Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 83 - INSURANCE (§§ 83-1-1 — 83-NEW-004) › Chapter 5 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES (§§ 83-5-1 — 83-5-877) › Article 3 - PERIODIC FINANCIAL EXAMINATIONS OF INSURERS (§§ 83-5-201 — 83-5-217) › Section 83-5-205 - Examination of insurers; examination of foreign or alien insurer; acceptance of examination report prepared by insurance department of another state; financial and market analysis review of all insurers

(1)
The commissioner or any of his examiners may conduct an examination under Sections
83-5-201
through
83-5-217
of any company as often as the commissioner, in his or her sole discretion, deems appropriate but, at a minimum, shall conduct an examination of every insurer licensed in this state not less frequently than once every five (5) years. In scheduling and determining the nature, scope and frequency of the examinations, the commissioner shall consider such matters as the results of financial statement analyses and ratios, changes in management or ownership, actuarial opinions, reports of independent certified public accountants and other criteria as set forth in the Examiners' Handbook adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and in effect when the commissioner exercises discretion under this section.
(2)
For purposes of completing an examination of any company under Sections
83-5-201
through
83-5-217
, the commissioner may examine or investigate any person, or the business of any person, insofar as such examination or investigation, in the sole discretion of the commissioner, is necessary or material to the examination of the company.
(3)
In lieu of an examination under Sections
83-5-201
through
83-5-217
of any foreign or alien insurer licensed in this state, the commissioner may accept an examination report on the company as prepared by the insurance department for the company's state of domicile or port-of-entry state until January 1, 1994. Thereafter, such reports may only be accepted if (a) the insurance department was at the time of the examination accredited under the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Financial Regulation Standards and Accreditation Program; or (b) the examination is performed under the supervision of an accredited insurance department or with the participation of one or more examiners who are employed by such an accredited state insurance department and who, after a review of the examination work papers and report, state under oath that the examination was performed in a manner consistent with the standards and procedures required by their insurance department.
(4)
In addition to those examinations performed by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the commissioner shall conduct financial and market analysis review of all insurers authorized to do business in this state and may conduct regulatory review of entities regulated by the department. The reviews may include the annual statement and the market conduct annual statement of the insurer or regulated entity reviewed, company financial reports rendered pursuant to good and acceptable accounting practices, results of insurance solvency standards testing as performed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, results of prior examinations and office reviews, management changes, consumer complaints, and such other relevant information as from time to time may be required by the commissioner.
(5)
In lieu of conducting a financial or market analysis under this section of any foreign or alien insurer licensed in this state, the commissioner may rely upon the financial or market analysis conducted by the insurance department of the company's state of domicile or port-of-entry accredited under the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Financial Regulation Standards and Accreditation Program.
(6)
Every insurer or regulated entity shall produce and make freely accessible to the commissioner the accounts, records, documents and files in its possession or control. Failure by an insurer or regulated entity to supply information requested by the department during a course of financial or market analysis may subject the insurer or regulated entity to revocation or suspension of its license, or, in lieu thereof, a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per occurrence.
Laws, 1992, ch. 319, § 3; Laws, 2012, ch. 364, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 416, HB 534, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.