INSURANCE HOLDING COMPANY SYSTEMS

Minn. Stat. ch. 60D

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Minn. Stat. § 60D.09 PENALTIES.

60D.09. PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Failure to file registration statement; civil penalty. An insurer failing, without just cause, to file a registration statement as required in section 60D.19 shall pay a penalty of $1,000 for each day's delay, to be recovered by the commissioner and paid into the general fund. The commissioner may reduce the penalty if the insurer demonstrates to the commissioner that the imposition of the penalty would constitute a financial hardship to the insurer. Subd. 2. Failure to provide notice and filing regarding affiliated transaction or agreement; civil penalty. An insurer failing, without just cause, to provide the appropriate notice and filing under section 60D.20 regarding an affiliated transaction or agreement, shall pay a penalty of $5,000, to be recovered by the commissioner and paid into the general fund. Subd. 3. Certain contracts and agreements; cease and desist and void orders. Whenever it appears to the commissioner that an insurer subject to sections 60D.15 to 60D.29 or a director, officer, employee, or agent of an insurer has engaged in a transaction or entered into a contract that is subject to section 60D.20 and that would have been disapproved by the commissioner, the commissioner may order the insurer to cease and desist immediately any further activity under that transaction or contract. After notice and hearing, the commissioner may also order the insurer to void any contracts and restore the status quo if the action is in the best interest of the policyholders, creditors, or the public. Subd. 4. Criminal penalties. Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any insurer or any director, officer, employee or agent thereof has committed a willful violation of sections 60D.15 to 60D.29, the commissioner may cause criminal proceedings to be instituted by the district court for the county in which the principal office of the insurer is located or if such insurer has no such office in the state, then by the District Court for Ramsey County against such insurer or the responsible director, officer, employee or agent thereof. Any person who willfully violates sections 60D.15 to 60D.29 shall be guilty, for the first offense, of a misdemeanor, and for each subsequent offense, of a gross misdemeanor. Subd. 5. Other violations. If the commissioner believes a person has committed a violation of section 60D.17 that prevents the full understanding of the enterprise risk to the insurer by affiliates or by the insurance holding company system, the violation may serve as an independent basis for disapproving dividends or distributions and for placing the insurer under an order of supervision under chapter 60B. 1971 c 288 s 9; 1992 c 464 art 2 s 1; 2014 c 198 art 5 s 1; 1Sp2025 c 4 art 4 s 1

Minn. Stat. § 60D.15 DEFINITIONS.

60D.15. DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Terms. For purposes of this chapter, the terms in subdivisions 2 to 10 have the meanings given them, unless the context otherwise requires. Subd. 2. Affiliate. An "affiliate" of, or person "affiliated" with, a specific person, is a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified. Subd. 3. Commissioner. The term "commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce, the commissioner's deputies, or the Commerce Department, as appropriate. Subd. 4. Control. The term "control," including the terms "controlling," "controlled by," and "under common control with," means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract other than a commercial contract for goods or nonmanagement services, or otherwise, unless the power is the result of an official position with or corporate office held by the person. Control is presumed to exist if any person, directly or indirectly, owns, controls, holds with the power to vote, or holds proxies representing, ten percent or more of the voting securities of any other person. This presumption may be rebutted by a showing made in the manner provided by section 60D.19, subdivision 11, that control does not exist in fact. The commissioner may determine, after furnishing all persons in interest notice and opportunity to be heard and making specific findings of fact to support the determination, that control exists in fact, notwithstanding the absence of a presumption to that effect. Subd. 4a. Enterprise risk. "Enterprise risk" means an activity, circumstance, event, or series of events involving one or more affiliates of an insurer that, if not remedied promptly, is likely to have a material adverse effect upon the financial condition or liquidity of the insurer or its insurance holding company system as a whole, including, but not limited to, anything that would cause the insurer's risk-based capital to fall into company action level as set forth in sections 60A.50 to 60A.696 or would cause the insurer to be in hazardous financial condition in accordance with the standards of section 60G.20. Subd. 4b. Groupwide supervisor. "Groupwide supervisor" means the regulatory official authorized to engage in conducting and coordinating groupwide supervision activities who is determined or acknowledged by the commissioner under section 60D.217 to have sufficient significant contacts with the internationally active insurance group. Subd. 4c. Group capital calculation instructions. "Group capital calculation instructions" means the group capital calculation instructions adopted by the NAIC and as amended by the NAIC from time to time in accordance with procedures adopted by the NAIC. Subd. 5. Insurance holding company system. An "insurance holding company system" consists of two or more affiliated persons, one or more of which is an insurer. Subd. 6. Insurer. The term "insurer" means a company qualified and licensed by the commissioner to transact the business of insurance, but does not include an insurance solicitor, agent, or agency. The term also does not include: (1) agencies, authorities, or instrumentalities of the United States, its possessions and territories, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, or a state or political subdivision of a state; or (2) nonprofit medical and hospital service associations. Subd. 6a. Internationally active insurance group. "Internationally active insurance group" means an insurance holding company system that (1) includes an insurer registered under section 60D.19; and (2) meets the following criteria: (i) premiums written in at least three countries, (ii) the percentage of gross premiums written outside the United States is at least ten percent of the insurance holding company system's total gross written premiums, and (iii) based on a three-year rolling average, the total assets of the insurance holding company system are at least $50,000,000,000 or the total gross written premiums of the insurance holding company system are at least $10,000,000,000. Subd. 6b. NAIC. "NAIC" means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Subd. 6c. NAIC liquidity stress test framework. "NAIC liquidity stress test framework" means an NAIC publication which includes a history of the NAIC's development of regulatory liquidity stress testing, the scope criteria applicable for a specific data year, and the liquidity stress test instructions and reporting templates for a specific data year, scope criteria, instructions, and reporting template being adopted by the NAIC, and as amended by the NAIC from time to time in accordance with the procedures adopted by the NAIC. Subd. 7. Person. A "person" is an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any similar entity or any combination of the foregoing acting in concert, but does not include any joint venture partnership exclusively engaged in owning, managing, leasing, or developing real or tangible personal property. Subd. 7a. Scope criteria. "Scope criteria," as detailed in the NAIC liquidity stress test framework, means the designated exposure bases along with minimum magnitudes of the designated exposure bases for the specified data year that are used to establish a preliminary list of insurers considered scoped into the NAIC liquidity stress test framework for that data year. Subd. 8. Security holder. A "security holder" of a specified person is one who owns any security of the person, including common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations, and any other security convertible into or evidencing the right to acquire any security of the person. Subd. 9. Subsidiary. A "subsidiary" of a specified person is an affiliate controlled by the person directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries. Subd. 10. Voting security. The term "voting security" includes any security convertible into or evidencing a right to acquire a voting security. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 2; 1992 c 564 art 1 s 27; 2014 c 198 art 5 s 2; 2019 c 26 art 2 s 1,2; 1Sp2025 c 4 art 4 s 2-7

Minn. Stat. § 60D.16 SUBSIDIARIES OF INSURERS.

60D.16. SUBSIDIARIES OF INSURERS. Subdivision 1. Authorization. A domestic insurer, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more persons, may organize or acquire one or more subsidiaries engaged in the following kinds of business: (1) any kind of insurance business authorized by the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated; (2) acting as an insurance broker or as an insurance agent for its parent or for any of its parent's insurer subsidiaries; (3) investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities for its own account, that of its parent, any subsidiary of its parent, or any affiliate or subsidiary; (4) management of any investment company subject to or registered pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including related sales and services; (5) acting as a broker-dealer subject to or registered pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (6) rendering investment advice to governments, government agencies, corporations, or other organizations or groups; (7) rendering other services related to the operations of an insurance business including, but not limited to, actuarial, loss prevention, safety engineering, data processing, accounting, claims, appraisal, and collection services; (8) ownership and management of assets that the parent corporation could itself own or manage; (9) acting as administrative agent for a governmental instrumentality which is performing an insurance function; (10) financing of insurance premiums, agents, and other forms of consumer financing; (11) any other business activity determined by the commissioner to be reasonably ancillary to an insurance business; and (12) owning a corporation or corporations engaged or organized to engage exclusively in one or more of the businesses specified in this section. Subd. 2. Additional investment authority. In addition to investments in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations, and other securities otherwise permitted under this chapter, a domestic insurer may also: (a) Invest, in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations, and other securities of one or more subsidiaries, amounts that do not exceed the lesser of ten percent of the insurer's assets or 50 percent of the insurer's surplus as regards policyholders, provided that after the investments, the insurer's surplus as regards policyholders is reasonable in relation to the insurer's outstanding liabilities and adequate to its financial needs. In calculating the amount of these investments, investments in domestic or foreign insurance subsidiaries and health maintenance organizations must be excluded, and there must be included: (1) total net money or other consideration expended and obligations assumed in the acquisition or formation of a subsidiary, including all organizational expenses and contributions to capital and surplus of the subsidiary whether or not represented by the purchase of capital stock or issuance of other securities; and (2) all amounts expended in acquiring additional common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations, and other securities; and all contributions to the capital or surplus of a subsidiary subsequent to its acquisition or formation. (b) Invest any amount in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations, and other securities of one or more subsidiaries engaged or organized to engage exclusively in the ownership and management of assets authorized as investments for the insurer provided that the subsidiary agrees to limit its investments in any asset so that the investments do not cause the amount of the total investment of the insurer to exceed any of the investment limitations specified in paragraph (a) or other statutes applicable to the insurer. For the purpose of this paragraph, "the total investment of the insurer" includes: (1) any direct investment by the insurer in an asset; and (2) the insurer's proportionate share of any investment in an asset by any subsidiary of the insurer, which must be calculated by multiplying the amount of the subsidiary's investment by the percentage of the ownership of the subsidiary. (c) With the approval of the commissioner, invest any greater amount in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations, or other securities of one or more subsidiaries, if after the investment the insurer's surplus as regards policyholders is reasonable in relation to the insurer's outstanding liabilities and adequate to its financial needs. Subd. 3. Exemption from investment restrictions. Investments in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations, or other securities of subsidiaries made pursuant to subdivision 2 are not subject to any of the otherwise applicable restrictions or prohibitions applicable to these investments of insurers. Subd. 4. Qualification of investment; when determined. Whether any investment pursuant to subdivision 2 meets the applicable requirements is to be determined before the investment is made, by calculating the applicable investment limitations as though the investment had already been made, taking into account the then outstanding principal balance on all previous investments in debt obligations, and the value of all previous investments in equity securities as of the day they were made, net of any return of capital invested, not including dividends. Subd. 5. Cessation of control. If an insurer ceases to control a subsidiary, it shall dispose of any investment in it made pursuant to this section within three years from the time of the cessation of control or within any further time the commissioner prescribes, unless at any time after the investment has been made, the investment meets the requirements for investment under any other provision of law, and the insurer has notified the commissioner of this fact. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 3; 1Sp2025 c 4 art 4 s 8

Minn. Stat. § 60D.17 ACQUISITION OF CONTROL OF OR MERGER WITH DOMESTIC INSURER.

