Title 38.2. Insurance
Chapter 39. Mutual Assessment Life, Accident and Sickness Insurers
Article 5. Financial Provisions.
§ 38.2-3920. Surplus to policyowners.A. A mutual assessment life, accident and sickness insurer shall have a minimum surplus to policyowners of $100,000.
B. In order to write the classes of insurance referred to in Category C of § 38.2-3902, minimum surplus to policyowners shall be $800,000.
1985, c. 400, § 38.1-549.21; 1986, c. 562.
§ 38.2-3921. Limitation on single risk to be assumed.No single risk shall be assumed by a mutual assessment life, accident and sickness insurer if the risk exceeds fifteen percent of the company's total surplus to policyowners. Any risk or portion of any risk that has been reinsured in accordance with § 38.2-3922 shall be deducted in determining the limitation of risk prescribed by this section. For the purposes of this section the amount of surplus to policyowners shall be determined on the basis of the last sworn statement of the insurer, or the last report of examination filed with the Commission, whichever is more recent at the time the risk is assumed. Mutual assessment life, accident and sickness insurers licensed on July 1, 1985, shall conform to this limitation by July 1, 1990. Until July 1, 1986, the single risk limit, after deducting for reinsurance, shall be twenty-five percent of surplus to policyowners. Between July 1, 1986, and July 1, 1988, single risk limits, after deducting for reinsurance, shall be twenty percent of surplus to policyowners. This section shall not apply to insurance coverages defined in §§ 38.2-108 and 38.2-109 and Medicare supplement insurance defined in § 38.2-3600.
1985, c. 400, § 38.1-549.22; 1986, c. 562.
§ 38.2-3922. Reinsurance.Any mutual assessment life, accident and sickness insurer may reinsure the whole or any part of its risks with any solvent insurer licensed in this Commonwealth or licensed in any other state having standards of solvency, at least equal to those required in this Commonwealth. However, the reinsurance shall be ceded without contingent liability on the part of the reinsured insurer. Any mutual assessment life, accident and sickness insurer having a surplus in excess of $800,000 may accept or assume reinsurance from any licensed insurer.
1985, c. 400, § 38.1-549.23; 1986, c. 562.
§ 38.2-3923. Reserves required.In addition to providing for claims incurred but not settled, mutual assessment life, accident and sickness insurers shall maintain the following reserve liabilities:
1. Life policies written with the right to make additional assessments shall have reserves established as a single group in the same manner as group annual renewable term insurance is reserved for insurers licensed pursuant to Chapter 10 (§ 38.2-1000 et seq.) of this title.
2. Life or annuity policies written without the right to make additional assessments shall have reserves established using the standard valuation provisions required of insurers licensed under Chapter 10 of this title issuing similar types of policies.
3. Accident and sickness policies shall have reserves established in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Commission for insurers licensed pursuant to Chapter 10 of this title.
4. The foregoing reserve computations for statutory accounting purposes shall be applicable to all policies hereafter in existence and shall supersede any separate reserve requirement or separate mortuary funds that have been previously used, pursuant to statute, custom or policy provision.
1985, c. 400, § 38.1-549.24; 1986, c. 562.
