Missouri Laws 379.1388 – Recognition of admitted assets — value of assets
1. A SPLRC may recognize as an admitted asset on its financial statements filed with the director:
(1) Permitted investments;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 379.1388
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Director: the director of the department of commerce and insurance. See Missouri Laws 379.005
- Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
(2) Letters of credit;
(3) Financial guarantee policies issued for the sole benefit of the ceding company by an insurer having a rating of no less than AAA by Standard and Poor’s or less than AAA by Moody’s Investor Service; and
(4) Surety bonds issued for the sole benefit of the ceding company by an insurer having a rating of no less than AAA by Standard and Poor’s or no less than AAA by Moody’s Investors Service.
2. (1) The assets of a SPLRC shall be valued in the same manner as the assets of a Missouri domestic life insurer; however, letters of credit, financial guarantee policies, and surety bonds issued without recourse to the SPLRC, or with recourse to the SPLRC with a priority no higher than afforded to class 7 claims under section 375.1218, shall be valued as follows. Letters of credit shall be valued at the amount available for drawings by the SPLRC or its ceding company as of the time of valuation. A financial guarantee policy shall be valued at the amount available to pay aggregate claims as of the time of valuation. A surety bond shall be valued at the amount available to pay aggregate claims as of the time of valuation.
(2) Notwithstanding the preceding, the director may by order authorize a SPLRC to value one or more of its assets through an alternative method.