Wisconsin Administrative Code
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
Chapter Ins 47 - Reinsurance intermediary regulation
Section Ins 47.05 - Duties of insurers utilizing the services of a reinsurance intermediary-broker; prohibited function

(1) An insurer may not use the services of any person to act as a reinsurance intermediary-broker on its behalf unless the person is licensed as required by this chapter.

(2) An insurer may not employ an individual who is employed by a reinsurance intermediary-broker with which it transacts business, unless the reinsurance intermediary-broker is under common control with the insurer and subject to ch. 617, Stats., and ch. Ins 40, or the laws and rules of another state which are determined by the commissioner to be substantially similar to ch. 617, Stats., and ch. Ins 40.

(3) An insurer shall annually obtain a copy of statements of the financial condition of each reinsurance intermediary-broker with which it transacts business.

(4) A reinsurance intermediary-broker required to be licensed under this chapter may not bind, and an insurer may not give the reinsurance intermediary-broker authority to bind, ceded reinsurance on behalf of the insurer, except that the reinsurance intermediary-broker may bind ceded facultative reinsurance pursuant to obligatory facultative agreements if the contract with the insurer contains reinsurance underwriting guidelines for the retrocessions. The guidelines shall include a list of reinsurers with which the automatic agreements are in effect, and for each such reinsurer, the coverages and amounts or percentages that may be reinsured, and commission schedules.