ORS 750.045: Required capitalization; bond, security or letter of credit; exemptions.

(1) A health care service contractor that is a for-profit or not-for-profit corporation shall possess and thereafter maintain capital or surplus, or any combination thereof, of not less than $2.5 million. (2) A health care service contractor that is a for-profit or not-for-profit corporation shall file a surety bond or such other bond or securities in the sum of $250,000 as are authorized by the Insurance Code as a guarantee of the due execution of the policies to be entered into by such contractor in accordance with ORS 750.005 to 750.095. In lieu of such bond or securities, a health care service contractor may file an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution as defined in ORS 706.008 in the sum of $250,000. This subsection does not apply to a health care service contractor that has at least 75 percent of its assets invested in health care service facilities pursuant to ORS 733.700. (3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section do not apply to a health care service contractor furnishing only complementary health services, dental service or optometrical service operated on a for-profit or not-for-profit basis if: (a) The services referred to in this subsection maintain capital or surplus, or any combination thereof, of not less than $1 million. (b) The services referred to in this subsection file a surety bond or other such bond or securities in the sum of $50,000 as are authorized by the Insurance Code as a guarantee of the due execution of the policies to be entered into by such contractor in accordance with ORS 750.005 to 750.095. (4) A health care service contractor that is a for-profit or not-for-profit corporation applying for its original certificate of authority in this state shall possess, when first so authorized, additional capital or surplus, or any combination thereof, of not less than $500,000. (5) For the protection of the public, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may require a health care service contractor to possess and maintain capital or surplus, or any combination thereof, in excess of the amount otherwise required under this section owing to the type, volume and nature of insurance business transacted by the health care service contractor, if the director determines that the greater amount is necessary for maintaining the health care service contractor’s solvency according to standards established by rule. In developing such standards, the director shall consider model standards adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or its successor organization. For the purpose of determining the reasonableness and adequacy of a health care service contractor’s capital and surplus, the director must consider at least the following factors, as applicable: (a) The size of the health care service contractor, as measured by its assets, capital and surplus, reserves, premium writings, insurance in force and other appropriate criteria. (b) The number of lives insured. (c) The extent of the geographical dispersion of the lives insured by the health care service contractor. (d) The nature and extent of the reinsurance program of the health care service contractor. (e) The quality, diversification and liquidity of the investment portfolio of the health care service contractor. (f) The recent past and projected future trend in the size of the investment portfolio of the health care service contractor. (g) The combined capital and surplus maintained by comparable health care service contractors. (h) The adequacy of the reserves of the health care service contractor. (i) The quality and liquidity of investments in affiliates. The director may treat any such investment as a disallowed asset for purposes of determining the adequacy of combined capital and surplus whenever in the judgment of the director the investment so warrants. (j) The quality of the earnings of the health care service contractor and the extent to which the reported earnings include extraordinary items. [Formerly 742.050; 1975 c.273 §1; 1977 c.402 §1; 1985 c.747 §67; 1991 c.331 §132; 1991 c.958 §4; 1997 c.631 §552; 2001 c.318 §6; 2003 c.33 §2]