Montana § 33-2-2102 - Purpose -- Scope

§ 33-2-2102. Purpose -- Scope

Purpose -- scope. (1) The purpose of this part is to: (a) provide to the insurance commissioner a summary of an insurer or insurance group's corporate governance structure, policies, and practices to permit the commissioner to gain and maintain an understanding of the insurer's corporate governance framework; (b) outline the requirements for completing a corporate governance annual disclosure with the insurance commissioner; and (c) provide for the confidential treatment of the corporate governance annual disclosure and related information that will contain confidential and sensitive information related to an insurer or insurance group's internal operations and proprietary and trade secret information and that, if made public, could potentially cause the insurer or insurance group competitive harm or disadvantage. (2) (a) Nothing in this part may be construed to prescribe or impose corporate governance standards and internal procedures beyond that which is required under applicable state corporate law. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(a), nothing in this part may be construed to limit the commissioner's authority or the rights or obligations of third parties under Title 33. (3) The requirements of this part apply to all insurers domiciled in the state.