California Insurance Code

§ 10489.97

INS § 10489.97 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 3a

Statute text

(a)A company shall establish reserves using a principle-based valuation that meets the following conditions for policies or contracts as specified in the valuation manual:

(1)Quantify the benefits, guarantees, and the funding associated with the contracts and their risks at a level of conservatism that reflects conditions that include unfavorable events that have a reasonable probability of occurring during the lifetime of the contracts. For policies or contracts with significant tail risk, reflects conditions appropriately adverse to quantify the tail risk.

(2)Incorporate assumptions, risk analysis methods, and financial models and management techniques that are consistent with, but not necessarily identical to, those utilized within the company’s overall risk assessment process, while recognizing potential differences in financial reporting structures and any prescribed assumptions or methods.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 658, Sec. 21. (SB 696) Effective January 1, 2016.