33-1-1402. Actuarial opinion of reserves and supporting documentation -- definition. (1) Every property and casualty insurer doing business in this state, unless otherwise exempted by its domiciliary commissioner, shall annually submit the opinion of an appointed actuary entitled "Statement of Actuarial Opinion". The insurer shall file this opinion in accordance with the appropriate NAIC property and casualty annual statement instructions.

(2) (a) Every property and casualty resident domestic insurer that is required to submit a statement of actuarial opinion shall annually submit an actuarial opinion summary written by the insurer's appointed actuary. This actuarial opinion summary must be filed in accordance with the appropriate NAIC property and casualty annual statement instructions and is considered to be a document supporting the actuarial opinion required in subsection (1).

(b) A foreign or alien authorized insurer shall provide to the commissioner the actuarial opinion summary upon request.

(3) (a) An actuarial report and its underlying work papers as required by the appropriate NAIC property and casualty annual statement instructions must be prepared to support each actuarial opinion.

(b) If the insurer fails to provide a supporting actuarial report or work papers at the request of the commissioner or the commissioner determines that the supporting actuarial report or work papers provided by the insurer are otherwise unacceptable to the commissioner, the commissioner may engage a qualified actuary at the expense of the insurer to review the opinion and basis for the opinion and prepare a supporting actuarial report or work papers.

(4) The appointed actuary is not liable for damages to any person, other than the insurer and the commissioner, for any act, error, omission, decision, or conduct with respect to the actuary's opinion except in cases of fraud or willful misconduct on the part of the appointed actuary.

(5) For the purposes of this part, "actuarial report" means a document or presentation prepared as a formal means of conveying the actuary's professional conclusions and recommendations and communicating the methods and procedures used to reach the conclusions and recommendations, including any supporting documents.