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AUDITED FINANCIAL REPORT
GUIDELINES FOR EXEMPTIONS
You must file an Audited Financial Report (AFR) with us on or before June 1 as a supplement to your
Annual Statement unless you qualify for an exemption.
Review the following types of exemptions that are available and use only the one exemption provision
that applies to you:
AUTOMATIC EXEMPTION
You qualify for an "automatic" exemption if you have:
a) less than 1,000 policyholders OR certificate holders of direct written policies
nationwide at the end of the calendar year, AND
b) less than $1 million direct ARIZONA premiums written in the calendar year period,
AND
c) less than $1 million assumed premiums* pursuant to contracts and/or treaties of
reinsurance.
*If you file the (orange) Health Annual Statement – Use Page 8, Line 12, Column 2.
*If you file the (blue) Life, Accident and Health Annual Statement – Use Schedule T,
Line 96, Column 6.
*If you file the (yellow) Property and Casualty Annual Statement - Use the sum of
Annual Statement Page 8, Line 35, Columns 2 and 3.
See Page 2 of this form for the notification to send us. Do not mail the notification with your Annual
Statement.
We may still require you to file an AFR.
STANDARDIZED ORGANIZATIONAL HARDSHIP EXEMPTION
A standardized organizational hardship exemption is available if you are licensed in Arizona only and
meet all of the criteria described in Form E-AFR.OHE.
An affidavit (sample provided in Form E-AFR.OHE) must be filed with a letter requesting this
exemption no later than March 31. Do not mail these items with your Annual Statement. Send the
application documents to financialfilings@difi.az.gov
.
OTHER HARDSHIP EXEMPTION
If you do not qualify for the automatic or standardized organizational hardship exemptions, you may
still apply for an exemption by sending us a letter requesting an organizational or financial hardship
exemption and an affidavit signed by one of your officers avowing to the facts which create the
hardship. We will notify you in writing that your application is granted or denied.