IC 27-7-10-8: "Plan of operation or feasibility study" defined

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "plan of operation or feasibility study" means an analysis that presents the expected activities and results of a risk retention group including, at a minimum, the following:

(1) Information sufficient to verify that the members of the risk retention group are engaged in businesses or activities similar or related with respect to the liability to which those members are exposed by virtue of any related, similar, or common business, trade, product, services, premises, or operations.

(2) For each state in which the risk retention group intends to operate, the coverages, deductibles, coverage limits, rates, and rating classification systems for each line of insurance the group intends to offer.

(3) Historical and expected loss experience of the proposed members of the risk retention group and national experience of similar exposures to the extent that this experience is reasonably available.

(4) Pro forma financial statements and projections.

(5) Appropriate opinions by a qualified, independent casualty actuary, including a determination of minimum premium or participation levels required to commence operations and to prevent a hazardous financial condition.

(6) Identification of management, underwriting, and claims procedures, marketing methods, managerial oversight methods, investment policies, and reinsurance agreements.

(7) Identification of each state in which the risk retention group has obtained, or sought to obtain, a charter and license, and a description of its status in each state.

(8) Such other matters as may be prescribed by the commissioner of the state in which the risk retention group is chartered for liability insurance companies authorized by the insurance laws of that state.