Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 731 § 731.510 — or maintain security in a trust fund in accordance with ORS 731.509
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 731 ·
Oregon Code § 731.510·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
or maintain security in a trust fund in accordance with ORS 731.509
(8), except as otherwise provided in this section.
(b) If an
accredited reinsurer maintains a trust fund to fully secure the accredited
reinsurers obligations under ORS 731.509 (8) and the trust fund is a
multibeneficiary trust, the accredited reinsurer shall maintain separate trust
accounts for the obligations the accredited reinsurer incurs under reinsurance
agreements the accredited reinsurer issued or renewed as an accredited
reinsurer with reduced security, as provided under this section or under
comparable laws of other United States jurisdictions, and for obligations the
accredited reinsurer incurs that are subject to ORS 731.509 (8).
(c) The minimum
trusteed surplus requirements under ORS 731.509 (8) do not apply to an
accredited reinsurer that maintains a multibeneficiary trust for the purpose of
securing obligations under this subsection, except that the trust must maintain
a minimum trusteed surplus of $10,000,000.
(8) The director
shall reduce the allowable credit for ceding insurers by an amount that is
proportionate to any deficiency in the security required for an accredited
reinsurer under this section. The director may also reduce the allowable credit
further if the director finds that a material risk exists that the accredited
reinsurer will not pay the accredited reinsurers obligations in full when due.
(9)(a) Except as
provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the director shall require an
accredited reinsurer that has become inactive or has voluntarily surrendered
accreditation as an accredited reinsurer, or for which the director has revoked
or suspended accreditation, to secure 100 percent of the reinsurers
obligations.
(b) The security
requirement described in paragraph (a) of this subsection does not apply to an
accredited reinsurer that is inactive, or for which the director has suspended
accreditation, if the director maintains a high rating for the reinsurer under subsection
(6) of this section.
(10) The director
may accredit an assuming insurer as a reinsurer in this state if a jurisdiction
that the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has qualified as
meeting the associations financial standards and accreditation has certified
the assuming insurer as a reinsurer. The director may also assign to the
accredited reinsurer the rating that the qualifying jurisdiction assigned to
the accredited reinsurer.
(11) An
accredited reinsurer that ceases to assume new business in this state may apply
to the director to become inactive and to qualify for a reduction in security
for the business the accredited reinsurer maintains. An inactive accredited
reinsurer shall comply with all other applicable requirements of this section
and the director shall assign a rating to the accredited reinsurer that
accounts for the reasons that the accredited reinsurer is not assuming new
business, if the reasons are relevant to the rating.
(12)(a) The
director may suspend or revoke an assuming insurers accreditation as a
reinsurer in this state if the assuming insurer fails to meet applicable
requirements for accreditation.
(b) The director shall
give an accredited reinsurer notice and an opportunity for a hearing before
taking action under paragraph (a) of this subsection and a suspension or
revocation is not effective until after the directors final order unless:
(A) The
accredited reinsurer waives the opportunity for a hearing;
(B) The director
bases the final order on regulatory action by the accredited reinsurers
domiciliary jurisdiction or on the accredited reinsurers having voluntarily
surrendered or terminated the accredited reinsurers authorization to transact
insurance or reinsurance in the domiciliary jurisdiction or in a jurisdiction
whose certification of the reinsurer formed the basis upon which the director
accredited the reinsurer in this state under subsection (10) of this section;
or
(C) The director
finds that an emergency requires immediate action and a court does not stay the
directors action.
(13) A
reinsurance contract issued or renewed after the director suspends an
accredited reinsurers certification does not qualify for credit unless the
reinsurer secures the reinsurers obligations in accordance with ORS 731.510.
The director may not grant credit for reinsurance after the effective date of
the directors revocation of accreditation unless the reinsurer secures the
reinsurers obligations in accordance with subsections (6), (7) and (9) of this
section or ORS 731.510.
(14) The director
may adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section including, but not
limited to, rules that adopt guidelines, rules, regulations or interpretive
letters from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners that apply to
reinsurance collateral requirements for alien reinsurers. [1993 c.447 §67; 2019
c.151 §23; 2021 c.204 §3]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 731.510
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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