Okla. Admin. Code § 365:25-7-105 Designation of Independent Certified Public Accountant

• Library: Oklahoma Administrative Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Vol. 41, No. 7, December 15, 2023
• Citation: Okla. Admin. Code § 365:25-7-105
• Year: 2023

(a) Each insurer required by this regulation to file an annual audited financial report must within sixty (60) days after becoming subject to the requirement, register with the commissioner in writing the name and address of the independent certified public accountant or accounting firm retained to conduct the annual audit set forth in this regulation. Insurers not retaining an independent certified public accountant on the effective date of this regulation shall register the name and address of their retained independent certified public accountant not less than six (6) months before the date when the first audited financial report is to be filed.

(b) The insurer shall obtain a letter from the accountant, and file a copy with the commissioner stating that the accountant is aware of the provisions of the insurance code and the regulations of the Insurance Department of the state of domicile that relate to accounting and financial matters and affirming that the accountant will express his or her opinion on the financial statements in terms of their conformity to the statutory accounting practices prescribed or otherwise permitted by that Insurance Department, specifying such exceptions as he or she may believe appropriate.

(c) If an accountant who was the accountant for the immediately preceding filed audited financial report is dismissed or resigns, the insurer shall within five (5) business days notify the commissioner of this event. The insurer shall also furnish the commissioner with a separate letter within ten (10) business days of the above notification stating whether in the twenty-four (24) months preceding such event there were any disagreements with the former accountant on any matter of...