33-3-21. Reports of business affairs and operations of insurers generally.

On or before March 1 in each year after it shall have commenced to do business pursuant to a certificate of authority, every insurer shall make and file with the Commissioner a report of its affairs and operations during the year ending on December 31 of the preceding year. This annual report shall be made in such form and contain such information as the Commissioner may prescribe by regulation from time to time and may require in protecting the public interest, the interest of the policyholders of any insurer, and the interest of the investors in the securities issued by any insurer. The Commissioner may require by regulation any additional periodic reports as he or she may prescribe from time to time as necessary or appropriate for the protection of policyholders, investors, and the public and necessary to ensure the solvency of any insurer, to inform and protect the investors in any insurer, and to assure fair dealing in the securities of any insurer. The Commissioner may require that the reports be verified under oath by any appropriate officers or agents as he or she may designate by regulation and may require the same to be published. Compliance with this Code section shall be a condition to the renewal of a certificate of authority under Code Section 33-3-16.