Section 11693 Of Article 1. Deposits By Workers’ Compensation Insurers From California Insurance Code >> Division 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. The deposit required pursuant to Section 11691 shall be
adjusted on or prior to March 31 of each year in an amount as
follows:
(a) Not less than the sum of the following amounts computed, less
credits and deductions allowable with respect to reinsurance in
admitted insurers, as provided under Section 11691, as of the close
of the last preceding December 31 or as of any calendar quarter end
as directed by the commissioner pursuant to Section 11694 in respect
to workers' compensation insurance written subject to the workers'
compensation laws of this state:
(1) The aggregate of the present values at 6 percent interest, or
at the rate of the company's investment yield as determined by the
NAIC Insurance Regulatory Information System Ratio Number 5 for
Property and Casualty Companies, whichever is lower, of the
determined and estimated future payments upon compensation claims not
included in paragraph (2), including in those claims both benefits
and loss expenses.
(2) The aggregate of the amounts computed as follows:
For each of the preceding three years, 65 percent of the earned
compensation premiums for that year less all loss and loss expense
payments made upon claims incurred in the corresponding year from
that 65 percent; except that the amount for each year shall not be
less than the present value at 6 percent interest of the determined
and the estimated unpaid claims incurred in that year, including both
benefits and loss expenses.
(b) Not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(c) If the aggregate amount computed under subdivision (a) exceeds
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), not more than double the aggregate
amount.
(d) The commissioner may utilize securities valuation software
programs or services to validate the value of securities held in
workers' compensation deposits of insurers authorized to transact
workers' compensation insurance in California as direct writers or
reinsurers, or reinsurers of workers' compensation under the class of
disability.