Section 12115 Of Article 5. Financial Guaranty Insurance From California Insurance Code >> Division 2. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 5.
12115
. A financial guaranty insurance corporation admitted to
transact financial guaranty insurance in this state shall limit its
exposure to loss, net of collateral and reinsurance, as follows:
(a) For municipal obligation bonds and special revenue bonds:
(1) The insured average annual debt service with respect to any
one entity and backed by a single revenue source may not exceed 10
percent of the aggregate of the financial guaranty insurance
corporation's capital, surplus, and contingency reserve.
(2) The insured unpaid principal issued by a single entity and
backed by a single revenue source may not exceed 75 percent of the
aggregate of the financial guaranty insurance corporation's capital,
surplus, and contingency reserve.
(b) For each issue of asset-backed securities issued by a single
entity, and for each pool of consumer debt obligations, the lesser
of:
(1) Insured average annual debt service; or
(2) Insured unpaid principal (reduced by the extent to which the
unpaid principal of the supporting assets and, provided the insured
risk is investment grade, excess spread, exceed the insured unpaid
principal) divided by nine; shall not exceed 10 percent of the
aggregate of the financial guaranty insurance corporation's capital,
surplus, and contingency reserve, provided that no asset in the pool
supporting the asset-backed securities exceeds the single risk limits
prescribed in subdivision (e) of Section 12115 if directly
guarantied; and provided further that, if the issuer of such insured
asset-backed securities is a special purpose corporation, trust or
other entity and that issuer shall have indebtedness outstanding with
respect to any other pool of assets, either such other indebtedness
shall be entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty policy of
the same financial guaranty insurance corporation, or such other
indebtedness shall (A) be fully subordinated to the insured
obligation, with respect to, or be nonrecourse with respect to, the
pool of assets that supports the insured obligation, (B) be
nonrecourse to the issuer other than with respect to the asset pool
securing such other indebtedness and proceeds in excess of the
proceeds necessary to pay the insured obligation ("excess proceeds")
and (C) not constitute a claim against the issuer to the extent that
the asset pool securing such other indebtedness or excess proceeds
are insufficient to pay such other indebtedness.
(c) For obligations issued by a single entity and secured by
commercial real estate, and not meeting the definition of
asset-backed securities, the insured unpaid principal less 50 percent
of the appraised value of the underlying real estate shall not
exceed 10 percent of the aggregate of the financial guaranty
insurance corporation's capital, surplus, and contingency reserve.
(d) For utility first mortgage obligations, the insured average
annual debt service shall not exceed 10 percent of the aggregate of
the financial guaranty insurance corporation's capital, surplus, and
contingency reserve.
(e) For all other financial guaranties, the insured unpaid
principal for any one entity and backed by a single revenue source
may not exceed 10 percent of the aggregate of the financial guaranty
insurance corporation's capital, surplus, and contingency reserve.