Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 2 - Division of Insurance
Chapter 21 - Insurer - Financial
Article 2 - Investments
3 AAC 21.399 - Definitions
Current through February 24, 2025
In 3 AAC 21.201 - 3 AAC 21.399, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "acceptable collateral" means, as to a
(2) "acceptable private mortgage insurance" means insurance that
(3) "accident and health insurance" means protection that provides payment of benefits for covered sickness or accidental injury; "accident and health insurance" does not include credit insurance, disability insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, or long-term care insurance;
(4) "accident and health insurer" means an insurer
(5) "admitted assets" means assets permitted by AS 21.18.010 to be reported as admitted assets on the statutory financial statement of the insurer most recently required to be filed with the director under AS 21.09.200, AS 21.09.205, and 3 AAC 21.400; "admitted assets" does not include assets of separate accounts;
(6) "affiliate" has the meaning given in AS 21.22.200;
(7) "asset-backed security" means a security or other instrument that is not a mutual fund and that has the following features:
(8) "bank" means an organization organized under the laws of a state requiring the permission of either the United States Comptroller of the Currency or the state of domicile director of banking or equivalent state officer to both accept deposits of individuals and businesses and make commercial loans and whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
(9) "business entity" means a sole proprietorship, corporation, limited liability company, association, partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, mutual fund, trust, joint tenancy, or other similar form of business organization, whether organized for-profit or not for profit;
(10) "call option" or "call" means an agreement giving the buyer the right to buy or receive a security;
(11) "cap" means an agreement obligating the seller to make payments to the buyer, in which each payment is based on the amount by which a reference price or level or the performance or value of an underlying interest exceeds a predetermined number;
(12) "capital and surplus" means the sum of the capital and surplus of the insurer required to be shown on the insurer's financial statement most recently required to be filed with the director under AS 21.09.200, AS 21.09.205, and 3 AAC 21.400;
(13) "cash equivalents" means short-term, highly rated, and highly liquid investments or securities readily convertible to known amounts of cash without penalty and nearing maturity to the degree that they present insignificant risk of change in value; "cash equivalents" include government money market mutual funds and class one money market mutual funds; in this paragraph,
(14) "class one bond mutual fund" means a mutual fund that, at all times, qualifies for investment using the bond class one reserve factor under the purposes and procedures manual of the securities valuation office;
(15) "class one money market mutual fund" means a money market mutual fund that, at all times, qualifies for investment using the bond class one reserve factor under the purposes and procedures manual of the securities valuation office;
(16) "collar" means an agreement to receive payments as the buyer of an option, cap, or floor and to make payments as the seller of a different option, cap, or floor;
(17) "construction loan" means a loan of less than three years in term that is made for financing the cost of construction of a building or other improvement to real estate and that is secured by the real estate;
(18) "control" has the meaning given in AS 21.22.200;
(19) "counterparty" means the party on the other side of an investment trade or transaction;
(20) "counterparty exposure amount" means the net amount of credit risk attributable to an over-the-counter derivative instrument, when the amount of credit risk equals
(21) "covered" means for which an insurer
(22) "credit lease transaction" means a credit tenant loan that involves a lease for a specified period of time with specified rent payments at least sufficient to repay the related note and as more particularly defined in the purposes and procedure manual for the securities valuation office;
(23) "credit tenant loan" means a mortgage loan that is made primarily in reliance on the credit standing of a major tenant and that is structured with an assignment of the rental payments to the lender with real estate pledged as collateral in the form of a first lien;
(24) "derivative instrument"
(25) "derivative transaction" means a transaction involving the use of a derivative instrument;
(26) "direct" or "directly," when used in connection with an obligation referenced under 3 AAC 21.201 - 3 AAC 21.399, means for which, or in a manner that, the designated obligor is primarily liable on the instrument representing the obligation;
(27) "dollar roll transaction" means two simultaneous transactions with different settlement dates not more than 96 days apart, in which, in the transaction with the earlier settlement date, an insurer sells to a business entity, and, in the later transaction, the insurer is obligated to purchase from the same business entity substantially similar securities of the following types:
(28) "domestic jurisdiction" means the United States, a state, Canada, a province of Canada, or a political subdivision of the United States, a state, Canada, or a province of Canada;
(29) "equity interest" means any of the following that are not rated credit instruments:
(30) "equivalent securities" means, in a
(31) "floor" means an agreement obligating the seller to make payments to the buyer in which each payment is based on the amount by which a predetermined number exceeds a reference price, level, performance, or value of an underlying interest;
