(a) An insurer may make loans or investments not otherwise expressly permitted under this chapter, in an aggregate amount not over 10% of the insurer’s assets, if such loan or investment fulfills the requirements of § 1303 of this title and otherwise qualifies as a sound investment. No such loan or investment shall be represented by:

(1) Any item described in § 1102 (assets not allowed) of this title, or any loan or investment otherwise expressly prohibited;

(2) Agents’ balances or amounts advanced to or owing by agents, except as to policy loans, mortgage loans and collateral loans otherwise authorized under this chapter;

(3) Loans or investments expressly eligible under any other provision of this chapter;

(4) Any asset theretofore acquired or held by the insurer under any other category of loans or investments eligible under this chapter.

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 1320

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.

(b) The insurer shall keep a separate record of all loans and investments made under this section.

18 Del. C. 1953, § ?1320; 56 Del. Laws, c. 380, § ?1; 59 Del. Laws, c. 79, §§ ?19, 20;