Title 27
Insurance

Chapter 1.1
Credit for Reinsurance Act

R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-1.1-10

§ 27-1.1-10. Payment by assuming company.

(a) No credit shall be allowed for reinsurance unless the reinsurance agreement provides that payments by the assuming company shall be made directly to the ceding company or to its liquidator, receiver, or statutory successor, except where the contract specifically provides direct payment of the reinsurance to the insured or a claimant on behalf of the insured in the event of the insolvency of the ceding company, or where the assuming company, with the consent of the direct insured or insureds, has assumed the policy obligations of the ceding company to the payees under the policies and in substitution for the obligations of the ceding company to the payees.

(b) Except as provided in this section, no assuming company may pay or settle, or agree to pay or settle, any policy claim, or any portion of a claim, directly to or with a policyholder of any ceding company if an order of rehabilitation or liquidation has been entered against the ceding company.

History of Section.
P.L. 2015, ch. 82, § 18; P.L. 2015, ch. 105, § 18.