60D.17. ACQUISITION OF CONTROL OF OR MERGER WITH DOMESTIC INSURER. Subdivision 1. Filing requirements. (a) No person other than the issuer shall: (1) 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 thereof, the person would, directly or indirectly, or by conversion or by exercise of any right to acquire, be in control of the insurer; or (2) enter into an agreement to merge with or otherwise to acquire control of a domestic insurer or any person controlling a domestic insurer unless, at the time the offer, request, or invitation is made or the agreement is entered into, or before the acquisition of the securities if no offer or agreement is involved, the person has filed with the commissioner and has sent to the insurer, a statement containing the information required by this section and the offer, request, invitation, agreement, or acquisition has been approved by the commissioner in the manner prescribed in this section. (b) For purposes of this section, a controlling person of a domestic insurer seeking to divest its controlling interest in the domestic insurer, in any manner, shall file with the commissioner, with a copy to the insurer, confidential notice of its proposed divestiture at least 30 days before the cessation of control. The commissioner shall determine those instances in which the party or parties seeking to divest or to acquire a controlling interest in an insurer will be required to file for and obtain approval of the transaction. (c) With respect to a transaction subject to this section, the acquiring person must also file a preacquisition notification with the commissioner, which must contain the information set forth in section 60D.18, subdivision 3, paragraph (b). A failure to file the notification may be subject to penalties specified in section 60D.18, subdivision 5. (d) For purposes of this section, a domestic insurer includes a person controlling a domestic insurer unless the person, as determined by the commissioner, is either directly or through its affiliates primarily engaged in business other than the business of insurance. For the purposes of this section, "person" does not include any securities broker holding, in the usual and customary broker's function, less than 20 percent of the voting securities of an insurance company or of any person that controls an insurance company. (e) The statement filed with the commissioner pursuant to subdivisions 1 and 2 must remain confidential until the transaction is approved by the commissioner, except that all attachments filed with the statement remain confidential after the approval unless the commissioner, in the commissioner's discretion, determines that confidential treatment of any of this information will interfere with enforcement of this section. Subd. 2. Content of statement. The statement to be filed with the commissioner shall be made under oath or affirmation and shall contain the following: (a) The name and address of each person by whom or on whose behalf the merger or other acquisition of control referred to in subdivision 1 is to be effected, hereinafter called "acquiring party"; and (1) if the person is an individual, the principal occupation and all offices and positions held during the past five years, and any conviction of crimes other than minor traffic violations during the past ten years; and (2) if the person is not an individual, a report of the nature of its business operations during the past five years or for a lesser period as the person and any predecessors have been in existence; an informative description of the business intended to be done by the person and the person's subsidiaries; and a list of all individuals who are or who have been selected to become directors or executive officers of such person, or who perform or will perform functions appropriate to such positions. The list must include for each individual the information required by clause (1). (b) The source, nature, and amount of the consideration used or to be used in effecting the merger or other acquisition of control, a description of any transaction in which funds were or are to be obtained for this purpose, including any pledge of the insurer's stock, or the stock of any of its subsidiaries or controlling affiliates, and the identity of persons furnishing the consideration, provided, however, that where a source of the consideration is a loan made in the lender's ordinary course of business, the identity of the lender shall remain confidential, if the person filing the statement so requests. (c) Fully audited financial information as to the earnings and financial condition of each acquiring party for the preceding five fiscal years of each acquiring party, or for a lesser period as the acquiring party and any predecessors have been in existence, and similar unaudited information as of a date not earlier than 90 days before the filing of the statement. (d) Any plans or proposals that each acquiring party may have to liquidate the insurer, to sell its assets or merge or consolidate it with any person, or to make any other material change in its business or corporate structure or management. (e) The number of shares of any security referred to in subdivision 1 that each acquiring party proposes to acquire, and the terms of the offer, request, invitation, agreement, or acquisition referred to in subdivision 1 and a statement as to the method by which the fairness of the proposal was arrived at. (f) The amount of each class of any security referred to in subdivision 1 that is beneficially owned or concerning which there is a right to acquire beneficial ownership by each acquiring party. (g) A full description of any contracts, arrangements, or understandings with respect to any security referred to in subdivision 1 in which any acquiring party is involved, including but not limited to, transfer of any of the securities, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of loans, guarantees against loss or guarantees of profits, division of losses or profits, or the giving or withholding of proxies. The description must identify the persons with whom the contracts, arrangements, or understandings have been entered into. (h) A description of the purchase of any security referred to in subdivision 1 during the 12 calendar months preceding the filing of the statement, by any acquiring party, including the dates of purchase, names of the purchasers, and consideration paid or agreed to be paid for it. (i) A description of any recommendations to purchase any security referred to in subdivision 1 made during the 12 calendar months preceding the filing of the statement, by any acquiring party, or by anyone based upon interviews or at the suggestion of the acquiring party. (j) Copies of all tender offers for, requests, or invitations for tenders of, exchange offers for, and agreements to acquire or exchange any securities referred to in subdivision 1 and, if distributed, of additional soliciting material relating to them. (k) The term of any agreement, contract, or understanding made with or proposed to be made with any broker-dealer as to solicitation of securities referred to in subdivision 1 for tender, and the amount of any fees, commissions, or other compensation to be paid to broker-dealers with regard to it. (l) An agreement by the person required to file the statement referred to in subdivision 1 that it will provide the annual report, specified in section 60D.19, subdivision 11a, for so long as control exists. (m) A consent by the person required to file the statement referred to in subdivision 1 that the person and all subsidiaries within its control in the insurance holding company system will provide information to the commissioner upon request as necessary to evaluate enterprise risk to the insurer. (n) Additional information the commissioner may by rule prescribe as necessary or appropriate for the protection of policyholders of the insurer or in the public interest. If the person required to file the statement referred to in subdivision 1 is a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate, or other group, the commissioner may require that the information called for by paragraphs (a) to (n) must be given with respect to each partner of the partnership or limited partnership, each member of the syndicate or group, and each person who controls the partner or member. If a partner, member, or person is a corporation, or the person required to file the statement referred to in subdivision 1 is a corporation the commissioner may require that the information called for by paragraphs (a) to (n) be given with respect to the corporation, each officer and director of the corporation, and each person who is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner of more than ten percent of the outstanding voting securities of the corporation. If any material change occurs in the facts set forth in the statement filed with the commissioner and sent to the insurer pursuant to this section, an amendment setting forth the change, together with copies of all documents and other material relevant to the change, must be filed with the commissioner and sent to the insurer within two business days after the person learns of the change. Subd. 3. Alternative filing materials. If any offer, request, invitation, agreement, or acquisition referred to in subdivision 1 is proposed to be made by means of a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, or in circumstances requiring the disclosure of similar information under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under a state law requiring similar registration or disclosure, the person required to file the statement referred to in subdivision 1 may utilize these documents in furnishing the information called for by that statement. Subd. 4. Approval by commissioner; hearings. (a) The commissioner shall approve any merger or other acquisition of control referred to in subdivision 1 unless, after a public hearing, the commissioner finds that: (1) after the change of control, the domestic insurer referred to in subdivision 1 would not be able to satisfy the requirements for the issuance of a license to write the line or lines of insurance for which it is presently licensed, unless the domestic insurer is in rehabilitation or other court-ordered supervision and the acquiring party commits to a plan that would enable the domestic insurer to satisfy the requirements for the issuance of a license within a reasonable amount of time; (2) the effect of the merger or other acquisition of control would be substantially to lessen competition in insurance in this state or tend to create a monopoly therein in applying the competitive standard in this subdivision: (i) the informational requirements of section 60D.18, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), and the standards of section 60D.18, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), shall apply; (ii) the merger or other acquisition shall not be disapproved if the commissioner finds that any of the situations meeting the criteria provided by section 60D.18, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), exist; and (iii) the commissioner may condition the approval of the merger or other acquisition on the removal of the basis of disapproval within a specified period of time; (3) the financial condition of any acquiring party is such as might jeopardize the financial stability of the insurer, or prejudice the interest of its policyholders; (4) the plans or proposals that the acquiring party has to liquidate the insurer, sell its assets, or consolidate or merge it with any person, or to make any other material change in its business or corporate structure or management, are unfair and unreasonable to policyholders of the insurer and not in the public interest; (5) the competence, experience, and integrity of those persons who would control the operation of the insurer are such that it would not be in the interest of policyholders of the insurer and of the public to permit the merger or other acquisition of control; or (6) the acquisition is likely to be hazardous or prejudicial to the insurance buying public. (b) The public hearing referred to in paragraph (a) must be held 30 days after the statement required by subdivision 1 is filed, and at least 20 days' notice of it shall be given by the commissioner to the person filing the statement. Not less than seven days notice of the public hearing shall be given by the person filing the statement to the insurer and to other persons designated by the commissioner. The commissioner shall make a determination within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing. At the hearing, the person filing the statement, the insurer, any person to whom notice of hearing was sent, and any other person whose interest may be affected by it may present evidence, examine and cross-examine witnesses, and offer oral and written arguments and may conduct discovery proceedings in the same manner as is presently allowed in the district courts of this state. All discovery proceedings must be concluded not later than three days before the start of the public hearing. (c) If the proposed acquisition of control will require the approval of more than one commissioner, the public hearing referred to in paragraph (b) may be held on a consolidated basis upon request of the person filing the statement referred to in subdivision 1. The person shall file the statement referred to in subdivision 1 with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) within five days of making the request for a public hearing. A commissioner may opt out of a consolidated hearing, and shall provide notice to the applicant of the opt-out within ten days of the receipt of the statement referred to in subdivision 1. A hearing conducted on a consolidated basis must be public and must be held within the United States before the commissioners of the states in which the insurers are domiciled. The commissioners shall hear and receive evidence. A commissioner may attend the hearing, in person or by telecommunication. In this paragraph, the term "commissioner" when used in reference to an official from a state other than Minnesota means the state official charged with the responsibility of supervising the business of insurance in that state. (d) In connection with a change of control of a domestic insurer, any determination by the commissioner that the person acquiring control of the insurer shall be required to maintain or restore the capital of the insurer to the level required by the laws and regulations of this state shall be made not later than 60 days after the date of notification of the change in control submitted pursuant to section 60D.17, subdivision 1. (e) The commissioner may retain at the acquiring person's expense any attorneys, actuaries, accountants, and other experts not otherwise a part of the commissioner's staff as may be reasonably necessary to assist the commissioner in reviewing the proposed acquisition of control. Subd. 5. Exemptions. This section does not apply to: (1) Any transaction that is subject to section 60A.16, dealing with the merger or consolidation of two or more insurers. (2) Any offer, request, invitation, agreement, or acquisition that the commissioner by order exempts from this section as (i) not having been made or entered into for the purpose and not having the effect of changing or influencing the control of a domestic insurer, or (ii) as otherwise not comprehended within the purposes of this section. Subd. 6. Violations. The following are violations of this section: (1) the failure to file any statement, amendment, or other material required to be filed pursuant to subdivision 1 or 2; or (2) the effectuation or any attempt to effectuate an acquisition of control of, divestiture of, or merger with, a domestic insurer unless the commissioner has approved it. Subd. 7. Jurisdiction, consent to service of process. The courts of this state have jurisdiction over every person not resident, domiciled, or authorized to do business in this state who files a statement with the commissioner under this section, and overall actions involving the person arising out of violations of this section, and the person is deemed to have performed acts equivalent to and constituting an appointment by the person of the commissioner to be the person's true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action, suit, or proceeding arising out of violations of this section. Copies of all lawful process shall be served on the commissioner in compliance with section 45.028, subdivision 2. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 4; 1992 c 540 art 2 s 12; 1992 c 564 art 1 s 28; 2014 c 198 art 5 s 3-7; 1Sp2025 c 4 art 4 s 9

Minn. Stat. § 60D.18 ACQUISITIONS INVOLVING INSURERS NOT OTHERWISE COVERED.

