Indiana Code 27-6-10.1-5. Rules and regulations
A. The insurance commissioner may adopt rules and regulations under IC 4-22-2 implementing the provisions of this chapter.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-6-10.1-5
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
(1) A regulation adopted pursuant to this subsection may apply only to reinsurance relating to:
(a) life insurance policies with guaranteed nonlevel gross premiums or guaranteed nonlevel benefits;
(b) universal life insurance policies with provisions resulting in the ability of a policyholder to keep a policy in force over a secondary guarantee period;
(c) variable annuities with guaranteed death or living benefits;
(d) long term care insurance policies; or
(e) such other life and health insurance and annuity products as to which the NAIC adopts model regulatory requirements with respect to credit for reinsurance.
(2) A regulation adopted pursuant to Paragraph 1(a) or 1(b) of this subsection may apply to any treaty containing: (i) policies issued on or after January 1, 2015; and/or (ii) policies issued prior to January 1, 2015, if risk pertaining to such pre-2015 policies is ceded in connection with the treaty, in whole or in part, on or after January 1, 2015.
(3) A regulation adopted pursuant to this subsection may require the ceding insurer, in calculating the amounts or forms of security required to be held under regulations promulgated under this authority, to use the Valuation Manual adopted by the NAIC under Section 11B(1) of the NAIC Standard Valuation Law, including all amendments adopted by the NAIC and in effect on the date as of which the calculation is made, to the extent applicable.
(4) A regulation adopted pursuant to this subsection shall not apply to cessions to an assuming insurer that:
(a) meets the conditions set forth in Section 2F of this chapter in Indiana;
(b) is certified in Indiana; or
(c) maintains at least two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) in capital and surplus when determined in accordance with the NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual, including all amendments thereto adopted by the NAIC, excluding the impact of any permitted or prescribed practices; and is:
(i) licensed in at least twenty-six (26) states; or
(ii) licensed in at least ten (10) states, and licensed or accredited in a total of at least thirty-five (35) states.
(5) The authority to adopt regulations pursuant to this subsection does not limit the insurance commissioner’s general authority to adopt regulations pursuant to Subsection A.
As added by P.L.130-2020, SEC.12.