(a) Every domestic insurer shall, on or prior to each March 1 (the “filing date”), prepare and submit to the commissioner a report of its RBC Levels as of the end of the calendar year just ended, in a form and containing the information that is required by the RBC Instructions. In addition, every domestic insurer shall file its RBC Report:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-46-103

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Domestic insurer: means any insurance company domiciled in Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 56-46-102
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • NAIC: means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. See Tennessee Code 56-46-102
  • Property and casualty insurer: means any insurance company licensed in those lines in Tennessee, but does not include monoline mortgage guaranty insurers, financial guaranty insurers and title insurers. See Tennessee Code 56-46-102
  • RBC Instructions: means the RBC Report including risk-based capital instructions adopted by the NAIC, as the RBC Instructions may be amended by the NAIC from time to time in accordance with the procedures adopted by the NAIC. See Tennessee Code 56-46-102
  • RBC Report: means the report required in §. See Tennessee Code 56-46-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) With the NAIC in accordance with the RBC Instructions; and
(2) With the insurance commissioner in any state in which the insurer is authorized to do business, if the insurance commissioner has notified the insurer of its request in writing, in which case the insurer shall file its RBC Report not later than the later of:

(A) Fifteen (15) days from the receipt of notice to file its RBC Report with that state; or
(B) The filing date.
(b) A life and health insurer’s RBC shall be determined in accordance with the formula set forth in the RBC Instructions. The formula shall take into account, and may adjust for the covariance between:

(1) The risk with respect to the insurer’s assets;
(2) The risk of adverse insurance experience with respect to the insurer’s liabilities and obligations;
(3) The interest rate risk with respect to the insurer’s business; and
(4) All other business risks and other relevant risks that are set forth in the RBC Instructions, determined in each case by applying the factors in the manner set forth in the RBC Instructions.
(c) A property and casualty insurer‘s RBC shall be determined in accordance with the formula set forth in the RBC Instructions. The formula shall take into account and may adjust for the covariance between:

(1) Asset risk;
(2) Credit risk;
(3) Underwriting risk; and
(4) All other business risks and other relevant risks that are set forth in the RBC Instructions;

determined in each case by applying the manner set forth in the RBC Instructions.

(d) An excess of capital over the amount produced by the risk-based capital requirements contained in this part and the formulas, schedules and instructions referenced in this part is desirable in the business of insurance. Accordingly, insurers should seek to maintain capital above the RBC levels required by this part. Additional capital is used and useful in the insurance business and helps to secure an insurer against various risks inherent in, or affecting, the business of insurance and not accounted for or only partially measured by the risk-based capital requirements contained in this part.
(e) If a domestic insurer files an RBC Report that in the judgment of the commissioner is inaccurate, then the commissioner shall adjust the RBC Report to correct the inaccuracy and shall notify the insurer of the adjustment. The notice shall contain a statement of the reason for the adjustment. An RBC Report as so adjusted is referred to as an “Adjusted RBC Report.”
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