Section 1194.6 Of Article 4. Property Authorized For Excess Funds Investments From California Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
1194.6
. (a) Excess funds investments may be made by an insurer in
bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness payable in United
States dollars, and issued by a corporation incorporated under the
laws of an alien government provided all of the following conditions
are met:
(1) All the stock of the corporation is owned and ultimately
controlled by a domestic corporation.
(2) Payment in full of any bond, note, or other evidence of
indebtedness is guaranteed by the domestic corporation.
(3) Any bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness is evaluated
by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as a bond
which may be carried at amortized cost.
(b) Excess fund investments may be made by a life insurer in
bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness payable in a currency
other than United States dollars and issued by a corporation
incorporated under the laws of an alien government provided all the
following conditions are met:
(1) All of the stock of the corporation is owned and ultimately
controlled by a domestic corporation.
(2) Payment in full of any bond, note, or other evidence of
indebtedness is guaranteed by the domestic corporation.
(3) Any bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness is evaluated
by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as a bond
which may be carried at amortized cost.
(4) The life insurer shall, prior to or within five business days
after purchase, enter into a contract with a qualified bank pursuant
to which the bank agrees to exchange the payments made on the
nondollar denominated investment for the full term to maturity of the
investment for United States currency at a rate approximating the
prevailing exchange rate at the time of the purchase. For purposes of
this subdivision, a qualified bank means a bank the accounts of
which are insured by an agency or instrumentality of the federal
government or which is a member of the Federal Reserve System and a
bank that has a net worth equal to or in excess of two hundred fifty
million dollars ($250,000,000) as shown on its most recently
published financial statements.
(c) "Domestic," as used in this section, means organized under the
laws of any state, or of the United States or of the District of
Columbia.