60D.18. ACQUISITIONS INVOLVING INSURERS NOT OTHERWISE COVERED. Subdivision 1. Definitions. The following definitions apply for the purposes of this section only: (a) "Acquisition" means an agreement, arrangement, or activity the consummation of which results in a person acquiring directly or indirectly the control of another person, and includes, but is not limited to, the acquisition of voting securities, the acquisition of assets, bulk reinsurance, and mergers. (b) An "involved insurer" includes an insurer that either acquires or is acquired, is affiliated with an acquirer or acquired, or is the result of a merger. Subd. 2. Scope. (a) Except as exempted in paragraph (b), this section applies to any acquisition in which there is a change in control of an insurer authorized to do business in this state. (b) This section does not apply to the following: (1) a purchase of securities solely for investment purposes so long as such securities are not used by voting or otherwise to cause or attempt to cause the substantial lessening of competition in any insurance market in this state. If a purchase of securities results in a presumption of control under section 60D.15, subdivision 4, it is not solely for investment purposes unless the commissioner of the insurer's state of domicile accepts a disclaimer of control or affirmatively finds that control does not exist and such disclaimer action or affirmative finding is communicated by the domiciliary commissioner to the commissioner of this state; (2) the acquisition of a person by another person when both persons are neither directly nor through affiliates primarily engaged in the business of insurance, if preacquisition notification is filed with the commissioner in accordance with subdivision 3, paragraph (a), 30 days before the proposed effective date of the acquisition. However, the preacquisition notification is not required for exclusion from this section, if the acquisition would otherwise be excluded from this section by any other clause of this paragraph; (3) the acquisition of already affiliated persons; (4) an acquisition if, as an immediate result of the acquisition; (i) in no market would the combined market share of the involved insurers exceed five percent of the total market; (ii) there would be no increase in any market share; or (iii) in no market would the combined market share of the involved insurers exceed 12 percent of the total market; and the market share increases by more than two percent of the total market. For the purpose of this clause, a "market" means direct written insurance premium in this state for a line of business as contained in the annual statement required to be filed by insurers licensed to do business in this state; (5) an acquisition for which a preacquisition notification would be required pursuant to this section due solely to the resulting effect on the ocean marine insurance line of business; and (6) an acquisition of an insurer whose domiciliary commissioner affirmatively finds that the insurer is in failing condition; there is a lack of feasible alternative to improving the condition; the public benefits of improving the insurer's condition through the acquisition exceed the public benefits that would arise from not lessening competition; and the findings are communicated by the domiciliary commissioner to the commissioner of this state. Subd. 3. Preacquisition notification; waiting period. (a) An acquisition covered by subdivision 2 may be subject to an order pursuant to subdivision 5 unless the acquiring person files a preacquisition notification and the waiting period has expired. The acquired person may file a preacquisition notification. The commissioner shall give confidential treatment to information submitted under this section in the same manner as provided in section 60D.22. (b) The preacquisition notification must be in the form and contain the information as prescribed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners relating to those markets that, under subdivision 2, paragraph (b), clause (4), cause the acquisition not to be exempted from the provisions of this section. The commissioner may require additional material and information as the commissioner deems necessary to determine whether the proposed acquisition, if consummated, would violate the competitive standard of subdivision 4. The required information may include an opinion of an economist as to the competitive impact of the acquisition in this state accompanied by a summary of the education and experience of the person indicating that person's ability to render an informed opinion. (c) The waiting period required begins on the date of receipt of the commissioner of a preacquisition notification and ends on the earlier of the 30th day after the date of its receipt, or termination of the waiting period by the commissioner. Before the end of the waiting period, the commissioner on a onetime basis may require the submission of additional needed information relevant to the proposed acquisition, in which event the waiting period shall end on the earlier of the 30th day after receipt of the additional information by the commissioner or termination of the waiting period by the commissioner. Subd. 4. Competitive standard. (a) The commissioner may enter an order under subdivision 5 with respect to an acquisition if there is substantial evidence that the effect of the acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition in any line of insurance in this state or tend to create a monopoly therein or if the insurer fails to file adequate information in compliance with subdivision 3. (b) In determining whether a proposed acquisition would violate the competitive standard of paragraph (a), the commissioner shall consider the following: (1) Any acquisition covered under subdivision 2 involving two or more insurers competing in the same market is prima facie evidence of violation of the competitive standards: (i) if the market is highly concentrated and the involved insurers possess the following shares of the market: | INSURER A | INSURER B | 4 percent | 4 percent or more | 10 percent | 2 percent or more | 15 percent | 1 percent or more, or (ii) if the market is not highly concentrated and the involved insurers possess the following shares of the market: | INSURER A | INSURER B | 5 percent | 5 percent or more | 10 percent | 4 percent or more | 15 percent | 3 percent or more | 19 percent | 1 percent or more A highly concentrated market is one in which the share of the four largest insurers is 75 percent or more of the market. Percentages not shown in the tables are interpolated proportionately to the percentages that are shown. If more than two insurers are involved, exceeding the total of the two columns in the table is prima facie evidence of violation of the competitive standard in paragraph (a). For the purpose of this clause, the insurer with the largest share of the market shall be deemed to be insurer A. (2) There is a significant trend toward increased concentration when the aggregate market share of any grouping of the largest insurers in the market, from the two largest to the eight largest, has increased by seven percent or more of the market over a period of time extending from any base year five to ten years prior to the acquisition up to the time of the acquisition. Any acquisition or merger covered under subdivision 2 involving two or more insurers competing in the same market is prima facie evidence of violation of the competitive standard in clause (1) if: (i) there is a significant trend toward increased concentration in the market; (ii) one of the insurers involved is one of the insurers in a grouping of such large insurers showing the requisite increase in the market share; and (iii) another involved insurer's market is two percent or more. (3) For the purposes of paragraph (b): (i) The term "insurer" includes any company or group of companies under common management, ownership, or control. (ii) The term "market" means the relevant product and geographical markets. In determining the relevant product and geographical markets, the commissioner shall give due consideration to, among other things, the definitions or guidelines, if any, promulgated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and to information, if any, submitted by parties to the acquisition. In the absence of sufficient information to the contrary, the relevant product market is assumed to be the direct written insurance premium for a line of business, the line being that used in the annual statement required to be filed by insurers doing business in this state, and the relevant geographical market is assumed to be this state. (iii) The burden of showing prima facie evidence of violation of the competitive standard rests upon the commissioner. (iv) Even though an acquisition is not prima facie violative of the competitive standard under paragraph (b), clauses (1) and (2), the commissioner may establish the requisite anticompetitive effect based upon other substantial evidence. Even though an acquisition is prima facie violative of the competitive standard under paragraph (b), clauses (1) and (2), a party may establish the absence of the requisite anticompetitive effect based upon other substantial evidence. Relevant factors in making a determination under this paragraph include, but are not limited to, the following: market shares, volatility of ranking of market leaders, number of competitors, concentration, trend of concentration in the industry, and ease of entry and exit into the market. (c) An order may not be entered under subdivision 5 if: (1) the acquisition will yield substantial economies of scale or economies in resource utilization that cannot be feasibly achieved in any other way, and the public benefits which would arise from such economies exceed the public benefits which would arise from not lessening competition; or (2) the acquisition will substantially increase the availability of insurance, and the public benefits of such increase exceed the public benefits which would arise from not lessening competition. Subd. 5. Orders and penalties. If an acquisition violates the standards of this section, the commissioner may enter an order: (1) requiring an involved insurer to cease and desist from doing business in this state with respect to the line or lines of insurance involved in the violation; or (2) denying the application of an acquired or acquiring insurer for a license to do business in this state. The order must not be entered unless there is a hearing, the notice of the hearing is issued before the end of the waiting period and not less than 15 days before the hearing, and the hearing is concluded and the order is issued no later than 60 days after the end of the waiting period. Every order must be accompanied by a written decision of the commissioner setting forth findings of fact and conclusions of law. An order entered under this paragraph shall not become final earlier than 30 days after it is issued, during which time the involved insurer may submit a plan to remedy the anticompetitive impact of the acquisition within a reasonable time. Based upon the plan or other information, the commissioner shall specify the conditions, if any, under the time period during which the aspects of the acquisition causing a violation of the standards of this section would be remedied and the order vacated or modified. An order pursuant to this subdivision does not apply if the acquisition is not consummated. Any person who violates a cease and desist order of the commissioner and while the order is in effect, may after notice and hearing and upon order of the commissioner, be subject at the discretion of the commissioner to any one or more of the following: (1) a monetary penalty of not more than $10,000 for every day of violation; (2) suspension or revocation of the person's license. Any insurer or other person who fails to make any filing required by this section and who also fails to demonstrate a good faith effort to comply with the filing requirement, is subject to a fine of not more than $50,000. Subd. 6. Inapplicable provisions. Sections 60D.24, subdivisions 2 and 3; and 60D.25 do not apply to acquisitions covered under subdivision 2. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 5; 2014 c 198 art 5 s 8,9; 1Sp2025 c 4 art 4 s 10

Minn. Stat. § 60D.19 REGISTRATION OF INSURERS.

60D.19. REGISTRATION OF INSURERS. Subdivision 1. Registration. Every domestic insurer that is a member of an insurance holding company system shall register with the commissioner. Any insurer that is subject to registration under this section shall register within 15 days after it becomes subject to registration, and annually thereafter by June 1 of each year for the previous calendar year, unless the commissioner for good cause shown extends the time for registration, and then within such extended time. The commissioner may require any insurer authorized to do business in the state that is a member of an insurance holding company system, and that is not subject to registration under this section, to furnish a copy of the registration statement, the summary specified in subdivision 3 or other information filed by the insurance company with the insurance regulatory authority of domiciliary jurisdiction. Subd. 2. Information and form required. Every insurer subject to registration shall file the registration statement with the commissioner on a form and in a format prescribed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, containing the following current information: (1) the capital structure, general financial condition, ownership, and management of the insurer and any person controlling the insurer; (2) the identity and relationship of every member of the insurance holding company system; (3) the following agreements in force, and transactions currently outstanding or that have occurred during the last calendar year between the insurer and its affiliates: (i) loans, other investments, or purchases, sales, or exchanges of securities of the affiliates by the insurer or of the insurer by its affiliates; (ii) purchases, sales, or exchange of assets; (iii) transactions not in the ordinary course of business; (iv) guarantees or undertakings for the benefit of an affiliate which result in an actual contingent exposure of the insurer's assets to liability, other than insurance contracts entered into in the ordinary course of the insurer's business; (v) all management agreements, service contracts, and all cost-sharing arrangements; (vi) reinsurance agreements; (vii) dividends and other distributions to shareholders; and (viii) consolidated tax allocation agreements; (4) any pledge of the insurer's stock, including stock of any subsidiary or controlling affiliate, for a loan made to any member of the insurance holding company system; (5) if requested by the commissioner, financial statements of or within an insurance holding company system and all affiliates including, but not limited to, annual audited financial statements filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. An insurer required to file financial statements pursuant to this clause may satisfy the request by providing the commissioner with the most recently filed parent corporation financial statements that have been filed with the SEC; (6) other matters concerning transactions between registered insurers and any affiliates as may be included from time to time in any registration forms adopted or approved by the commissioner; (7) statements that the insurer's board of directors oversees corporate governance and internal controls and that the insurer's officers or senior management have approved and implemented, and continue to maintain and monitor, corporate governance and internal control procedures; and (8) any other information required by the commissioner by rule. Subd. 3. Summary of changes to registration statement. All registration statements must contain a summary outlining all items in the current registration statement representing changes from the prior registration statement. Subd. 4. Materiality. No information need be disclosed on the registration statement filed pursuant to subdivision 2 if the information is not material for the purposes of this section. Unless the commissioner by rule or order provides otherwise; sales, purchases, exchanges, loans or extensions of credit, investments, or guarantees involving one-half of one percent or less of an insurer's admitted assets as of the 31st day of December next preceding shall not be deemed material for purposes of this section. The definition of materiality provided in this subdivision does not apply for purposes of the group capital calculation or the NAIC liquidity stress test framework. Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1994 c 425 s 18] Subd. 6. Information of insurers. Any person within an insurance holding company system subject to registration shall be required to provide complete and accurate information to an insurer where such information is reasonably necessary to enable the insurer to comply with the provisions of this chapter. Subd. 7. Termination of registration. The commissioner shall terminate the registration of any insurer which demonstrates that it no longer is a member of an insurance holding company system. Subd. 8. Consolidated filing. The commissioner may require or allow two or more affiliated insurers subject to registration to file a consolidated registration statement. Subd. 9. Alternative registration. The commissioner may allow an insurer that is authorized to do business in this state and that is part of an insurance holding company system to register on behalf of any affiliated insurer that is required to register under subdivision 1 and to file all information and material required to be filed under this section. Subd. 10. Exemptions. The provisions of this section do not apply to any insurer, information, or transaction if and to the extent that the commissioner by rule or order shall exempt the same from the provisions of this section. Subd. 11. Disclaimer. Any person may file with the commissioner a disclaimer of affiliation with any authorized insurer or the disclaimer may be filed by the insurer or any member of an insurance holding company system. The disclaimer shall fully disclose all material relationships and bases for affiliation between the person and the insurer as well as the basis for disclaiming the affiliation. A disclaimer of affiliation is deemed to have been granted unless the commissioner, within 30 days following receipt of a complete disclaimer, notifies the filing party that the disclaimer is disallowed. In the event of disallowance, the disclaiming party may request an administrative hearing, which must be granted. The disclaiming party is relieved of its duty to register under this section if approval of the disclaimer has been granted by the commissioner, or if the disclaimer is deemed to have been approved. Subd. 11a. Enterprise risk filing. The ultimate controlling person of an insurer subject to registration shall also file an annual enterprise risk report. The report must, to the best of the ultimate controlling person's knowledge and belief, identify the material risks within the insurance holding company system that could pose enterprise risk to the insurer. The report must be filed with the lead state commissioner of the insurance holding company system as determined by the procedures within the Financial Analysis Handbook adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Subd. 11b. Group capital calculation. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the ultimate controlling person of every insurer subject to registration must concurrently file with the registration an annual group capital calculation as directed by the commissioner. The report must be completed in accordance with the NAIC group capital calculation instructions, which may permit the commissioner to allow a controlling person that is not the ultimate controlling person to file the group capital calculation. The report must be filed with the commissioner, as determined by the commissioner in accordance with the procedures within the Financial Analysis Handbook adopted by the NAIC. The following insurance holding company systems are exempt from filing the group capital calculation: (1) an insurance holding company system that (i) has only one insurer within the insurance holding company system's holding company structure, (ii) only writes business and is only licensed in the insurance holding company system's domestic state, and (iii) assumes no business from any other insurer; (2) an insurance holding company system that is required to perform a group capital calculation specified by the United States Federal Reserve Board. The commissioner must request the calculation from the Federal Reserve Board under the terms of information sharing agreements in effect. If the Federal Reserve Board is unable to share the calculation with the commissioner, the insurance holding company system is not exempt from the group capital calculation filing; (3) an insurance holding company system whose non-United States groupwide supervisor is located within a reciprocal jurisdiction as described in section 60A.092, subdivision 10b, that recognizes the United States state regulatory approach to group supervision and group capital; or (4) an insurance holding company system: (i) that provides information to the commissioner that meets the requirements for accreditation under the NAIC financial standards and accreditation program, either directly or indirectly through the groupwide supervisor, that has determined the information is satisfactory to allow the commissioner to comply with the NAIC group supervision approach, as detailed in the NAIC Financial Analysis Handbook; and (ii) whose non-United States groupwide supervisor that is not in a reciprocal jurisdiction recognizes and accepts, as specified by the commissioner by rule, the group capital calculation as the worldwide group capital assessment for United States insurance groups that operate in that jurisdiction. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), a commissioner must require the group capital calculation for the United States operations of any non-United States based insurance holding company system where, after any necessary consultation with other supervisors or officials, requiring the group capital calculation is deemed appropriate by the commissioner for prudential oversight and solvency monitoring purposes or for ensuring the competitiveness of the insurance marketplace. (c) Notwithstanding the exemptions from filing the group capital calculation under paragraph (a), the commissioner may exempt the ultimate controlling person from filing the annual group capital calculation or accept a limited group capital filing or report in accordance with criteria specified by the commissioner by rule. (d) If the commissioner determines that an insurance holding company system no longer meets one or more of the requirements for an exemption from filing the group capital calculation under this subdivision, the insurance holding company system must file the group capital calculation at the next annual filing date unless given an extension by the commissioner based on reasonable grounds shown. Subd. 11c. Liquidity stress test. (a) The ultimate controlling person of every insurer subject to registration and also scoped into the NAIC liquidity stress test framework must file the results of a specific year's liquidity stress test. The filing must be made to the commissioner, as determined by the procedures within the Financial Analysis Handbook adopted by the NAIC. (b) The NAIC liquidity stress test framework includes scope criteria applicable to a specific data year. The scope criteria must be reviewed at least annually by the NAIC Financial Stability Task Force or the NAIC Financial Stability Task Force's successor. Any change made to the NAIC liquidity stress test framework or to the data year for which the scope criteria must be measured is effective January 1 of the year following the calendar year in which the change is adopted. An insurer meeting at least one threshold of the scope criteria is scoped into the NAIC liquidity stress test framework for the specified data year unless the commissioner, in consultation with the NAIC Financial Stability Task Force or the NAIC Financial Stability Task Force's successor, determines the insurer should not be scoped into the framework for that data year. An insurer that does not trigger at least one threshold of the scope criteria is scoped out of the NAIC liquidity stress test framework for the specified data year unless the commissioner, in consultation with the NAIC Financial Stability Task Force or the NAIC Financial Stability Task Force's successor, determines the insurer should be scoped into the framework for the specified data year. (c) The commissioner and other state insurance commissioners must avoid scoping insurers in and out of the NAIC liquidity stress test framework on a frequent basis. The commissioner, in consultation with the NAIC Financial Stability Task Force or the NAIC Financial Stability Task Force's successor, must assess irregular scope status as part of an insurer's determination. (d) The performance of and filing of the results from a specific year's liquidity stress test must comply with (1) the NAIC liquidity stress test framework's instructions and reporting templates for the specific year, and (2) any commissioner determinations, in consultation with the NAIC Financial Stability Task Force or the NAIC Financial Stability Task Force's successor, provided within the framework. Subd. 12. Violations. The failure to file a registration statement or any summary of the registration statement or enterprise risk filing required by this section within the time specified for the filing is a violation of this section. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 6; 2006 c 204 s 6; 2014 c 198 art 5 s 10-15; 1Sp2025 c 4 art 4 s 11-13

