Delaware § 8403 - Definitions.

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§ 8403. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Insurance group.” — 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 Chapter 50 of this title.

(2) “Insurer.” — The term “insurer” shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 102 of this title, 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.

(3) “ORSA Guidance Manual.” — The term “ORSA Guidance Manual” shall mean 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.

(4) “ORSA summary report.” — An “ORSA summary report” shall mean a confidential high-level summary of an insurer or insurance group’s ORSA.

(5) “Own risk and solvency assessment” or “ORSA.” — An “own risk and solvency assessment” or “ORSA” shall mean 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 or insurance group’s current business plan, and the sufficiency of capital resources to support those risks.

79 Del. Laws, c. 422, §  1; 

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