(32) "foreign currency" means a currency other than that of a domestic jurisdiction;
(33) "foreign investment" means an investment in a foreign jurisdiction or an investment in a person, real estate, or asset domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction that is substantially of the same type as those eligible for investment under 3 AAC 21.201 - 3 AAC 21.399, other than under 3 AAC 21.266 and 3 AAC 21.360; an investment is not foreign if the issuing person, qualified primary credit source, or qualified guarantor is a domestic jurisdiction or a person domiciled in a domestic jurisdiction, unless
(34) "foreign jurisdiction" means a jurisdiction other than a domestic jurisdiction;
(35) "forward" means an agreement, other than a future, to make or take delivery of or effect a cash settlement based on the actual or expected price, level, performance, or value of an underlying interest;
(36) "future" means an agreement, traded on a qualified exchange or qualified foreign exchange, to make or take delivery of or effect a cash settlement based on the actual or expected price, level, performance, or value of an underlying interest;
(37) "government money market mutual fund" means a money market mutual fund that, at all times
(38) "government-sponsored enterprise" means a
(39) "guaranteed," when used in connection with an obligation acquired under 3 AAC 21.201 - 3 AAC 21.399, means for which the guarantor has agreed
(40) "hedging transaction" means a derivative transaction that is entered into and maintained to reduce
(41) "high grade investments" means rated credit instruments rated one or two by the securities valuation office;
(42) "income," as to a security, means interest, the accrual of discount, a dividend, or another distribution; "income" includes a right, tax or assessment credit, warrant, or distribution in kind;
(43) "income generation transaction" means a derivative transaction involving the writing of a covered call option, covered put option, covered cap, or covered floor that is intended to generate income or enhance return;
(44) "insurance future" means a future relating to an index or pool that is based on insurance-related items;
(45) "insurance future option" means an option on an insurance future;
(46) "investment company" has the meaning given in 15 U.S.C. 80a-3 (Investment Company Act of 1940);
(47) "investment company series" means an investment portfolio of an investment company that is organized as a series company and to which assets of the investment company have been specifically allocated;
(48) "investment practices" means transactions of the types described in 3 AAC 21.261, 3 AAC 21.271, 3 AAC 21.355, or 3 AAC 21.365;
(49) "investment subsidiary" means a subsidiary of an insurer engaged or organized to engage exclusively in the ownership and management of assets authorized as investments for the insurer;
(50) "investment strategy" means the techniques and methods used by an insurer to meet its investment objectives; "investment strategy" includes active bond portfolio management, passive bond portfolio management, interest rate anticipation, growth investing, and value investing;
(51) "letter of credit" means a clean, irrevocable, and unconditional letter of credit issued or confirmed by and payable and presentable at a financial institution on the list of financial institutions meeting the standards for issuing letters of credit under the purposes and procedures manual of the securities valuation office;
(52) "life and health insurer" means an insurer that transacts life insurance, annuities, or health insurance;
(53) "limited liability company" means a company organized under AS 10.50;
(54) "lower grade investments" means rated credit instruments rated four, five, or six by the securities valuation office;
(55) "market value" means, as to
(56) "medium grade investments" means rated credit instruments rated three by the securities valuation office;
(57) "money market mutual fund" means a mutual fund that meets the conditions required under 15 U.S.C. 80a-1 - 80a-64 (Investment Company Act of 1940);
(58) "mortgage loan" means an obligation secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, trust deed, or other consensual lien on real estate;
(59) "multilateral development bank" means an international development organization of which the United States is a member;
(60) "mutual fund" means an investment company or, in the case of an investment company that is organized as a series company, an investment company series, that is registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under 15 U.S.C. 80a-1 - 80a-64 (Investment Company Act of 1940);
(61) "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" means an organization on the list of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations as established by the securities valuation office;
(62) "obligation" means a
(63) "officially declared catastrophe" means a
(64) "option" means
(65) "over-the-counter derivative instrument" means a derivative instrument entered into with a business entity other than through a qualified exchange, through a qualified foreign exchange, or through clearance by a qualified clearinghouse;
(66) "person" has the meaning given in AS 21.97.900; "person" includes a business entity, a multilateral development bank, and a government or quasi-governmental body, including a political subdivision and a government-sponsored enterprise;
(67) "potential exposure" means the amount determined in accordance with the annual statement instructions of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners;
(68) "preferred stock" means preferred, preference, or guaranteed stock
(69) "property and casualty insurer" means an insurer that transacts property insurance, casualty insurance, surety insurance, marine or wet marine and transportation insurance, or mortgage guaranty insurance;
