(a) An insurer that is no longer licensed to write automobile liability insurance in this state shall have its plan business treated in the same manner as its voluntary business and shall not receive new assignments.
(b) The runoff of existing plan business shall be conducted in an orderly manner with policies nonrenewed upon the next anniversary date.
(c) An insurer that elects to surrender its license or has its license to do business in this state revoked shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) If an insurer elects to leave this state by surrendering its license to write automobile insurance, it shall submit to the plan’s advisory committee as a condition precedent to the surrender of its license, a plan that disposes of the insurer’s quota of plan assignments established by its voluntary writings, and provides for the handling of its outstanding assigned risk policies, including payment of claims, by appropriate financial arrangements or reinsurance agreements. The plan’s advisory committee shall evaluate the plan that is submitted and shall advise the commissioner as to whether or not it recommends acceptance or rejection by the commissioner of the plan.
(2) In the event an insurer’s license to do business in this state is revoked by the commissioner, the insurer shall submit to the plan’s advisory committee a plan that disposes of the insurer’s quota of plan assignments established by its voluntary writings, and provides for the handling of its outstanding assigned risk policies, including payment of claims, by appropriate financial arrangements or reinsurance agreements. The plan’s advisory committee shall evaluate the plan that is submitted and shall advise the commissioner as to whether or not it recommends acceptance or rejection by the commissioner of the plan.
(d) If all insurers in a group are under the same ownership and management, or a group elects to be treated as a single insurer and an insurer in the same group is no longer licensed, that insurer shall comply with the provisions of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 159, Sec. 150. Effective January 1, 2002.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018