Minn. Stat. § 60D.20 STANDARDS AND MANAGEMENT OF AN INSURER WITHIN A HOLDING COMPANY SYSTEM.

60D.20. STANDARDS AND MANAGEMENT OF AN INSURER WITHIN A HOLDING COMPANY SYSTEM. Subdivision 1. Transactions within an insurance holding company system. (a) Transactions within an insurance holding company system to which an insurer subject to registration is a party are subject to the following standards: (1) the terms shall be fair and reasonable; (2) agreements for cost-sharing services and management shall include the provisions required by rule issued by the commissioner; (3) charges or fees for services performed shall be reasonable; (4) expenses incurred and payment received shall be allocated to the insurer in conformity with customary insurance accounting practices consistently applied; (5) the books, accounts, and records of each party to all such transactions shall be so maintained as to clearly and accurately disclose the nature and details of the transactions including this accounting information as is necessary to support the reasonableness of the charges or fees to the respective parties; (6) the insurer's surplus as regards policyholders following any dividends or distributions to shareholder affiliates shall be reasonable in relation to the insurer's outstanding liabilities and adequate to its financial needs; (7) if the commissioner determines an insurer subject to this chapter is in a hazardous financial condition, as defined under section 60E.02, subdivision 5, or a condition that would be grounds for supervision, conservation, or a delinquency proceeding, the commissioner may require the insurer to secure and maintain either a deposit, held by the commissioner, or a bond, as determined by the insurer at the insurer's discretion, to protect the insurer for the duration of the contract, agreement, or the existence of the condition for which the commissioner required the deposit or bond. When determining whether a deposit or bond is required, the commissioner must consider whether concerns exist with respect to the affiliated person's ability to fulfill the contract or agreement if the insurer entered into liquidation. Once the insurer is deemed to be in a hazardous financial condition or a condition that would be grounds for supervision, conservation, or a delinquency proceeding, and a deposit or bond is necessary, the commissioner may determine the amount of the deposit or bond, not to exceed the value of the contract or agreement in any one year, and whether the deposit or bond is required for a single contract, multiple contracts, or a contract only with a specific person or persons; (8) all of an insurer's records and data held by an affiliate are and remain the property of the insurer, are subject to control of the insurer, are identifiable, and are segregated or readily capable of segregation, at no additional cost to the insurer, from all other persons' records and data. For purposes of this clause, records and data include all records and data that are otherwise the property of the insurer in whatever form maintained, including but not limited to claims and claim files, policyholder lists, application files, litigation files, premium records, rate books, underwriting manuals, personnel records, financial records, or similar records within the affiliate's possession, custody, or control. At the request of the insurer, the affiliate must provide that the receiver may (i) obtain a complete set of all records of any type that pertain to the insurer's business, (ii) obtain access to the operating systems on which the data are maintained, (iii) obtain the software that runs the operating systems either through assumption of licensing agreements or otherwise, and (iv) restrict the use of the data by the affiliate if the affiliate is not operating the insurer's business. The affiliate must provide a waiver of any landlord lien or other encumbrance to provide the insurer access to all records and data in the event the affiliate defaults under a lease or other agreement; and (9) premiums or other funds belonging to the insurer that are collected or held by an affiliate are the exclusive property of the insurer and are subject to the control of the insurer. Any right of offset in the event an insurer is placed into receivership is subject to chapter 576. (b) The following transactions involving a domestic insurer and any person in its insurance holding company system, including amendments or modifications of affiliate agreements previously filed pursuant to this section, which are subject to any materiality standards contained in clauses (1) to (7), may not be entered into unless the insurer has notified the commissioner in writing of its intention to enter into the transaction at least 30 days prior thereto, or a shorter period the commissioner permits, and the commissioner has not disapproved it within this period. The notice for amendments or modifications must include the reasons for the change and the financial impact on the domestic insurer. Informal notice must be reported, within 30 days after a termination of a previously filed agreement, to the commissioner for determination of the type of filing required, if any: (1) sales, purchases, exchanges, loans or extensions of credit, guarantees, or investments provided the transactions are equal to or exceed: (i) with respect to nonlife insurers, the lesser of three percent of the insurer's admitted assets, or 25 percent of surplus as regards policyholders; (ii) with respect to life insurers, three percent of the insurer's admitted assets; each as of the 31st day of December next preceding; (2) loans or extensions of credit to any person who is not an affiliate, where the insurer makes the loans or extensions of credit with the agreement or understanding that the proceeds of the transactions, in whole or in substantial part, are to be used to make loans or extensions of credit to, to purchase assets of, or to make investments in, any affiliate of the insurer making such loans or extensions of credit provided the transactions are equal to or exceed: (i) with respect to nonlife insurers, the lesser of three percent of the insurer's admitted assets or 25 percent of surplus as regards policyholders; (ii) with respect to life insurers, three percent of the insurer's admitted assets; each as of the 31st day of December next preceding; (3) reinsurance agreements or modifications to those agreements, including: (i) all reinsurance pooling agreements; and (ii) agreements in which the reinsurance premium or a change in the insurer's liabilities, or the projected reinsurance premium or a change in the insurer's liabilities in any of the next three years, equals or exceeds five percent of the insurer's surplus as regards policyholders, as of the 31st day of December next preceding, including those agreements which may require as consideration the transfer of assets from an insurer to a nonaffiliate, if an agreement or understanding exists between the insurer and nonaffiliate that any portion of the assets will be transferred to one or more affiliates of the insurer; (4) all management agreements, service contracts, tax allocation agreements, guarantees, and all cost-sharing arrangements; (5) guarantees when made by a domestic insurer; provided, however, that a guarantee which is quantifiable as to amount is not subject to the notice requirements of this paragraph unless it exceeds the lesser of one-half of one percent of the insurer's admitted assets or ten percent of surplus as regards policyholders as of the 31st day of December next preceding. Further, all guarantees which are not quantifiable as to amount are subject to the notice requirements of this paragraph; (6) direct or indirect acquisitions or investments in a person that controls the insurer or in an affiliate of the insurer in an amount which, together with its present holdings in the investments, exceeds 2-1/2 percent of the insurer's surplus to policyholders. Direct or indirect acquisitions or investments in subsidiaries acquired pursuant to section 60D.16, as otherwise authorized under this chapter, or in nonsubsidiary insurance affiliates that are subject to the provisions of sections 60D.15 to 60D.29, are exempt from this requirement; and (7) any material transactions, specified by regulation, which the commissioner determines may adversely affect the interests of the insurer's policyholders. Nothing contained in this section authorizes or permits any transactions that, in the case of an insurer not a member of the same insurance holding company system, would be otherwise contrary to law. (c) A domestic insurer may not enter into transactions which are part of a plan or series of like transactions with persons within the insurance holding company system if the purpose of those separate transactions is to avoid the statutory threshold amount and thus avoid the review that would occur otherwise. If the commissioner determines that the separate transactions were entered into over any 12-month period for the purpose, the commissioner may exercise the authority under section 60D.25. (d) The commissioner, in reviewing transactions pursuant to paragraph (b), shall consider whether the transactions comply with the standards set forth in paragraph (a), and whether they may adversely affect the interests of policyholders. (e) The commissioner shall be notified within 30 days of any investment of the domestic insurer in any one corporation if the total investment in the corporation by the insurance holding company system exceeds ten percent of the corporation's voting securities. (f) An affiliate that is party to an agreement or contract with a domestic insurer that is subject to paragraph (b), clause (4), is subject to the jurisdiction of any supervision, seizure, conservatorship, or receivership proceedings against the insurer and to the authority of a supervisor, conservator, rehabilitator, or liquidator for the insurer appointed pursuant to chapters 60B and 576 for the purpose of interpreting, enforcing, and overseeing the affiliate's obligations under the agreement or contract to perform services for the insurer that are: (1) an integral part of the insurer's operations, including but not limited to management, administrative, accounting, data processing, marketing, underwriting, claims handling, investment, or any other similar functions; or (2) essential to the insurer's ability to fulfill the insurer's obligations under insurance policies. The commissioner may require that an agreement or contract pursuant to paragraph (b), clause (4), to provide the services described in clauses (1) and (2) must specify that the affiliate consents to the jurisdiction as provided under this paragraph. Subd. 2. Dividends and other distributions. (a) Subject to the limitations and requirements of this subdivision, the board of directors of any domestic insurer within an insurance holding company system may authorize and cause the insurer to declare and pay any dividend or distribution to its shareholders as the directors deem prudent from the earned surplus of the insurer. An insurer's earned surplus, also known as unassigned funds, shall be determined in accordance with the accounting procedures and practices governing preparation of its annual statement. Dividends which are paid from sources other than an insurer's earned surplus as of the end of the immediately preceding quarter for which the insurer has filed a quarterly or annual statement as appropriate, or are extraordinary dividends or distributions may be paid only as provided in paragraphs (d), (e), and (f). (b) The insurer shall notify the commissioner within five business days following declaration of a dividend declared pursuant to paragraph (a) and at least ten days prior to its payment. The commissioner shall promptly consider the notification filed pursuant to this paragraph, taking into consideration the factors described in subdivision 4. (c) The commissioner shall review at least annually the dividends paid by an insurer pursuant to paragraph (a) for the purpose of determining if the dividends are reasonable based upon (1) the adequacy of the level of surplus as regards policyholders remaining after the dividend payments, and (2) the quality of the insurer's earnings and extent to which the reported earnings include extraordinary items, such as surplus relief reinsurance transactions and reserve destrengthening. (d) No domestic insurer shall pay any extraordinary dividend or make any other extraordinary distribution to its shareholders until: (1) 30 days after the commissioner has received notice of the declaration of it and has not within the period disapproved the payment; or (2) the commissioner has approved the payment within the 30-day period. (e) For purposes of this section, an extraordinary dividend or distribution includes any dividend or distribution of cash or other property, whose fair market value together with that of other dividends or distributions made within the preceding 12 months exceeds the greater of (1) ten percent of the insurer's surplus as regards policyholders on December 31 of the preceding year; or (2) the net gain from operations of the insurer, if the insurer is a life insurer, or the net income, if the insurer is not a life insurer, not including realized capital gains, for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the preceding year, but does not include pro rata distributions of any class of the insurer's own securities. (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an insurer may declare an extraordinary dividend or distribution that is conditional upon the commissioner's approval, and the declaration shall confer no rights upon shareholders until: (1) the commissioner has approved the payment of such a dividend or distribution; or (2) the commissioner has not disapproved the payment within the 30-day period referred to above. (g) For purposes of state law, dividends paid to an insurer's parent company from an insurer, which is a member of an insurance holding company system, are not considered income to the parent company. Subd. 3. Management of domestic insurers subject to registration. (a) Notwithstanding the control of a domestic insurer by any person, the officers and directors of the insurer shall not thereby be relieved of any obligation or liability to which they would otherwise be subject by law, and the insurer shall be managed so as to assure its separate operating identity consistent with sections 60D.15 to 60D.29. (b) Nothing in sections 60D.15 to 60D.29 precludes a domestic insurer from having or sharing a common management or cooperative or joint use of personnel, property, or services with one or more other persons under arrangements meeting the standards of subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1). (c) Not less than one-third of the directors of a domestic insurer, and not less than one-third of the members of each committee of the board of directors of any domestic insurer shall be persons who are not officers or employees of the insurer or of any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the insurer and who are not beneficial owners of a controlling interest in the voting stock of the insurer or any such entity. At least one such person must be included in any quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors or any committee of the board. (d) The board of directors of a domestic insurer shall establish one or more committees comprised solely of directors who are not officers or employees of the insurer or of any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the insurer and who are not beneficial owners of a controlling interest in the voting stock of the insurer or any such entity. The committee or committees shall have responsibility for nominating candidates for director for election by shareholders or policyholders, evaluating the performance of officers deemed to be principal officers of the insurer, and recommending to the board of directors the selection and compensation of the principal officers. (e) Paragraphs (c) and (d) do not apply to a domestic insurer if the person controlling the insurer, such as an insurer, a mutual insurance holding company, or a publicly held corporation, has a board of directors and committees of the board that meet the requirements of paragraphs (c) and (d) with respect to the controlling entity. (f) An insurer may make application to the commissioner for a waiver from the requirements of this subdivision, if the insurer's annual direct written and assumed premium, excluding premiums reinsured with the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and Federal Flood Program, is less than $300,000,000. An insurer may also make application to the commissioner for a waiver from the requirements of this subdivision based upon unique circumstances. The commissioner may consider various factors including, but not limited to, the type of business entity, volume of business written, availability of qualified board members, or ownership or organizational structure of the entity. Subd. 4. Adequacy of surplus. For purposes of this chapter, in determining whether an insurer's surplus as regards policyholders is reasonable in relation to the insurer's outstanding liabilities and adequate to its financial needs, the following factors, among others, must be considered: (1) the size of the insurer as measured by its assets, capital and surplus, reserves, premium writings, insurance in force and other appropriate criteria; (2) the extent to which the insurer's business is diversified among the several lines of insurance; (3) the number and size of risks insured in each line of business; (4) the extent of the geographical dispersion of the insurer's insured risks; (5) the nature and extent of the insurer's reinsurance program; (6) the quality, diversification and liquidity of the insurer's investment portfolio; (7) the recent past and projected future trend in the size of the insurer's investment portfolio; (8) the surplus as regards policyholders maintained by other comparable insurers; (9) the adequacy of the insurer's reserves; (10) the quality and liquidity of investments in affiliates. The commissioner may treat any such investment as a disallowed asset for purposes of determining the adequacy of surplus as regards policyholders whenever in the commissioner's judgment the investment so warrants; and (11) the quality of the insurer's earnings and the extent to which the reported earnings include extraordinary items, such as surplus relief reinsurance transactions and reserve destrengthening. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 7; 1992 c 464 art 1 s 8; 1993 c 299 s 9,10; 1994 c 425 s 8; 1999 c 177 s 28; 2002 c 330 s 3; 2014 c 198 art 5 s 16,17; 1Sp2025 c 4 art 4 s 15

