West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 114 - Insurance Commission
Title 114 - LEGISLATIVE RULE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
Series 114-102 - Term and Universal Life Insurance Reserve Financing
Section 114-102-4 - Requirements Applicable to Covered Policies to Obtain Credit for Reinsurance; Opportunity for Remediation
Universal Citation: 114 WV Code of State Rules 114-102-4
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 38, September 20, 2024
4.1. Subject to the provisions of section 4.2 of this rule and the exemptions described in section 6 of this rule, credit for reinsurance shall be allowed with respect to ceded liabilities pertaining to covered policies pursuant to W. Va. Code § 33-4-15a(b) and (c) if, and only if, in addition to all other requirements imposed by law or rule, the following requirements are met on a treaty-by-treaty basis:
4.1.1. The ceding insurer's
statutory policy reserves with respect to the covered policies are established in
full and in accordance with the applicable requirements of W. Va. Code §
33-7-9 and
related rules and actuarial guidelines, and credit claimed for any reinsurance
treaty subject to this rule, does not exceed the proportionate share of those
reserves ceded under the contract;
4.1.2. The ceding insurer determines the required
level of primary security with respect to each reinsurance treaty subject to this
rule and provides support for its calculation as determined to be acceptable to the
commissioner;
4.1.3. Funds consisting of
primary security, in an amount at least equal to the required level of primary
security, are held by or on behalf of the ceding insurer, as security under the
reinsurance treaty within the meaning of W. Va. Code §
33-4-15a(c),
on a funds withheld, trust, or modified coinsurance basis;
4.1.4. Funds consisting of other security, in an
amount at least equal to any portion of the statutory reserves as to which primary
security is not held pursuant to subsection 4.1.3 of this rule, are held by or on
behalf of the ceding insurer as security under the reinsurance treaty within the
meaning of W. Va. Code §
33-4-15a(c);
4.1.5. Any trust used to satisfy the requirements
of this section shall comply with all of the conditions and qualifications of W. Va.
Code St. R. § 114-40-10, except that:
4.1.5.a. Funds consisting of primary security or
other security held in trust, shall for the purposes identified in section 3.2 of
this rule, be valued according to the valuation rules set forth in section 3.2 of
this rule, as applicable;
4.1.5.b. There
are no affiliate investment limitations with respect to any security held in such
trust if such security is not needed to satisfy the requirements of subsection 4.1.3
of this rule;
4.1.5.c. The reinsurance
treaty must prohibit withdrawals or substitutions of trust assets that would leave
the fair market value of the primary security within the trust (when aggregated with
primary security outside the trust that is held by or on behalf of the ceding
insurer in the manner required by subsection 4.1.3 of this rule) below one hundred
and two percent (102%) of the level required by subsection 4.1.3 of this rule at the
time of the withdrawal or substitution; and
4.1.5.d. The determination of reserve credit under
W. Va. Code St. R. § 114-40-10.4.c shall be determined according to the
valuation rules set forth in section 3.2 of this rule, as applicable;
and
4.1.6. The reinsurance
treaty has been approved by the commissioner.
4.2. Requirements at Inception Date and on an On-going Basis; Remediation
4.2.1. The requirements
of section 4.1 of this rule must be satisfied as of the date that risks under
covered policies are ceded, if such date is on or after the effective date of this
rule, and on an ongoing basis thereafter. Under no circumstances shall a ceding
insurer take or consent to any action or series of actions that would result in a
deficiency under subsections 4.1.3 or 4.1.4 of this rule with respect to any
reinsurance treaty under which covered policies have been ceded, and in the event
that a ceding insurer becomes aware at any time that such a deficiency exists, it
shall use its best efforts to arrange for the deficiency to be eliminated as
expeditiously as possible.
4.2.2. Prior
to the due date of each quarterly or annual statement, each life insurance company
that has ceded reinsurance within the scope of this rule, as set forth in section
1.1 of this rule, shall perform an analysis, on a treaty-by-treaty basis, to
determine, as to each reinsurance treaty under which covered policies have been
ceded, whether as of the end of the immediately preceding calendar quarter (the
valuation date) the requirements of subsections 4.1.3 and 4.1.4 of this rule were
satisfied. The ceding insurer shall establish a liability equal to the excess of the
credit for reinsurance taken over the amount of primary security actually held
pursuant to subsection 4.1.3 of this rule, unless either:
4.2.2.a. The requirements of subsections 4.1.3 and
4.1.4 of this rule were fully satisfied as of the valuation date as to such
reinsurance treaty; or
4.2.2.b. Any
deficiency has been eliminated before the due date of the quarterly or annual
statement to which the valuation date relates through the addition of primary
security and/or other security, as the case may be, in such amount and in such form
as would have caused the requirements of subsections 4.1.3 and 4.1.4 of this rule to
be fully satisfied as of the valuation date.
4.2.3. Nothing in subsection 4.2.2 of this rule
shall be construed to allow a ceding company to maintain any deficiency under
subsection 4.1.3 or 4.1.4 of this rule for any period of time longer than is
reasonably necessary to eliminate it.
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