West Virginia Code 33-33-7 – Consolidated or combined audits
An insurer may make written application to the commissioner for approval to file audited consolidated or combined financial statements in lieu of separate annual audited financial statements if the insurer is part of a group of insurance companies which utilizes a pooling or one hundred percent reinsurance agreement that affects the solvency and integrity of the insurer's reserves and the insurer cedes all of its direct and assumed business to the pool. If an approval is granted, a columnar consolidating or combining worksheet shall be filed with the report incorporating the following:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 33-33-7
- Audited financial report: means and includes those items specified in section four of this article. See West Virginia Code 33-33-2
- Insurer: means any domestic insurer as defined in section six, article one of this chapter and includes any domestic stock insurance company, mutual insurance company, reciprocal insurance company, farmers" mutual fire insurance company, fraternal benefit society, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, health care corporation, health maintenance organization, captive insurance company or risk retention group and any licensed foreign or alien insurer defined in article one of this chapter. See West Virginia Code 33-33-2
(1) Amounts shown on the consolidated or combined audited financial report shall be shown on the worksheet;
(2) Amounts for each insurer subject to this section shall be stated separately;
(3) Noninsurance operations may be shown on the worksheet on a combined or individual basis;
(4) Explanations of consolidating and eliminating entries shall be included; and
(5) A reconciliation shall be included of any differences between the amounts shown in the individual insurer columns of the worksheet and comparable amounts shown on the annual statements of the insurers.