Minn. Stat. § 60D.21 EXAMINATION.

60D.21. EXAMINATION. Subdivision 1. Power of commissioner. Subject to the limitation contained in this section and in addition to the powers that the commissioner has under chapter 60A relating to the examination of insurers, the commissioner shall also have the power to examine an insurer registered under section 60D.19 and its affiliates to ascertain the financial condition of the insurer, including the enterprise risk to the insurer by the ultimate controlling party, or by an entity or combination of entities within the insurance holding company system, or by the insurance holding company system on a consolidated basis. Subd. 1a. Access to books and records. (a) The commissioner may order an insurer registered under section 60D.19 to produce the records, books, or other information papers in the possession of the insurer or its affiliates that are reasonably necessary to determine compliance with sections 60D.15 to 60D.29. (b) To determine compliance with sections 60D.15 to 60D.29, the commissioner may order an insurer registered under section 60D.19 to produce information not in the possession of the insurer if the insurer can obtain access to the information pursuant to contractual relationships, statutory obligations, or other method. In the event the insurer cannot obtain the information requested by the commissioner, the insurer shall provide the commissioner a detailed explanation of the reason that the insurer cannot obtain the information and the identity of the holder of the information. Whenever it appears to the commissioner that the detailed explanation is without merit, the commissioner may require, after notice and hearing, the insurer to pay a penalty of $5,000 for each day's delay, or may suspend or revoke the insurer's license. Subd. 2. Use of consultants. The commissioner may retain at the registered insurer's expense the attorneys, actuaries, accountants, and other experts not otherwise a part of the commissioner's staff that are reasonably necessary to assist in the conduct of the examination under subdivision 1. Any person so retained shall be under the direction and control of the commissioner and shall act in a purely advisory capacity. Subd. 3. Expenses. Each registered insurer producing for examination records, books, and papers pursuant to subdivision 1 is liable for and shall pay the expense of the examination in accordance with section 60A.03. Subd. 4. Compelling production. In the event the insurer fails to comply with an order, the commissioner may examine the affiliates to obtain the information. The commissioner may also issue subpoenas, administer oaths, and to examine under oath any person for purposes of determining compliance with this section. Upon the failure or refusal of a person to obey a subpoena, the commissioner may petition a court of competent jurisdiction, and upon proper showing, the court may enter an order compelling the witness to appear and testify or produce documentary evidence. Failure to obey the court order is punishable as contempt of court. Every person is obliged to attend as a witness at the place specified in the subpoena, when subpoenaed, anywhere within the state. The person is entitled to the same fees and mileage, if claimed, as a witness in district court. The fees, mileage, and actual expense, if any, necessarily incurred in securing the attendance of witnesses and their testimony, must be itemized and charged against, and be paid by, the company being examined. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 8; 2014 c 198 art 5 s 18-20

Minn. Stat. § 60D.22 CONFIDENTIALITY.

60D.22. CONFIDENTIALITY. Subdivision 1. Classification protection and use of information by commissioner. (a) Documents, materials, or other information in the possession or control of the department that are obtained by or disclosed to the commissioner or any other person in the course of an examination or investigation made pursuant to section 60D.21 and all information reported pursuant to sections 60D.17, except as provided in section 60D.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (e); 60D.18; 60D.19; 60D.20; and 60D.217, are classified as confidential or protected nonpublic or both, are not subject to subpoena, and are not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in a private civil action. However, the commissioner may use the documents, materials, or other information in the furtherance of any regulatory or legal action brought as a part of the commissioner's official duties. The commissioner shall not otherwise make the documents, materials, or other information public without the prior written consent of the insurer to which it pertains unless the commissioner, after giving the insurer and its affiliates who would be affected by this action notice and opportunity to be heard, determines that the interest of policyholders, shareholders, or the public is served by the publication of it, in which event the commissioner may publish all or any part in the manner the commissioner deems appropriate. (b) For purposes of the information reported and provided to the department pursuant to section 60D.19, subdivision 11b, the commissioner must maintain the confidentiality of the group capital calculation and group capital ratio produced within the calculation and any group capital information received from an insurance holding company supervised by the Federal Reserve Board or any United States groupwide supervisor. (c) For purposes of the information reported and provided to the department pursuant to section 60D.19, subdivision 11c, the commissioner must maintain the confidentiality of the liquidity stress test results and supporting disclosures and any liquidity stress test information received from an insurance holding company supervised by the Federal Reserve Board and non-United States groupwide supervisors. Subd. 2. Testimonial privilege. Neither the commissioner nor any person who received documents, materials, or other information while acting under the authority of the commissioner or with whom these documents, materials, or other information are shared pursuant to sections 60D.15 to 60D.29 is permitted or required to testify in a private civil action concerning documents, materials, or information subject to subdivision 1 that are classified as confidential, protected nonpublic, or both. Subd. 3. Sharing of information. In order to assist in the performance of the commissioner's duties, the commissioner: (1) may share documents, materials, or other information, including the confidential, protected nonpublic, and privileged documents, materials, or information subject to this section, including proprietary and trade secret documents and materials, with: (i) other state, federal, and international regulatory agencies; (ii) the NAIC; (iii) any third-party consultants designated by the commissioner; and (iv) state, federal, and international law enforcement authorities, including members of any supervisory college described in section 60D.215, provided that the recipient agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality and privileged status of the document, material, or other information, and has verified in writing the legal authority to maintain confidentiality; (2) notwithstanding clause (1), may only share confidential, protected nonpublic, and privileged documents, materials, or information reported pursuant to section 60D.19, subdivision 11a, with commissioners of states having statutes or regulations substantially similar to subdivision 1 and who have agreed in writing not to disclose this information; (3) may receive documents, materials, or information, including otherwise confidential and privileged documents, materials, or information from the NAIC and the NAIC's affiliates and subsidiaries and from regulatory and law enforcement officials of other foreign or domestic jurisdictions, and shall maintain as confidential, protected nonpublic, or privileged any document, material, or information received with notice or the understanding that it is confidential or privileged under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the document, material, or information; and (4) shall enter into written agreements with the NAIC and a third-party consultant designated by the commissioner governing sharing and use of information provided pursuant to sections 60D.15 to 60D.29 consistent with this clause that shall: (i) specify procedures and protocols regarding the confidentiality and security of information shared with the NAIC or a third-party consultant designated by the commissioner pursuant to sections 60D.15 to 60D.29, including procedures and protocols for sharing by the NAIC with other state, federal, or international regulators. The agreement must provide that the recipient agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality and privileged status of the documents, materials, or other information, and has verified in writing the legal authority to maintain confidentiality; (ii) specify that ownership of information shared with the NAIC or a third-party consultant pursuant to sections 60D.15 to 60D.29 remains with the commissioner and the NAIC's or a third-party consultant's, as designated by the commissioner, use of the information is subject to the direction of the commissioner; (iii) excluding documents, material, or information reported pursuant to section 60D.19, subdivision 11c, prohibit the NAIC or a third-party consultant designated by the commissioner from storing the information shared pursuant to sections 60D.15 to 60D.29 in a permanent database after the underlying analysis is completed; (iv) require prompt notice to be given to an insurer whose confidential or protected nonpublic information in the possession of the NAIC or a third-party consultant designated by the commissioner pursuant to sections 60D.15 to 60D.29 is subject to a request or subpoena to the NAIC or a third-party consultant designated by the commissioner for disclosure or production; (v) require the NAIC or a third-party consultant designated by the commissioner to consent to intervention by an insurer in any judicial or administrative action in which the NAIC or a third-party consultant designated by the commissioner may be required to disclose confidential or protected nonpublic information about the insurer shared with the NAIC or a third-party consultant designated by the commissioner pursuant to sections 60D.15 to 60D.29; and (vi) for documents, material, or information reported pursuant to section 60D.19, subdivision 11c, in the case of an agreement involving a third-party consultant, provide for notification of the identity of the consultant to the applicable insurers. Subd. 4. Responsibility for administration, execution, and enforcement. The sharing of information by the commissioner pursuant to sections 60D.15 to 60D.29 does not constitute a delegation of regulatory authority or rulemaking, and the commissioner is solely responsible for the administration, execution, and enforcement of the provisions of sections 60D.15 to 60D.29. Subd. 5. Disclosure not deemed to be waiver of privilege or confidentiality. No waiver of any applicable privilege or claim of confidentiality in the documents, materials, or information occurs as a result of disclosure to the commissioner under this section or as a result of sharing as authorized in subdivision 3. Subd. 6. Classification protection and use by others. Documents, materials, or other information in the possession or control of the NAIC or a third-party consultant designated by the commissioner pursuant to sections 60D.15 to 60D.29 are confidential, protected nonpublic, or privileged, are not subject to subpoena, and are not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in a private civil action. Subd. 7. Certain disclosures or publication prohibited. (a) The group capital calculation and resulting group capital ratio required under section 60D.19, subdivision 11b, and the liquidity stress test along with the liquidity stress test's results and supporting disclosures required under section 60D.19, subdivision 11c, are regulatory tools to assess group risks and capital adequacy and group liquidity risks, respectively, and are not intended as a means to rank insurers or insurance holding company systems generally. (b) Except as otherwise required under sections 60D.09 to 60D.29, making, publishing, disseminating, circulating, or placing before the public, or causing directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, or in the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, or poster, or over any radio, television station, or any electronic means of communication available to the public, or in any other way as an advertisement, announcement, or statement containing a representation or statement with regard to the group capital calculation, group capital ratio, the liquidity stress test results, or supporting disclosures for the liquidity stress test of any insurer or any insurer group, or of any component derived in the calculation by any insurer, broker, or other person engaged in any manner in the insurance business is misleading and is prohibited. (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), an insurer may publish an announcement in a written publication if any materially false statement with respect to the group capital calculation, resulting group capital ratio, an inappropriate comparison of any amount to an insurer's or insurance group's group capital calculation or resulting group capital ratio, liquidity stress test result, supporting disclosures for the liquidity stress test, or an inappropriate comparison of any amount to an insurer's or insurance group's liquidity stress test result or supporting disclosures is published in any written publication and the insurer is able to demonstrate to the commissioner with substantial proof the statement's falsity or inappropriateness. The sole purpose of an announcement under this paragraph must be to rebut the materially false statement. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 9; 2014 c 198 art 5 s 22; 1Sp2025 c 4 art 4 s 17-20

