Section Ins 4501.01 - Purpose and Scope(a) The purpose of this rule is to improve the New Hampshire insurance department's surveillance of the financial condition of insurers by requiring: (1) An annual audit of financial statements reporting the financial position and the results of operations of insurers by independent certified public accountants;(2) Communication of internal control related matters noted in an audit; and(3) Management's report of internal control over financial reporting.(b) Every insurer, as defined in Ins 4501.02, shall be subject to this rule. Insurers having direct premiums written in this state of less than $1,000,000 in any calendar year and less than 1,000 policyholders or certificateholders of direct written policies nationwide at the end of the calendar year shall be exempt from this rule for the year, unless the commissioner makes a specific finding that compliance is necessary for the commissioner to carry out statutory responsibilities, except that insurers having assumed premiums pursuant to contracts and/or treaties of reinsurance of $1,000,000 or more will not be so exempt.(c) Foreign or alien insurers filing the audited financial reports in another state, pursuant to that state's requirements for filing of audited financial reports, which has been found by the commissioner to be substantially similar to the requirements herein, are exempt from Ins 4501.03 through 4501.12 if: (1) A copy of the audited financial report, communication of internal control related matters noted in an audit, and the accountant's letter of qualifications that are filed with the other state are filed with the commissioner in accordance with the filing dates specified in Ins 4501.03, Ins 4501.10 and Ins 4501.11, respectively. Canadian insurers may submit accountants reports as filed with the office of the superintendent of financial institutions, Canada; and(2) A copy of any notification of adverse financial condition report filed with the other state is filed with the commissioner within the time specified in Ins 4501.09.(d) Foreign or alien insurers required to file management's report of internal control over financial reporting in another state are exempt from filing the report in this state provided the other state has substantially similar reporting requirements and the report is filed with the commissioner of the other state within the time specified.(e) This rule shall not prohibit, preclude or in any way limit the commissioner of insurance from ordering or conducting or performing examinations of insurers under the rules of the New Hampshire insurance department and the practices and procedures of the New Hampshire insurance department.N.H. Admin. Code § Ins 4501.01
Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 36, Filed September 8, 2016, Proposed by #11171, Effective 12/31/2016, Expires 12/31/2026.