Section 5517. Transfer of association funds; reinsurance evaluation  


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  • (a) In
      the event that the association has not caused the  transfer  of  certain
      assets  on or before May first, nineteen hundred ninety-two, pursuant to
      the provisions of section fifty-five hundred sixteen  of  this  article,
      the   board   shall  undertake  an  evaluation  of  the  procurement  of
      reinsurance, upon so much of its book of business as is attributable  to
      policies  of  excess coverage or equivalent excess coverage purchased on
      behalf of physicians and dentists, as is authorized by paragraph five of
      subsection (e) of  section  fifty-five  hundred  two  of  this  article,
      specifically  assessing  the  ability of any such reinsurance program to
      yield such funds as are necessary to effectuate the transfer of  assets,
      in  the  form  and  amount  provided  for  in section fifty-five hundred
      sixteen of this article.
        (b) Any such plan of reinsurance developed pursuant to the  evaluation
      undertaken  pursuant  to subsection (a) of this section shall be subject
      to the final, non-reviewable determination of the superintendent  as  to
      its  sufficiency  in  meeting  the  objectives  provided  for in section
      fifty-five hundred sixteen of this article, that the plan of reinsurance
      provides for the ceding of risks to one or more reinsurers  approved  by
      the  superintendent,  that  the  plan of reinsurance in no way adversely
      affects  the  solvency  of  the  association,  and  that  the  plan   of
      reinsurance  to be effectuated through the association's engaging one or
      more such reinsurers in a contract for the ceding of risk not later than
      July first, nineteen hundred ninety-two.
        (c) The amounts provided for in section fifty-five hundred sixteen  of
      this  article,  constituting  the  assets  to  be  transferred, shall be
      transferred not later than August first, nineteen hundred ninety-two and
      only after actuarial certification that such assets constitute  "surplus
      surplus",  or  that  portion  of surplus not otherwise necessary for the
      payment of claims. Upon such certification of such  assets  as  "surplus
      surplus",  and  not  otherwise necessary for the payment of claims, such
      assets shall be transferred not later than the date provided for herein.
      Such transfer shall be deemed to be a transfer authorized by  subsection
      (a) of section five thousand five hundred sixteen of this article.
        (d)  In  the  event that the association has failed to comply with the
      provisions of this section by the time periods provided for herein,  the
      association  shall be prohibited from pursuing any such reinsurance plan
      as a method of averting the imposition  of  the  provisions  of  section
      ninety-one hundred ten of this chapter.