Minn. Stat. § 60D.23 RULES.

60D.23. RULES. The commissioner may adopt the rules and orders that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 10

Minn. Stat. § 60D.24 INJUNCTIONS, PROHIBITIONS AGAINST VOTING SECURITIES, SEQUESTRATION OF VOTING SECURITIES.

60D.24. INJUNCTIONS, PROHIBITIONS AGAINST VOTING SECURITIES, SEQUESTRATION OF VOTING SECURITIES. Subdivision 1. Injunctions. Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any insurer or any director, officer, employee, or agent of the insurer has committed or is about to commit a violation of this chapter or of any rule or order issued by the commissioner, the commissioner may apply to the district court for the county in which the principal office of the insurer is located or if the insurer has no such office in this state then to the District Court for Ramsey County for an order enjoining the insurer or the director, officer, employee, or agent of the insurer from violating or continuing to violate this chapter or any rule or order, and for other equitable relief as the nature of the case and the interest of the insurer's policyholders or the public requires. Subd. 2. Voting of securities; when prohibited. No security that is the subject of any agreement or arrangement regarding acquisition, or that is acquired or to be acquired, in contravention of the provisions of this chapter or of any rule or order issued by the commissioner may be voted at any shareholder's meeting, or may be counted for quorum purposes, and any action of shareholders requiring the affirmative vote of a percentage of shares may be taken as though the securities were not issued and outstanding. No action taken at the meeting shall be invalidated by the voting of the securities, unless the action would materially affect control of the insurer or unless the courts of this state have so ordered. If an insurer or the commissioner has reason to believe that any security of the insurer has been or is about to be acquired in contravention of the provisions of this chapter or of any rule or order issued by the commissioner, the insurer or the commissioner may apply to the district court for the county in which the insurer has its principal place of business to enjoin any offer, request, invitation, agreement, or acquisition made in contravention of section 60D.17 or any rule or order issued by the commissioner to enjoin the voting of any security so acquired, to void any vote of the security already cast at any meeting of shareholders and for other equitable relief as the nature of the case and the interest of the insurer's policyholders or the public requires. Subd. 3. Sequestration of voting securities. In any case where a person has acquired or is proposing to acquire any voting securities in violation of this chapter or any rule or order issued by the commissioner, the District Court for Ramsey County or the district court for the county in which the insurer has its principal place of business may, on such notice as the court considers appropriate, upon the application of the insurer or the commissioner seize or sequester any voting securities of the insurer owned directly or indirectly by the person, and issue any order with respect thereto as may be appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for the purposes of this chapter the sites of the ownership of the securities of domestic insurers shall be considered to be in this state. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 11; 1Sp2025 c 4 art 4 s 21

Minn. Stat. § 60D.25 RECEIVERSHIP.

60D.25. RECEIVERSHIP. Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person has committed a violation of this chapter that 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, the commissioner may proceed as provided in chapter 60B to take possessions of the property of the domestic insurer and to conduct the business of the domestic insurer. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 12; 1Sp2025 c 4 art 4 s 22

Minn. Stat. § 60D.26 RECOVERY.

60D.26. RECOVERY. (a) If an order for liquidation or rehabilitation of a domestic insurer has been entered, the receiver appointed under the order shall have a right to recover on behalf of the insurer, (1) from any parent corporation or holding company or person or affiliate who otherwise controlled the insurer, the amount of distributions, other than distributions of shares of the same class of stock, paid by the insurer on its capital stock, or (2) any payment in the form of a bonus, termination settlement or extraordinary lump-sum salary adjustment made by the insurer or its subsidiary(s) to a director, officer, or employee, where the distribution or payment pursuant to clause (1) or (2) is made at any time during the one year preceding the petition for liquidation, conservation, or rehabilitation, as the case may be, subject to the limitations of paragraphs (b), (c), and (d). (b) No such distribution shall be recoverable if the parent or affiliate shows that when paid the distribution was lawful and reasonable, and that the insurer did not know and could not reasonably have known that the distribution might adversely affect the ability of the insurer to fulfill its contractual obligations. (c) Any person who was a parent corporation or holding company or a person who otherwise controlled the insurer or affiliate at the time such distributions were paid shall be liable up to the amount of distributions or payments under paragraph (a), the person received. Any person who otherwise controlled the insurer at the time the distributions were declared is liable up to the amount of distributions the person would have received if they had been paid immediately. If two or more persons are liable with respect to the same distributions, they are jointly and severally liable. (d) The maximum amount recoverable under this subsection shall be the amount needed in excess of all other available assets of the impaired or insolvent insurer to pay the contractual obligations of the impaired or insolvent insurer and to reimburse any guaranty funds. (e) To the extent that any person liable under paragraph (c) is insolvent or otherwise fails to pay claims due from it pursuant to this paragraph, its parent corporation or holding company or person who otherwise controlled it at the time the distribution was paid, is jointly and severally liable for any resulting deficiency in the amount recovered from the parent corporation or holding company or person who otherwise controlled it. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 13

Minn. Stat. § 60D.27 REVOCATION, SUSPENSION, OR NONRENEWAL OF INSURER'S LICENSE.

60D.27. REVOCATION, SUSPENSION, OR NONRENEWAL OF INSURER'S LICENSE. Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person has committed a violation of this chapter that makes the continued operation of an insurer contrary to the interests of policyholders or the public, the commissioner may, after giving notice and an opportunity to be heard, determine to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the insurer's license or authority to do business in this state for the period the commissioner finds is required for the protection of policyholders or the public. The determination must be accompanied by specific findings of fact and conclusions of law. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 14

Minn. Stat. § 60D.28 JUDICIAL REVIEW, MANDAMUS.

60D.28. JUDICIAL REVIEW, MANDAMUS. (a) Any person aggrieved by any act, determination, rule or order, or any other action of the commissioner pursuant to this chapter may appeal therefrom to the District Court for Ramsey County. The court shall conduct its review without a jury and by trial de novo, except that if all parties, including the commissioner, so stipulate, the review shall be confined to the record. Portions of the record may be introduced by stipulation into evidence in a trial de novo as to those parties so stipulated. (b) The filing of an appeal pursuant to this section shall stay the application of the rule, order, or other action of the commissioner to the appealing party unless the court, after giving the party notice and an opportunity to be heard, determines that the stay would be detrimental to the interest of policyholders or the public. (c) Any person aggrieved by any failure of the commissioner to act or make a determination required by this chapter may petition the District Court for Ramsey County for a writ in the nature of a mandamus or a peremptory mandamus directing the commissioner to act or make this determination immediately. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 15

Minn. Stat. § 60D.29 CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAWS.

60D.29. CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAWS. All laws and parts of laws of this state inconsistent with this chapter are superseded with respect to matters covered by this chapter. 1991 c 325 art 14 s 16

Minn. Stat. § 60D.30 ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION.

60D.30. ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION. Section 302A.521, subdivision 3, applies to a corporation that is a member of an insurance holding company system, except if a determination for advancement is not made under section 302A.521, subdivision 6, clauses (1) to (4), the corporation that is a member of an insurance holding company system may make the determination that a person is entitled to payment or reimbursement of expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding upon receipt of a written affirmation as provided in section 302A.521, subdivision 3. 2005 c 74 s 7

Minn. Stat. § 60D.50 PURPOSE AND SCOPE.

60D.50. PURPOSE AND SCOPE. (a) The purpose of sections 60D.50 to 60D.58 is to provide the requirements for maintaining a risk management framework and completing an Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) and provide guidance and instructions for filing an ORSA Summary Report with the commissioner. (b) Sections 60D.50 to 60D.58 apply to all insurers domiciled in this state unless exempt pursuant to section 60D.55. 2014 c 198 art 6 s 1

Minn. Stat. § 60D.51 DEFINITIONS.

60D.51. DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of sections 60D.50 to 60D.58, the terms in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Insurance group. For the purpose of conducting an ORSA, "insurance group" means those insurers and affiliates included within an insurance holding company system as defined in section 60D.15, subdivision 5. Subd. 3. Insurer. "Insurer" has the meaning given in section 60D.15, subdivision 6, except that it does not include agencies, authorities, or instrumentalities of the United States, its possessions or territories, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, or a state or political subdivision of a state. Subd. 4. Own Risk and Solvency Assessment or ORSA. "Own Risk and Solvency Assessment" or "ORSA" means a confidential internal assessment, appropriate to the nature, scale, and complexity of an insurer or insurance group, conducted by that insurer or insurance group of the material and relevant risks associated with the insurer's or insurance group's current business plan, and the sufficiency of capital resources to support those risks. Subd. 5. ORSA Guidance Manual. "ORSA Guidance Manual" means the current version of the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Guidance Manual developed and adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and as amended from time to time. A change in the ORSA Guidance Manual is effective on the January 1 following the calendar year in which the changes have been adopted by the NAIC. Subd. 6. ORSA Summary Report. "ORSA Summary Report" means a confidential high-level summary of an insurer's or insurance group's ORSA. 2014 c 198 art 6 s 2

Minn. Stat. § 60D.52 RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK.

