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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) For the purpose of conducting an ORSA, the term “insurance group” shall mean those insurers and affiliates included within an insurance holding company system as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 1215.
(b) The term “insurer” shall have the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (f) of Section 1215, except that it shall not include 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.
(c) An “Own Risk and Solvency Assessment” or “ORSA” means a confidential internal assessment that is 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.
(d) The term “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 shall be effective on the January 1 following the calendar year in which the changes have been adopted by the NAIC.
(e) An “ORSA Summary Report” means a confidential high-level summary of an insurer's or insurance group's ORSA.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Insurance Code - INS § 935.2 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/insurance-code/ins-sect-935-2/
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