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Section 12114 Of Article 5. Financial Guaranty Insurance From California Insurance Code >> Division 2. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 5.
12114
. (a) An insurer may insure obligations enumerated in
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b)
of Section 12112 that are not investment grade so long as at least 95
percent of the insurer's total net liability on the kinds of
obligations enumerated in those subparagraphs is investment grade.
(b) The financial guaranty insurance corporation shall at all times maintain capital, surplus, and contingency reserve in the aggregate no less than the sum of the following:
(1) 0.3333 percent of the total net liability under guaranties of municipal bonds and utility first mortgage obligations.
(2) 0.6666 percent of the total net liability under guaranties of investment grade asset-backed securities.
(3) 1.0 percent of the total net liability under guaranties, secured by collateral or having a term of seven years or less of:
(A) Investment grade industrial development bonds, and
(B) Other investment grade obligations.
(4) 1.5 percent of the total net liability under guaranties of other investment grade obligations.
(5) 2.0 percent of the total net liability under guaranties of:
(A) Noninvestment grade consumer debt obligations, and
(B) Noninvestment grade asset-backed securities.
(6) 3.0 percent of the total net liability under guaranties of noninvestment grade obligations secured by first mortgages on commercial real estate and having loan-to-value ratios of 80 percent or less.
(7) 5.0 percent of the total net liability under guaranties of other noninvestment grade obligations.
(8) If the amount of collateral required by paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) is no longer maintained, that proportion of the obligation insured which is not so collateralized shall be subject to the aggregate limits specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b).
(9) Additional surplus determined by the commissioner to be adequate to support the writing of surety insurance and credit insurance if the financial guaranty insurance corporation has been authorized to transact surety insurance and credit insurance as authorized by Section 12102.
(c) Whenever the reserves for outstanding credit insurance losses or loss expenses or any insurer licensed in this state to transact financial guaranty insurance are determined by the commissioner to be inadequate, he or she shall require the insurer to maintain additional reserves.
(b) The financial guaranty insurance corporation shall at all times maintain capital, surplus, and contingency reserve in the aggregate no less than the sum of the following:
(1) 0.3333 percent of the total net liability under guaranties of municipal bonds and utility first mortgage obligations.
(2) 0.6666 percent of the total net liability under guaranties of investment grade asset-backed securities.
(3) 1.0 percent of the total net liability under guaranties, secured by collateral or having a term of seven years or less of:
(A) Investment grade industrial development bonds, and
(B) Other investment grade obligations.
(4) 1.5 percent of the total net liability under guaranties of other investment grade obligations.
(5) 2.0 percent of the total net liability under guaranties of:
(A) Noninvestment grade consumer debt obligations, and
(B) Noninvestment grade asset-backed securities.
(6) 3.0 percent of the total net liability under guaranties of noninvestment grade obligations secured by first mortgages on commercial real estate and having loan-to-value ratios of 80 percent or less.
(7) 5.0 percent of the total net liability under guaranties of other noninvestment grade obligations.
(8) If the amount of collateral required by paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) is no longer maintained, that proportion of the obligation insured which is not so collateralized shall be subject to the aggregate limits specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b).
(9) Additional surplus determined by the commissioner to be adequate to support the writing of surety insurance and credit insurance if the financial guaranty insurance corporation has been authorized to transact surety insurance and credit insurance as authorized by Section 12102.
(c) Whenever the reserves for outstanding credit insurance losses or loss expenses or any insurer licensed in this state to transact financial guaranty insurance are determined by the commissioner to be inadequate, he or she shall require the insurer to maintain additional reserves.