60D.52. RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK. An insurer shall maintain a risk management framework to assist the insurer with identifying, assessing, monitoring, managing, and reporting on its material and relevant risks. This requirement may be satisfied if the insurance group of which the insurer is a member maintains a risk management framework applicable to the operations of the insurer. 2014 c 198 art 6 s 3

Minn. Stat. § 60D.53 ORSA REQUIREMENT.

60D.53. ORSA REQUIREMENT. Subject to section 60D.55, an insurer, or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member, shall regularly conduct an ORSA consistent with a process comparable to the ORSA Guidance Manual. The ORSA must be conducted no less than annually but also at any time when there are significant changes to the risk profile of the insurer or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member. 2014 c 198 art 6 s 4

Minn. Stat. § 60D.54 ORSA SUMMARY REPORT.

60D.54. ORSA SUMMARY REPORT. Subdivision 1. Required submission. Upon the commissioner's request and no more than once per year, an insurer shall submit to the commissioner an ORSA Summary Report or any combination of reports that together contain the information described in the ORSA Guidance Manual, applicable to the insurer or the insurance group of which it is a member. Notwithstanding any request from the commissioner, if the insurer is a member of an insurance group, the insurer shall submit the reports required by this subdivision if the commissioner is the lead state commissioner of the insurance group as determined by the procedures adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Subd. 2. Attestation. The reports in subdivision 1 shall include a signature of the insurer's or insurance group's chief risk officer or other executive having responsibility for the oversight of the insurer's enterprise risk management process attesting to the best of the executive's belief and knowledge that the insurer applies the enterprise risk management process described in the ORSA Summary Report and that a copy of the report has been provided to the insurer's board of directors or the appropriate committee of the board. Subd. 3. Alternative compliance. An insurer may comply with subdivision 1 by providing the most recent and substantially similar reports provided by the insurer or another member of an insurance group of which the insurer is a member to the commissioner of another state, or to a supervisor or regulator of a foreign jurisdiction, if that report provides information that is comparable to the information described in the ORSA Guidance Manual. A report in a language other than English must be accompanied by a translation of the report into the English language. 2014 c 198 art 6 s 5

Minn. Stat. § 60D.55 EXEMPTION.

60D.55. EXEMPTION. Subdivision 1. Annual premium levels. An insurer is exempt from the requirements of sections 60D.50 to 60D.58 if: (1) the insurer has annual direct written and unaffiliated assumed premium, including international direct and assumed premium but excluding premiums reinsured with the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and Federal Flood Program, less than $500,000,000; and (2) the insurance group of which the insurer is a member has annual direct written and unaffiliated assumed premium, including international direct and assumed premium but excluding premiums reinsured with the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and Federal Flood Program, less than $1,000,000,000. Subd. 2. Summary report required. (a) If an insurer qualifies for exemption pursuant to subdivision 1, clause (1), but the insurance group of which the insurer is a member does not qualify for exemption pursuant to subdivision 1, clause (2), then the ORSA Summary Report that may be required pursuant to section 60D.54 must include every insurer within the insurance group. This requirement may be satisfied by the submission of more than one ORSA Summary Report for any combination of insurers, provided any combination of reports includes every insurer within the insurance group. (b) If an insurer does not qualify for exemption pursuant to subdivision 1, clause (1), but the insurance group of which it is a member qualifies for exemption pursuant to subdivision 1, clause (2), then the only ORSA Summary Report that may be required pursuant to section 60D.54 is the report applicable to that insurer. Subd. 3. Waiver. An insurer that does not qualify for exemption pursuant to subdivision 1 may apply to the commissioner for a waiver from the requirements of sections 60D.50 to 60D.58 based on unique circumstances. In deciding whether to grant the insurer's request for waiver, the commissioner may consider the type and volume of business written, ownership and organizational structure, and any other factor the commissioner considers relevant to the insurer or insurance group of which the insurer is a member. If the insurer is part of an insurance group with insurers domiciled in more than one state, the commissioner shall coordinate with the lead state commissioner and with the other domiciliary commissioners in considering whether to grant the insurer's request for a waiver. Subd. 4. Additional requirements. Notwithstanding the exemptions in this section, the commissioner may require that an insurer maintain a risk management framework, conduct an ORSA, and file an ORSA Summary Report: (1) based on unique circumstances including, but not limited to, the type and volume of business written, ownership and organizational structure, federal agency requests, and international supervisor requests; and (2) if the insurer has risk-based capital for a company action level event as set forth in section 60A.52 or 60A.62, meets one or more of the standards of an insurer deemed to be in a hazardous financial condition pursuant to section 60G.20, or otherwise exhibits qualities of a troubled insurer as determined by the commissioner. Subd. 5. Consequences of loss of exemption. If an insurer that qualifies for an exemption pursuant to subdivision 1 subsequently no longer qualifies for that exemption due to changes in premium as reflected in the insurer's most recent annual statement or in the most recent annual statements of the insurers within the insurance group of which the insurer is a member, the insurer has one year following the year the threshold is exceeded to comply with sections 60D.50 to 60D.58. 2014 c 198 art 6 s 6

Minn. Stat. § 60D.56 CONTENTS OF ORSA SUMMARY REPORT.

60D.56. CONTENTS OF ORSA SUMMARY REPORT. Subdivision 1. Preparation and documentation. The ORSA Summary Report shall be prepared by the insurer consistent with the ORSA Guidance Manual, subject to the requirements of subdivision 2. Documentation and supporting information shall be maintained by the insurer and made available upon examination or upon request of the commissioner. Subd. 2. Review. The review of the ORSA Summary Report, and any additional requests for information, shall be made by the commissioner using similar procedures currently used in the analysis and examination of multistate or global insurers and insurance groups. 2014 c 198 art 6 s 7

Minn. Stat. § 60D.57 CONFIDENTIALITY.

60D.57. CONFIDENTIALITY. Subdivision 1. Classification protection and use of information by commissioner. Documents, materials, or other information, including the ORSA Summary Report, in the possession of or control of the department that are obtained by, created by, or disclosed to the commissioner or any other person under sections 60D.50 to 60D.58 are recognized by this state as being confidential and containing trade secrets. Those documents, materials, or other information are classified as confidential or protected nonpublic or both, are not subject to subpoena, and are not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in a private civil action. However, the commissioner may use the documents, materials, or other information in the furtherance of a regulatory or legal action brought as a part of the commissioner's official duties. The commissioner shall not otherwise make the documents, materials, or other information public without the prior written consent of the insurer. Subd. 2. Testimonial privilege. Neither the commissioner nor any person who received documents, materials, or other ORSA-related information, through examination or otherwise, while acting under the authority of the commissioner or with whom the documents, materials, or other information are shared pursuant to sections 60D.50 to 60D.58 is permitted or required to testify in a private civil action concerning documents, materials, or information subject to subdivision 1 that are classified as confidential, protected nonpublic, or both. Subd. 3. Sharing of information. In order to assist in the performance of the commissioner's regulatory duties, the commissioner: (1) may, upon request, share documents, materials, or other ORSA-related information, including the confidential, protected nonpublic, and privileged documents, materials, or information subject to subdivision 1, including proprietary and trade secret documents and materials with other state, federal, and international financial regulatory agencies, including members of a supervisory college, as defined in section 60D.215, with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and with third-party consultants designated by the commissioner, provided that the recipient agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality and privileged status of the ORSA-related documents, materials, or other information and has verified in writing the legal authority to maintain confidentiality; (2) may receive documents, materials, or other ORSA-related information, including otherwise confidential and privileged documents, materials, or information, including proprietary and trade secret information or documents, from regulatory officials of other foreign or domestic jurisdictions, including members of a supervisory college, as defined in section 60D.215, and from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and shall maintain as confidential, protected nonpublic, or privileged documents, materials, or information received with notice or the understanding that it is confidential or privileged under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the document, material, or information; and (3) shall enter into a written agreement with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant governing sharing and use of information provided pursuant to sections 60D.50 to 60D.58, consistent with this subdivision that: (i) specifies procedures and protocols regarding the confidentiality and security of information shared with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant pursuant to sections 60D.50 to 60D.58, including procedures and protocols for sharing by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners with other state regulators from states in which the insurance group has domiciled insurers. The agreement must provide that the recipient agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality and privileged status of the ORSA-related documents, materials, or other information and has verified in writing the legal authority to maintain confidentiality; (ii) specifies that ownership of information shared with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant pursuant to sections 60D.50 to 60D.58 remains with the commissioner and the National Association of Insurance Commissioner's or a third-party consultant's use of the information is subject to the direction of the commissioner; (iii) prohibits the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant from storing the information shared pursuant to sections 60D.50 to 60D.58 in a permanent database after the underlying analysis is completed; (iv) requires prompt notice to be given to an insurer whose confidential or protected nonpublic information in the possession of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant pursuant to sections 60D.50 to 60D.58 is subject to a request or subpoena to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant for disclosure or production; (v) requires the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant to consent to intervention by an insurer in any judicial or administrative action in which the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant may be required to disclose confidential or protected nonpublic information about the insurer shared with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant pursuant to sections 60D.50 to 60D.58; and (vi) in the case of an agreement involving a third-party consultant, provides for the insurer's written consent. Subd. 4. Responsibility for administration, execution, and enforcement. The sharing of information and documents by the commissioner pursuant to sections 60D.50 to 60D.58 does not constitute a delegation of regulatory authority or rulemaking, and the commissioner is solely responsible for the administration, execution, and enforcement of sections 60D.50 to 60D.58. Subd. 5. Disclosure not deemed to be waiver of privilege or confidentiality. No waiver of an applicable privilege or claim of confidentiality in the documents, proprietary and trade secret materials, or other ORSA-related information occurs as a result of disclosure of ORSA-related information or documents to the commissioner under this subdivision or as a result of sharing as authorized in sections 60D.50 to 60D.58. Subd. 6. Classification, protection, and use of information by others. Documents, materials, or other information in the possession or control of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant pursuant to sections 60D.50 to 60D.58 are confidential, protected nonpublic, and privileged, are not subject to subpoena, and are not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in a private civil action. 2014 c 198 art 6 s 8

Minn. Stat. § 60D.58 SANCTIONS.

60D.58. SANCTIONS. An insurer failing, without just cause, to timely file the ORSA Summary Report as required in sections 60D.50 to 60D.58 shall pay a penalty of $1,000 for each day's delay to be recovered by the commissioner and to be paid into the general fund. The commissioner may reduce the penalty if the insurer demonstrates to the commissioner that the imposition of the penalty would constitute a financial hardship to the insurer. 2014 c 198 art 6 s 9

Minn. Stat. § 60D.195 GROUP CAPITAL CALCULATION.

