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Home » US Law » 2022 Alaska Statutes » Title 21. Insurance » Chapter 18. Assets and Liabilities

Sec. 21.18.010. Allowable assets.

In a determination of the financial condition of an insurer, the following assets are allowed: (1) assets that are wholly and exclusively owned by the insurer and that are registered, recorded, or held under the insurer’s name; (2) premiums, not more than three months past due, excluding commissions payable on them, due from a controlling […]

Sec. 21.18.020. Assets as deductions from liabilities.

Assets may be allowed as deductions from corresponding liabilities, and liabilities may be charged as deductions from assets, and deductions from assets may be charged as liabilities, in accordance with the form of annual statement applicable to the insurer as prescribed by the director, or otherwise in the discretion of the director.

Sec. 21.18.030. Assets not allowed.

In addition to assets excluded by the application of AS 21.18.010, all nonadmitted assets and all other assets of doubtful value or character included as ledger or nonledger assets in a statement by an insurer to the director, or in an examiner’s report to the director, shall also be reported, to the extent of the […]

Sec. 21.18.040. Disallowance of transactions; deceptions.

(a) The director shall disallow as an asset or as a credit against liabilities any reinsurance found by the director, after a hearing, to have been arranged for the purpose principally of deception as to the ceding insurer’s financial condition as of the date of any financial statement of the insurer. Without limiting the general […]

Sec. 21.18.050. Reserves and liabilities, in general.

In a determination of the financial condition of an insurer, liabilities to be charged against its assets shall include (1) the amount, estimated consistent with the provisions of this title, necessary to pay all of its unpaid losses and claims incurred on or before the date of statement, whether reported or unreported, together with the […]

Sec. 21.18.060. Unearned premium reserve.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in AS 21.18.070, an insurer shall maintain an unearned premium reserve on all policies in force against loss or damage to property, including loss or damage under general casualty or surety insurance. (b) The director may require that the reserves be equal to the unearned portions of the gross premiums […]

Sec. 21.18.075. Bail bond reserve.

In place of the unearned premium reserve required on surety bonds under AS 21.18.060, the department may require a surety insurer or limited surety insurer to set up and maintain a reserve on all bail bonds or other single premium bonds without a definite expiration date, furnished in judicial proceedings, equal to 25 percent of […]

Sec. 21.18.080. Reserve standards for health insurance.

(a) The adequacy of health insurance reserves must be determined based on the sum of policy reserves determined under AS 21.18.082, claim reserves determined under AS 21.18.084, and premium reserves determined under AS 21.18.086. (b) Reserve adequacy must be determined by a prospective gross premium valuation. For policies in force, in a claims status, or […]

Sec. 21.18.082. Policy reserves for health insurance.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, policy reserves are required for all individual and group health insurance policies or groups of policies (1) with level premiums or with a gross premium pricing structure at time of issue that results in future benefits exceeding the corresponding future valuation net premiums at any time; […]

Sec. 21.18.084. Claim reserves for health insurance.

(a) Claim reserves are required for all incurred and unpaid claims on all health insurance policies. (b) Claim expense reserves are required for the estimated expense of settlement of all incurred and unpaid claims. (c) Claim reserves for prior valuation years must be tested for adequacy and reasonableness using claim runoff schedules in accordance with […]

Sec. 21.18.086. Premium reserves for health insurance.

(a) Unearned premium reserves must be established for the period of coverage for which premiums, other than premiums paid in advance, have been paid beyond the date of valuation. (b) Due and unpaid premiums that are carried as an asset in the annual statement must be treated as premiums in force and are subject to […]

Sec. 21.18.100. Increase of reserves.

If loss experience shows that an insurer’s loss reserves or reserves for incurred but not reported losses, however computed or estimated, are inadequate, the director shall require the insurer to maintain loss reserves or reserves for incurred but not reported losses in the increased amount needed to make them adequate.

Sec. 21.18.110. Standard valuation law – Life insurance.

(a) The director shall annually value, or cause to be valued, the reserve liabilities (hereinafter called reserves) for all outstanding life insurance policies, annuity and pure endowment contracts, and deposit-type contracts of every life insurer doing business in this state issued before the operative date of the valuation manual described in AS 21.18.112. In calculating […]

Sec. 21.18.170. Valuation of investments.

For the purposes of this chapter, the value or amount of an investment acquired, held, or invested in or an investment practice engaged in under this title, unless otherwise specified in this title, must be the value at which assets of an insurer are required to be reported for accounting purposes under this title and […]

Sec. 21.18.900. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “accident and health insurance” means a contract that incorporates morbidity risk and provides protection against economic loss resulting from accident, sickness, or a medical condition or a contract as may be specified in the valuation manual; (2) “admitted asset” means an asset allowed by AS 21.18.010 to be included in the […]