Article 10.6 - Own Risk and Solvency Assessment

California Insurance Code — §§ 935.1-935.11

Sections (3)

Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 238, Sec. 1. (AB 584) Effective January 1, 2014. Section operative January 1, 2015, pursuant to Section 935.11.

(a)The purpose of this article is to provide the requirements for maintaining a risk management framework, completing an Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA), and provide guidance and instructions for filing an ORSA Summary Report with the commissioner. The requirements of this article shall apply to all insurers domiciled in this state unless exempt pursuant to Section 935.6.
(b)The Legislature finds and declares that the ORSA Summary Report will contain confidential and sensitive information related to an insurer’s or insurance group’s identification of risks that are material and relevant to the insurer or insurance group filing the report. This information will include proprietary and trade

secret information that has the potential for harm and competitive disadvantage to the insurer or insurance group if the information is made public. It is the intent of the Legislature that the ORSA Summary Report shall be a confidential document filed with the commissioner, that the ORSA Summary Report shall be shared only as stated in this article to assist the commissioner in the performance of his or her duties, and that in no event shall the ORSA Summary Report be subject to public disclosure.

Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 238, Sec. 1. (AB 584) Effective January 1, 2014. Section operative January 1, 2015, pursuant to Section 935.11.

If any provision of this article, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, that determination shall not affect the provisions or applications of this article that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this article are severable.

Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 238, Sec. 1. (AB 584) Effective January 1, 2014. Note: This section prescribes a delayed operative date (Jan. 1, 2015) for Article 10.6, commencing with Section 935.1.

This article shall become operative on January 1, 2015.