance company” means any alien captive insurance company licensed by the Commissioner to transact the business of insurance in this State through a business unit with a principal place of business in this State.

(4) “Branch operations” means any business operations of a branch captive insurance company in this State. (Added 2003, No. 55, § 9.)