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 114-102-6 - Exemptions
Universal Citation: 114 WV Code of State Rules 114-102-6
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 38, September 20, 2024
6.1. This rule does not apply to the following situations:
6.1.1.
Reinsurance of:
6.1.1.a. Policies that satisfy the
criteria for exemption set forth in W. Va. Code St. R. § 114-68-5.6 or W. Va.
Code St. R. § 114-68-5.7; and which are issued before the later of:
6.1.1.a.1. The effective date of this rule;
and
6.1.1.a.2. The date on which the
ceding insurer begins to apply the provisions of VM-20 to establish the ceded
policies' statutory reserves, but in no event later than January 1,
2020;
6.1.1.b. Portions of
policies that satisfy the criteria for exemption set forth in W. Va. Code St. R.
§ 114-68-5.5 and which are issued before the later of:
6.1.1.b.1. The effective date of this rule,
and
6.1.1.b.2. The date on which the
ceding insurer begins to apply the provisions of VM-20 to establish the ceded
policies' statutory reserves, but in no event later than January 1,
2020;
6.1.1.c. Any universal
life policy that meets all of the following requirements:
6.1.1.c.1. Secondary guarantee period, if any, is
five years or less;
6.1.1.c.2. Specified
premium for the secondary guarantee period is not less than the net level reserve
premium for the secondary guarantee period based on the Commissioners Standard
Ordinary (CSO) valuation tables and valuation interest rate applicable to the issue
year of the policy; and
6.1.1.c.3. The
initial surrender charge is not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the first
year annualized specified premium for the secondary guarantee
period;
6.1.1.d. Credit life
insurance;
6.1.1.e. Any variable life
insurance policy that provides for life insurance, the amount or duration of which
varies according to the investment experience of any separate account or accounts;
or
6.1.1.f. Any group life insurance
certificate unless the certificate provides for a stated or implied schedule of
maximum gross premiums required in order to continue coverage in force for a period
in excess of one year.
6.1.2.
Reinsurance ceded to an assuming insurer that meets the applicable requirements of
W. Va. Code §
33-4-15a(b)(2)(D);
or
6.1.3. Reinsurance ceded to an
assuming insurer that meets the applicable requirements of W. Va. Code §
33-4-15a(b)(2)(A), (B) or
(C), and that, in addition:
6.1.3.a. Prepares statutory financial statements
in compliance with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Accounting
Practices and Procedures Manual, without any departures from National Association of
Insurance Commissioners' statutory accounting practices and procedures pertaining to
the admissibility or valuation of assets or liabilities that increase the assuming
insurer's reported surplus and are material enough that they need to be disclosed in
the financial statement of the assuming insurer pursuant to Statement of Statutory
Accounting Principles No. 1 (SSAP 1); and
6.1.3.b. Is not in a company action level event,
regulatory action level event, authorized control level event, or mandatory control
level event as those terms are defined in W. Va. Code §
33-40-1
et
seq. when its risk-based capital is calculated in accordance with the life
risk-based capital report including overview and instructions for companies, as the
same may be amended by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners from time
to time, without deviation; or
6.1.4. Reinsurance ceded to an assuming insurer
that meets the applicable requirements of W. Va. Code §
33-4-15a(b)(2)(A), (B) or
(C), and that, in addition:
6.1.4.a. Is not an affiliate, as that term is
defined in W. Va. Code §
33-27-2(a),
of:
6.1.4.a.1. The insurer ceding the business to
the assuming insurer; or
6.1.4.a.2. Any
insurer that directly or indirectly ceded the business to that ceding
insurer;
6.1.4.b. Prepares
statutory financial statements in compliance with the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners' Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual;
6.1.4.c. Is both:
6.1.4.c.1. Licensed or accredited in at least ten
states (including its state of domicile); and
6.1.4.c.2. Not licensed in any state as a captive,
special purpose vehicle, special purpose financial captive, special purpose life
reinsurance company, limited purpose subsidiary, or any other similar licensing
regime; and
6.1.4.d. Is not,
or would not be, below five hundred percent (500%) of the authorized control level
risk-based capital, as that term is defined in W. Va. Code §
33-40-1
et
seq., when its risk-based capital is calculated in accordance with the life
risk-based capital report including overview and instructions for companies, as the
same may be amended by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners from time
to time, without deviation, and without recognition of any departures from National
Association of Insurance Commissioners' statutory accounting practices and
procedures pertaining to the admission or valuation of assets or liabilities that
increase the assuming insurer's reported surplus; or
6.1.5. Reinsurance ceded to an assuming insurer
that meets the requirements of W. Va. Code §
33-4-15a(e)(2)(D);
or
6.1.6. Reinsurance not otherwise
exempt under subsections 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4 and 6.1.5 of this rule if the
commissioner, after consulting with the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners' Financial Analysis Working Group (FAWG) or other group of regulators
designated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, as applicable,
determines under all the facts and circumstances that all of the following apply:
6.1.6.a. The risks are clearly outside of the
intent and purpose of this rule, as described in section 1.1 of this rule;
6.1.6.b. The risks are included within the scope
of this rule only as a technicality; and
6.1.6.c. The application of this rule to those
risks is not necessary to provide appropriate protection to policyholders. The
commissioner shall publicly disclose any decision made pursuant to this subsection
to exempt a reinsurance treaty from this rule, as well as the general basis
therefor, including a summary description of the
treaty.
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