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§ 59A-5A-8 NMSA 1978

Challenge hearings

Known as the Risk-Based Capital Act

The act spans §§ 59–59 (13 sections).

1978 Comp., § 59A-5A-8, enacted by Laws 1995, ch. 149, § 8; 2014, ch. 59, § 8.

Any insurer or health organization has the right to a confidential administrative hearing of record in accordance with Chapter 59A, Article 4 NMSA 1978 at which the insurer or health organization may challenge any determination or action by the superintendent pursuant to the Risk-Based Capital Act.

A. The insurer or health organization shall file and serve on the superintendent its request for hearing within five days after any of the following events:

(1) the superintendent's notification to the insurer or health organization of an adjusted risk-based capital report;

(2) the superintendent's notification to the insurer or health organization that:

(a) the insurer's or health organization's risk-based capital plan or revised risk-based capital plan is unsatisfactory; and

(b) such notification constitutes a regulatory action level event with respect to the insurer or health organization;

(3) the superintendent's notification to the insurer or health organization that the insurer or health organization has failed to adhere to its risk-based capital plan or revised risk-based capital plan and that such failure has had or will have a substantial adverse effect on the ability of the insurer or health organization to eliminate the company action level event; or

(4) the superintendent's notification to an insurer or health organization of a corrective order with respect to the insurer or health organization.

B. Upon receipt of the insurer's or health organization's request for hearing, the superintendent shall set a hearing date, which shall be not less than ten nor more than thirty days after the date of the insurer's or health organization's request.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.