Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 521A · 18 active provisions
For the purpose of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Affiliate of”, or a person affiliated with, a specific person, shall mean a person who directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified. 2. The term…
1Authorization. Any domestic insurer, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more persons, subject to the limitations set forth herein or elsewhere in this chapter, may organize or acquire one or more subsidiaries engaged or registered to engage in one or more of the following businesses or activities: a. Any k…
1Filing requirements. a. No person other than the issuer shall make a tender offer for or a request or invitation for tenders of, or enter into any agreement to exchange securities for, seek to acquire, or acquire, in the open market or otherwise, any voting security of a domestic insurer if, after the consummation the…
1Registration. An insurer which is authorized to do business in this state and which is a member of an insurance holding company system shall register with the commissioner, except a foreign insurer subject to registration requirements and standards which are substantially similar to those contained in this section and…
1Transactions within a holding company system affecting domestic insurers. a. Material transactions by registered insurers with their affiliates are subject to the following standards: 1. The terms shall be fair and reasonable. 2. Agreements for cost-sharing services and management shall include such provisions as requ…
1Power of commissioner. Subject to the limitation contained in this section and in addition to the powers which the commissioner has under chapter 507 relating to the examination of insurers, the commissioner shall have the power to examine any insurer registered under section 521A.4 and its affiliates to ascertain the…
1Power of commissioner. With respect to any insurer registered under section 521A.4 and in accordance with this section, the commissioner shall have the power to participate in a supervisory college for any domestic insurer that is part of an insurance holding company system with international operations in order to de…
1. a. The commissioner may act as the group-wide supervisor of an internationally active insurance group in accordance with the provisions of this section. However, the commissioner may authorize another regulatory official to act as the group-wide supervisor where the internationally active insurance group meets any o…
1. a. All information, documents, and copies thereof obtained by or disclosed to the commissioner or any other person in the course of an examination or investigation made pursuant to section 521A.6 or 521A.6A, and all information reported or provided to the commissioner pursuant to sections 521A.4, 521A.5, 521A.6A, an…
1. a. The group capital calculation and all supporting documentation filed pursuant to section 521A.4, subsection 13, and the liquidity stress test results and all supporting documentation filed pursuant to section 521A.4, subsection 14, shall be designated as regulatory tools utilized for the purpose of assessing grou…
The commissioner may, upon notice and opportunity for all interested persons to be heard, issue such rules and orders as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
1Injunctions. Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any insurer or any director, officer, employee, or agent thereof has committed or is about to commit a violation of this chapter or any rule, regulation, or order issued by the commissioner under this chapter, the commissioner may apply to the district court of…
1. If the commissioner finds after notice and hearing that a person subject to registration under section 521A.4 failed without just cause to file a registration statement as required in this chapter, the person shall be required to pay a penalty of one thousand dollars for each day’s delay. The penalty shall be recove…
Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person has committed a violation of this chapter which so impairs the financial condition of a domestic insurer as to threaten insolvency or make the further transaction of business by it hazardous to its policyholders, creditors, shareholders or the public, then the com…
1. Subject to subsections 2 through 4, if an order for liquidation, conservation, or rehabilitation of a domestic insurer has been entered, the receiver appointed under the order may recover on behalf of the insurer either of the following if made within one year preceding the filing of the petition for liquidation, co…
Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person has committed a violation of this chapter which makes the continued operation of an insurer contrary to the interest of policyholders or the public, the commissioner may, after giving notice and an opportunity to be heard, determine to suspend, revoke or refuse to…
Judicial review of the actions of the commissioner may be sought in accordance with the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A.
1. a. For purposes of this section, “domestic mutual insurance company” includes a company qualified and licensed in this state pursuant to chapter 518 or 518A. A domestic mutual insurance company, upon approval of the commissioner, may reorganize by forming an insurance holding company based upon a mutual plan and con…