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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:612

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • NAIC: means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:611
  • Property and casualty insurer: means any insurance company possessing a certificate of authority in the state that issues insurance other than the kinds specified in Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:611
  • Risk-based capital instructions: means the risk-based capital report including risk-based capital instructions adopted by the NAIC, as such risk-based capital instructions may be amended by the NAIC from time to time in accordance with the procedures adopted by the NAIC. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:611
  • Risk-based capital report: means the report required pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:611

A.  Unless it appears in the discretion of the commissioner that the condition of a small company renders the continuance of its business hazardous to the public or its insureds, a small company shall not be required to submit to the department a risk-based capital report required by this Section.  Every other domestic insurer shall submit to the department on or prior to March first of each year a report of its risk-based capital levels as of the end of the prior calendar year, in a form that contains information required by the risk-based capital instructions. In addition, every other domestic insurer shall file the risk-based capital report:

(1)  With the NAIC in accordance with the risk-based capital instructions.

(2)  With the insurance department in any state in which the insurer is authorized to do business, if required by the department.

(a)  No later than fifteen days from the receipt of notice to file its risk-based capital report with that state.

(b)  By March first of each year.

B.  The risk-based capital of a life and health and accident insurer shall be determined in accordance with a formula of the risk-based capital instructions.  The formula shall take into account and may adjust for the covariance between:

(1)  The risk with respect to the insurer’s assets.

(2)  The risk of adverse insurance experience with respect to the insurer’s liabilities and obligations.

(3)  The interest rate risk with respect to the insurer’s business.

(4)  All other business risks and such other relevant risks as are set forth in the risk-based capital instructions.

C.  The risk-based capital of a property and casualty insurer shall be determined in accordance with a formula of the risk-based capital instructions.  The formula shall take into account and may adjust for the covariance between asset risk, credit risk, underwriting risk, and other business risks, as established in the risk-based capital instructions, as determined by the application of factors established in the risk-based capital instructions.

D.(1)  If a domestic insurer files a risk-based capital report which in the determination of the Department of Insurance is inaccurate, the department shall adjust the risk-based capital report to correct the inaccuracy.

(2)  The department shall notify the insurer of the adjustment.

(3)  The notice shall contain a statement of the reason for the adjustment.

(4)  A risk-based capital report so adjusted is referred to as an “adjusted risk-based capital report”.

Acts 1995, No. 1203, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 1304, §1, eff. July 12, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 1312, §1, eff. July 12, 1999; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 22:861 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

NOTE:  Former La. Rev. Stat. 22:612 redesignated as La. Rev. Stat. 22:852 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.