§ 161.1. Purpose.

 (a)  This chapter sets forth requirements to be met for a licensed ceding insurer to receive credit for reinsurance in its financial statements. This chapter specifies the conditions which shall be met by an unlicensed reinsurer to be considered by the Commissioner for inclusion on a list of qualified reinsurers published and periodically reviewed by the Commissioner, as well as, the requirements for receiving reinsurance credit for joint underwriting or joint reinsurance pooling arrangements and for reinsurance with alien nonaffiliated reinsurers which write no primary coverages in the United States.

 (b)  This chapter does not apply to reinsurance agreements between or among affiliates which meet the conditions for exemption in section 319.2 of the act (40 P. S. §  442.2) or to the ability of licensed ceding insurers to receive credit for reinsurance by compliance with the conditions specified in 319.1(b) of the act (40 P. S. §  442.1).