Prohibited acts

(1) The reinsurance intermediary-manager may not cede retrocessions on behalf of the reinsurer, except that the reinsurance intermediary-manager may cede facultative retrocessions pursuant to obligatory facultative agreements if the contract with the reinsurer contains reinsurance underwriting guidelines for facultative retrocessions. The guidelines shall include a list of reinsurers with which automatic agreements are in effect, and for each listed reinsurer, the coverages and amounts or percentages that may be reinsured, and commission schedules. (2) The reinsurance intermediary-manager may not commit the reinsurer to participate in reinsurance syndicates. (3) The reinsurance intermediary-manager may not appoint any producer without assuring that the producer is lawfully licensed to transact the type of reinsurance for which the producer is appointed. (4) The reinsurance intermediary-manager may not, without prior approval of the reinsurer, pay or commit the reinsurer to pay a claim, net of retrocessions, that exceeds the lesser of an amount specified by the reinsurer or 1% of the reinsurer's policyholder's surplus as of December 31 of the last complete calendar year. (5) The reinsurance intermediary-manager may not collect any payment from a retrocessionaire or commit the reinsurer to any claim settlement with a retrocessionaire, without prior approval of the reinsurer. If prior approval is given, a report shall be promptly forwarded to the reinsurer. (6) The reinsurance intermediary-manager may not jointly employ an individual who is employed by the reinsurer unless the reinsurance intermediary-manager is under common control with the reinsurer subject to Title 31A, Chapter 16, Insurance Holding Companies. (7) The reinsurance intermediary-manager may not appoint a subreinsurance intermediary-manager.