1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to insurance; regulating reinsurance 
  1.3             intermediary-brokers; providing for the investment of 
  1.4             funds held or collected; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             1996, section 60A.715. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 60A.715, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      60A.715 [REQUIRED CONTRACT PROVISIONS; REINSURANCE 
  1.10  INTERMEDIARY-BROKERS.] 
  1.11     Transactions between a RB and the insurer it represents in 
  1.12  this capacity shall only be entered into pursuant to a written 
  1.13  authorization, specifying the responsibilities of each party.  
  1.14  The authorization must, at a minimum, provide that: 
  1.15     (1) the insurer may terminate the RB's authority at any 
  1.16  time; 
  1.17     (2) the RB will render accounts to the insurer accurately 
  1.18  detailing all material transactions, including information 
  1.19  necessary to support all commissions, charges, and other fees 
  1.20  received by, or owing to the RB, and remit all funds due to the 
  1.21  insurer within 30 days of receipt; 
  1.22     (3) all funds collected for the insurer's account will be: 
  1.23     (i) held by the RB in a fiduciary capacity in a bank that 
  1.24  is a qualified United States financial institution ~~and may be~~; 
  1.25     (ii) invested in direct obligations of, or obligations 
  2.1   guaranteed or insured by, the United States, its agencies, or 
  2.2   its instrumentalities, excluding mortgage-backed securities.  
  2.3   These funds may not be invested in obligations whose maturities 
  2.4   exceed 90 days; or 
  2.5      (iii) invested by the RB in any manner that would be 
  2.6   appropriate under other applicable law if directly invested by 
  2.7   the insurer; 
  2.8      (4) the RB will comply with section 60A.72; 
  2.9      (5) the RB will comply with the written standards 
  2.10  established by the insurer for the cession or retrocession of 
  2.11  all risks; and 
  2.12     (6) the RB will disclose to the insurer any relationship 
  2.13  with any reinsurer to which business will be ceded or retroceded.