Section 18.07.04.010 - DEFINITIONS01.Affiliate. Is a person that directly, or indirectly through one (1) or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified.02.Audit Committee. A committee (or equivalent body) established by the board of directors of an entity for the purpose of overseeing the accounting and financial reporting processes of an insurer or group of insurers, and audits of financial statements of the insurer or group of insurers. The Audit committee of any entity that controls a group of insurers may be deemed to be the Audit committee for one (1) or more of these controlled insurers solely for the purposes of this rule at the election of the controlling person. Refer to Subsection 021.05 of this rule, for exercising this election. If an Audit committee is not designated by the insurer, the insurer's entire board of directors constitutes the Audit committee.03.Audited Financial Report. Includes those items specified in Section 012 of this rule.04.Indemnification. An agreement of indemnity or a release from liability where the intent or effect is to shift or limit in any manner the potential liability of the person or firm for failure to adhere to applicable auditing or professional standards, whether or not resulting in part from knowing or other misrepresentations made by the insurer or its representatives.05.Group of Insurers. Those licensed insurers included in the reporting requirements of Title 41, Chapter 38, Idaho Code, or a set of insurers as identified by management, for the purpose of assessing the effectiveness of Internal control over financial reporting.06.Internal Control over Financial Reporting. A process effected by an entity's board of directors, management and other personnel providing reasonable assurance of the reliability of the financial statements, such as those items specified in Subsections 012.02 through 012.07 of this rule, and includes those policies and procedures that: a. Pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets;b. Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements, such as those items specified in Subsections 012.02 through 012.07 of this rule, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors; andc. Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements, such as those items specified in Subsections 012.02 through 012.07 of this rule.07.Section 404. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the SEC's rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.08.Section 404 Report. Management's report on "internal control over financial reporting" as defined by the SEC and the related attestation report of the independent certified public accountant as described in Section 3A.13.SOX Compliant Entity. An entity that needs to be compliant with, or voluntarily is compliant with, the following provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: a. The preapproval requirements of Section 201 (Section 10A(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934);b. The Audit committee independence requirements of Section 301 (Section 10A(m)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934); andc. The Internal control over financial reporting requirements of Section 404 (Item 308 of SEC Regulation S-K).Idaho Admin. Code r. 18.07.04.010