60D.195. GROUP CAPITAL CALCULATION. Subdivision 1. Annual group capital calculation; exemption permitted. The commissioner may exempt the ultimate controlling person from filing the annual group capital calculation if the commissioner makes a determination that the insurance holding company system meets the following criteria: (1) has annual direct written and unaffiliated assumed premium, including international direct and assumed premium but excluding premiums reinsured with the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and Federal Flood Program, of less than $1,000,000,000; (2) has no insurers within the insurance holding company's structure that are domiciled outside of the United States or a United States territory; (3) has no banking, depository, or other financial entity that is subject to an identified regulatory capital framework within the insurance holding company's structure; (4) attests that no material changes in the transactions between insurers and noninsurers in the group have occurred since the last annual group capital filing; and (5) the noninsurers within the holding company system do not pose a material financial risk to the insurer's ability to honor policyholder obligations. Subd. 2. Limited group capital filing. The commissioner may accept a limited group capital filing in lieu of the group capital calculation if: (1) the insurance holding company system has annual direct written and unaffiliated assumed premium, including international direct and assumed premium but excluding premiums reinsured with the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and Federal Flood Program, of less than $1,000,000,000; and (2) the insurance holding company system: (i) has no insurers within the insurance holding company's structure that are domiciled outside of the United States or a United States territory; (ii) does not include a banking, depository, or other financial entity that is subject to an identified regulatory capital framework; and (iii) attests that no material changes in transactions between insurers and noninsurers in the group have occurred and the noninsurers within the holding company system do not pose a material financial risk to the insurer's ability to honor policyholder obligations. Subd. 3. Previous exemption; required filing. For an insurance holding company that has previously met an exemption with respect to the group capital calculation under subdivision 1 or 2, the commissioner may at any time require the ultimate controlling person to file an annual group capital calculation, completed in accordance with the NAIC group capital calculation instructions, if: (1) an insurer within the insurance holding company system is in a risk-based capital action level event under section 60A.62 or a similar standard for a non-United States insurer; (2) an insurer within the insurance holding company system meets one or more of the standards of an insurer deemed to be in hazardous financial condition, as defined under section 60E.02, subdivision 5; or (3) an insurer within the insurance holding company system otherwise exhibits qualities of a troubled insurer, as determined by the commissioner based on unique circumstances, including but not limited to the type and volume of business written, ownership and organizational structure, federal agency requests, and international supervisor requests. Subd. 4. Non-United States jurisdictions; recognition and acceptance. A non-United States jurisdiction is deemed to recognize and accept the group capital calculation if the non-United States jurisdiction: (1) with respect to section 60D.19, subdivision 11b, paragraph (a), clause (4): (i) recognizes the United States state regulatory approach to group supervision and group capital by providing confirmation by a competent regulatory authority in the non-United States jurisdiction that insurers and insurance groups whose lead state is accredited by the NAIC under the NAIC accreditation program: (A) are subject only to worldwide prudential insurance group supervision, including worldwide group governance, solvency and capital, and reporting, as applicable, by the lead state; and (B) are not subject to group supervision, including worldwide group governance, solvency and capital, and reporting, at the level of the worldwide parent undertaking of the insurance or reinsurance group by the non-United States jurisdiction; or (ii) if no United States insurance group operates in the non-United States jurisdiction, indicates formally in writing to the lead state with a copy to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors that the group capital calculation is an acceptable international capital standard. The formal indication under this item serves as the documentation otherwise required under item (i); and (2) provides confirmation by a competent regulatory authority in the non-United States jurisdiction that information regarding an insurer and the insurer's parent, subsidiary, or affiliated entities, if applicable, must be provided to the commissioner in accordance with a memorandum of understanding or similar document between the commissioner and the non-United States jurisdiction, including but not limited to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding or other multilateral memoranda of understanding coordinated by the NAIC. The commissioner must determine, in consultation with the NAIC committee process, if the information sharing agreement requirements are effective. Subd. 5. Non-United States jurisdiction; publication. (a) A list of non-United States jurisdictions that recognize and accept the group capital calculation under section 60D.19, subdivision 11b, paragraph (a), clause (4), must be published through the NAIC committee process to assist the commissioner determine which insurers must file an annual group capital calculation. The list must clarify the situations in which a jurisdiction is exempt from filing under section 60D.19, subdivision 11b, paragraph (a), clause (4). To assist with a determination under section 60D.19, subdivision 11b, paragraph (b), the list must also identify whether a jurisdiction that is exempt under section 60D.19, subdivision 11b, paragraph (a), clause (3) or (4), requires a group capital filing for any United States insurance group's operations in the non-United States jurisdiction. (b) For a non-United States jurisdiction where no United States insurance group operates, the confirmation provided to comply with subdivision 4, clause (1), item (ii), serves as support for a recommendation to be published that the non-United States jurisdiction is a jurisdiction that recognizes and accepts the group capital calculation pursuant to the NAIC committee process. (c) If the commissioner makes a determination pursuant to section 60D.19, subdivision 11b, that differs from the NAIC list, the commissioner must provide thoroughly documented justification to the NAIC and other states. (d) Upon a determination by the commissioner that a non-United States jurisdiction no longer meets one or more of the requirements to recognize and accept the group capital calculation, the commissioner may provide a recommendation to the NAIC that the non-United States jurisdiction be removed from the list of jurisdictions that recognize and accept the group capital calculation. 1Sp2025 c 4 art 4 s 14

Minn. Stat. § 60D.215 SUPERVISORY COLLEGES.

60D.215. SUPERVISORY COLLEGES. Subdivision 1. Power of commissioner. With respect to any insurer registered under section 60D.19, and in accordance with subdivision 3, the commissioner may also participate in a supervisory college for a domestic insurer that is part of an insurance holding company system with international operations in order to determine compliance by the insurer with sections 60D.15 to 60D.29. The powers of the commissioner with respect to supervisory colleges include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) initiating the establishment of a supervisory college; (2) clarifying the membership and participation of other supervisors in the supervisory college; (3) clarifying the functions of the supervisory college and the role of other regulators, including the establishment of a groupwide supervisor; (4) coordinating the ongoing activities of the supervisory college, including planning meetings, supervisory activities, and processes for information sharing; and (5) establishing a crisis management plan. Subd. 2. Expenses. Each registered insurer subject to this section is liable for and shall pay the reasonable expenses of the commissioner's participation in a supervisory college in accordance with subdivision 3, including reasonable travel expenses. For purposes of this section, a supervisory college may be convened as either a temporary or permanent forum for communication and cooperation between the regulators charged with the supervision of the insurer or its affiliates, and the commissioner may establish a regular assessment to the insurer for the payment of these expenses. A registered insurer's liability for expenses under this subdivision is limited to the actual, incurred costs of the commissioner's participation in their supervisory college. Subd. 3. Supervisory college. In order to assess the business strategy, financial position, legal and regulatory position, risk exposure, risk management, and governance processes, and as part of the examination of individual insurers in accordance with section 60D.21, the commissioner may participate in a supervisory college with other regulators charged with supervision of the insurer or its affiliates, including other state, federal, and international regulatory agencies. The commissioner may enter into agreements in accordance with section 60D.22 providing the basis for cooperation between the commissioner and the other regulatory agencies, and the activities of the supervisory college. Nothing in this section delegates to the supervisory college the authority of the commissioner to regulate or supervise the insurer or its affiliates within its jurisdiction. 2014 c 198 art 5 s 21; 1Sp2015 c 1 art 3 s 10

Minn. Stat. § 60D.217 GROUPWIDE SUPERVISION OF INTERNATIONALLY ACTIVE INSURANCE GROUPS.

60D.217. GROUPWIDE SUPERVISION OF INTERNATIONALLY ACTIVE INSURANCE GROUPS. (a) The commissioner is authorized to act as the groupwide supervisor for any internationally active insurance group in accordance with the provisions of this section. However, the commissioner may otherwise acknowledge another regulatory official as the groupwide supervisor where the internationally active insurance group: (1) does not have substantial insurance operations in the United States; (2) has substantial insurance operations in the United States, but not in this state; or (3) has substantial insurance operations in the United States and this state, but the commissioner has determined pursuant to the factors set forth in paragraphs (b) and (f) that the other regulatory official is the appropriate groupwide supervisor. An insurance holding company system that does not otherwise qualify as an internationally active insurance group may request that the commissioner make a determination or acknowledgment as to a groupwide supervisor pursuant to this section. (b) In cooperation with other state, federal, and international regulatory agencies, the commissioner must identify a single groupwide supervisor for an internationally active insurance group. The commissioner may determine that the commissioner is the appropriate groupwide supervisor for an internationally active insurance group that conducts substantial insurance operations concentrated in this state. However, the commissioner may acknowledge that a regulatory official from another jurisdiction is the appropriate groupwide supervisor for the internationally active insurance group. The commissioner shall consider the following factors when making a determination or acknowledgment under this paragraph: (1) the place of domicile of the insurers within the internationally active insurance group that hold the largest share of the group's written premiums, assets, or liabilities; (2) the place of domicile of the top-tiered insurer or insurers in the insurance holding company system of the internationally active insurance group; (3) the location of the executive offices or largest operational offices of the internationally active insurance group; (4) whether another regulatory official is acting or is seeking to act as the groupwide supervisor under a regulatory system that the commissioner determines to be: (i) substantially similar to the system of regulation provided under the laws of this state; or (ii) otherwise sufficient in terms of providing for groupwide supervision, enterprise risk analysis, and cooperation with other regulatory officials; and (5) whether another regulatory official acting or seeking to act as the groupwide supervisor provides the commissioner with reasonably reciprocal recognition and cooperation. However, a commissioner identified under this section as the groupwide supervisor may determine that it is appropriate to acknowledge another supervisor to serve as the groupwide supervisor. The acknowledgment of the groupwide supervisor shall be made after consideration of the factors listed in clauses (1) to (5), and shall be made in cooperation with and subject to the acknowledgment of other regulatory officials involved with supervision of members of the internationally active insurance group, and in consultation with the internationally active insurance group. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when another regulatory official is acting as the groupwide supervisor of an internationally active insurance group, the commissioner shall acknowledge that regulatory official as the groupwide supervisor. However, in the event of a material change in the internationally active insurance group that results in: (1) the internationally active insurance group's insurers domiciled in this state holding the largest share of the group's premiums, assets, or liabilities; or (2) this state being the place of domicile of the top-tiered insurer or insurers in the insurance holding company system of the internationally active insurance group, the commissioner shall make a determination or acknowledgment as to the appropriate groupwide supervisor for such an internationally active insurance group pursuant to paragraph (b). (d) Pursuant to section 60D.21, the commissioner is authorized to collect from any insurer registered pursuant to section 60D.19 all information necessary to determine whether the commissioner may act as the groupwide supervisor of an internationally active insurance group or if the commissioner may acknowledge another regulatory official to act as the groupwide supervisor. Prior to issuing a determination that an internationally active insurance group is subject to groupwide supervision by the commissioner, the commissioner shall notify the insurer registered pursuant to section 60D.19 and the ultimate controlling person within the internationally active insurance group. The internationally active insurance group shall have not less than 30 days to provide the commissioner with additional information pertinent to the pending determination. The commissioner shall publish in the State Register and on the department's website the identity of internationally active insurance groups that the commissioner has determined are subject to groupwide supervision by the commissioner. (e) If the commissioner is the groupwide supervisor for an internationally active insurance group, the commissioner is authorized to engage in any of the following groupwide supervision activities: (1) assess the enterprise risks within the internationally active insurance group to ensure that: (i) the material financial condition and liquidity risks to the members of the internationally active insurance group that are engaged in the business of insurance are identified by management; and (ii) reasonable and effective mitigation measures are in place; or (2) request, from any member of an internationally active insurance group subject to the commissioner's supervision, information necessary and appropriate to assess enterprise risk, including but not limited to information about the members of the internationally active insurance group regarding: (i) governance, risk assessment, and management; (ii) capital adequacy; and (iii) material intercompany transactions; (3) coordinate and, through the authority of the regulatory officials of the jurisdictions where members of the internationally active insurance group are domiciled, compel development and implementation of reasonable measures designed to ensure that the internationally active insurance group is able to timely recognize and mitigate enterprise risks to members of the internationally active insurance group that are engaged in the business of insurance; (4) communicate with other state, federal and international regulatory agencies for members within the internationally active insurance group and share relevant information subject to the confidentiality provisions of section 60D.22, through supervisory colleges as set forth in section 60D.215 or otherwise; (5) enter into agreements with or obtain documentation from any insurer registered under section 60D.19, any member of the internationally active insurance group, and any other state, federal, and international regulatory agencies for members of the internationally active insurance group, providing the basis for or otherwise clarifying the commissioner's role as groupwide supervisor, including provisions for resolving disputes with other regulatory officials. Agreements or documentation under this clause shall not serve as evidence in any proceeding that any insurer or person within an insurance holding company system not domiciled or incorporated in this state is doing business in this state or is otherwise subject to jurisdiction in this state; and (6) other groupwide supervision activities, consistent with the authorities and purposes enumerated above, as considered necessary by the commissioner. (f) If the commissioner acknowledges that another regulatory official from a jurisdiction that is not accredited by the NAIC is the groupwide supervisor, the commissioner is authorized to reasonably cooperate, through supervisory colleges or otherwise, with groupwide supervision undertaken by the groupwide supervisor, provided that: (1) the commissioner's cooperation is in compliance with the laws of this state; and (2) the regulatory official acknowledged as the groupwide supervisor also recognizes and cooperates with the commissioner's activities as a groupwide supervisor for other internationally active insurance groups where applicable. Where recognition and cooperation by the groupwide supervisor is not reasonably reciprocal, the commissioner is authorized to refuse recognition and cooperation. (g) The commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with or obtain documentation from any insurer registered under section 60D.19, any affiliate of the insurer, and other state, federal, and international regulatory agencies for members of the internationally active insurance group, that provide the basis for or otherwise clarify a regulatory official's role as groupwide supervisor. (h) A registered insurer subject to this section shall be liable for and shall pay the reasonable expenses of the commissioner's participation in the administration of this section, including the engagement of attorneys, actuaries, and any other professionals and all reasonable travel expenses. 2019 c 26 art 2 s 3; 1Sp2025 c 4 art 4 s 16

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes (revisor.mn.gov)URL: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/60DFetched: 10/19/2026