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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17B:18-48

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
When an insurer doing business in this State advertises its assets, it shall, in the same connection and equally conspicuously, advertise its liabilities, the same to be determined in the manner required in making the annual statements to the commissioner. All advertisements purporting to show the capital of the company shall exhibit only the amount of capital actually paid in cash. In the case of a company organized under the laws of a foreign country, its assets shall be considered to be only the amounts deposited with the officials of the several states of the union or held by trustees in the United States for the benefit of the policyholders and creditors of the company in the United States. All policies, renewals, signs, circulars, cards, or other means by which public announcements are made, shall be held to be advertisements within the meaning of this section.

L.1971, c. 144, s. 17B:18-48 Amended by L.1973, c. 22, s. 8, eff. Feb. 8, 1973.