(70) "put option" or "put" means an agreement giving the buyer the right to sell or deliver a security;
(71) "qualified bank" means
(72) "qualified business entity" means a business entity that is
(73) "qualified clearinghouse" means a clearinghouse
(74) "qualified exchange" means
(75) "qualified foreign exchange" means a foreign exchange, board of trade, or contract market that is located outside the United States, United States territories, and United States possessions, and
(76) "qualified guarantor" means a guarantor against which an insurer has a direct claim for full and timely payment, evidenced by a contractual right for which an enforcement action can be brought in a domestic jurisdiction;
(77) "qualified primary credit source" means the credit source to which an insurer looks for payment as to an investment and against which an insurer has a direct claim for full and timely payment, evidenced by a contractual right for which an enforcement action can be brought in a domestic jurisdiction;
(78) "quantitative limitation" means a requirement in 3 AAC 21.201 - 3 AAC 21.399 that is based upon a numerical calculation;
(79) "real estate" means
(80) "replication transaction" means a derivative transaction that is intended to replicate the performance of one or more assets that an insurer is authorized to acquire under 3 AAC 21.201 - 3 AAC 21.399; "replication transaction" does not include a derivative transaction that is entered into as a hedging transaction;
(81) "repurchase transaction" means a transaction in which an insurer purchases securities from a business entity that is obligated to repurchase the purchased securities or equivalent securities from the insurer at a specified price, either within a specified period of time or upon demand;
(82) "required liabilities" means total liabilities required to be reported on the financial statement of the insurer most recently required to be filed with the director under AS 21.09.200, AS 21.09.205, and 3 AAC 21.400;
(83) "residential mortgage loan" means a loan primarily secured by a mortgage on real estate improved with a one- to four-family residence;
(84) "reverse repurchase transaction" means a transaction in which an insurer sells securities to a business entity and is obligated to repurchase the sold securities or equivalent securities from the business entity at a specified price, either within a specified period of time or upon demand;
(85) "savings and loan" means an organization that is organized under the laws of a state and that has qualified for the insurance protection provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
(86) "secured location" means the contiguous real estate owned by one person;
(87) "securities lending transaction" means a transaction in which securities are loaned by an insurer to a business entity that is obligated to return the loaned securities or equivalent securities to the insurer, either within a specified period of time or upon demand;
(88) "securities valuation office" means the organization designated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to rate securities and to determine the carrying or admitted asset value of obligations owned by an insurer;
(89) "series company" means an investment company that is organized as a series company under 15 U.S.C. 80a-1 - 80a-64 (Investment Company Act of 1940);
(90) "shell business entity" means a business entity having no economic substance except as a vehicle for owning interests in assets issued, owned, or previously owned by a person domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction;
(91) "sinking fund stocks" means preferred stocks that
(92) "state" has the meaning given in AS 21.97.900;
(93) "subsidiary" has the meaning given in AS 21.22.200;
(94) "substantially similar securities" means securities that meet all criteria to be substantially the same as specified in the accounting practices and procedures manual of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners;
(95) "swap" means an agreement to exchange or to net payments based on the actual or expected price, level, performance, or value of an underlying interest;
(96) "trust company" means a financial institution licensed as a trust company
(97) "underlying interest" means the assets, liabilities, or other interests, or a combination of assets, liabilities, or other interests underlying a derivative instrument; "underlying interest" includes a security, currency, rate, index, commodity, or derivative instrument;
(98) "unrestricted surplus" means the amount by which total admitted assets exceed 125 percent of the insurer's required liabilities;
(99) "warrant" means an instrument that gives the holder the right to purchase an underlying financial instrument at a given price and time or at a series of prices and times outlined in the warrant agreement; "warrant" includes a warrant issued alone or in connection with the sale of other securities, as part of a merger or recapitalization agreement or to facilitate divestiture of the securities of another business entity.
As of Register 196 (January 2011), the regulations attorney made a technical revision under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to 3 AAC 21.399.
In 2010 the revisor of statutes, acting under AS 01.05.031, renumbered former AS 21.90.900 as AS 21.97.900. As of Register 196 (January 2011), the regulations attorney made conforming technical revisions under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to 3 AAC 21.399, so that cross-references to former AS 21.90.900 now refer to the renumbered statute, AS 21.97.900. In addition, the regulations attorney made a conforming technical revision to the authority citation that follows 3 AAC 21.399, so that the citation to former AS 21.90.900 now refers to AS 21.97.900.
Authority:AS 21.06.090
AS 21.18.010
AS 21.18.030
AS 21.18.040
AS 21.18.170
AS 21.18.900
AS 21.21.010
AS 21.21.020
AS 21.21.255
AS 21.21.420
AS 21.22.200
AS 21.97.900