1608 - Relationships and transactions between parent and subsidiary.
§ 1608. Relationships and transactions between parent and subsidiary. (a) The business operations, corporate proceedings and fiscal and accounting records of subsidiaries organized or acquired pursuant to this article shall be conducted or maintained so as to assure the separate legal and operating identities of the parent and subsidiary, but nothing herein shall preclude arrangements for common management or the cooperative or joint use of personnel, property or services otherwise consistent with this chapter. (b) All transactions between the insurer and its subsidiaries shall be fair and equitable, charges or fees for services performed shall be reasonable and all expenses incurred and payments received shall be allocated to the insurer on an equitable basis in conformity with customary insurance accounting practices consistently applied. (c) The books, accounts and records of each party to all such transactions shall be so maintained as to clearly and accurately disclose the nature and details of the transactions, including such accounting information as is necessary to support the reasonableness of the charges or fees to the respective parties. (d) The superintendent may promulgate regulations relating to such subsidiaries, their management and their relationships and transactions with their parent insurance companies and their affiliates to the extent that the same may affect the operations, management or financial condition of domestic insurers. Subsidiaries that are persons within a holding company system, as such terms are defined in article fifteen of this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of such article.