CHAPTER 61
HOUSE BILL No. 2031
An Act concerning insurance; relating to risk-based capital
requirements;
amending K.S.A. 40-2c01 and repealing the existing
section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 40-2c01 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 40-
2c01. As used in this act:
(a) ``Adjusted RBC report'' means an RBC
report which has been
adjusted by the commissioner in accordance with K.S.A. 40-2c04,
and
amendments thereto.
(b) ``Corrective order'' means an order
issued by the commissioner
specifying corrective actions which the commissioner has determined
are
required to address a RBC level event.
(c) ``Domestic insurer'' means any
insurance company or risk reten-
tion group which is licensed and organized in this state.
(d) ``Foreign insurer'' means any
insurance company or risk retention
group not domiciled in this state which is licensed or registered
to do
business in this state pursuant to article 41 of chapter 40 of the
Kansas
Statutes Annotated or K.S.A. 40-209, and amendments thereto.
(e) ``NAIC'' means the national
association of insurance commission-
ers.
(f) ``Life and health insurer'' means any
insurance company licensed
under article 4 or 5 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated
or a
licensed property and casualty insurer writing only accident and
health
insurance.
(g) ``Property and casualty insurer''
means any insurance company
licensed under articles 9, 10, 11, 12, 12a, 15 or 16 of chapter 40
of the
Kansas Statutes Annotated, but shall not include monoline
mortgage
guaranty insurers, financial guaranty insurers and title
insurers.
(h) ``Negative trend'' means, with
respect to a life and health insurer,
a negative trend over a period of time, as determined in accordance
with
the ``trend test calculation'' included in the RBC instructions
defined in
subsection (j).
(i) ``RBC'' means risk-based capital.
(j) ``RBC instructions'' mean the
risk-based capital instructions prom-
ulgated by the NAIC, which are in effect on December 31,
1999 2000.
(k) ``RBC level'' means an insurer's
company action level RBC, reg-
ulatory action level RBC, authorized control level RBC, or
mandatory
control level RBC where:
(1) ``Company action level RBC'' means,
with respect to any insurer,
the product of 2.0 and its authorized control level RBC;
(2) ``regulatory action level RBC'' means
the product of 1.5 and its
authorized control level RBC;
(3) ``authorized control level RBC''
means the number determined
under the risk-based capital formula in accordance with the RBC
instruc-
tions; and
(4) ``mandatory control level RBC'' means
the product of .70 and the
authorized control level RBC.
(l) ``RBC plan'' means a comprehensive
financial plan containing the
elements specified in K.S.A. 40-2c06, and amendments thereto. If
the
commissioner rejects the RBC plan, and it is revised by the
insurer, with
or without the commissioner's recommendation, the plan shall be
called
the ``revised RBC plan.''
(m) ``RBC report'' means the report
required by K.S.A. 40-2c02, and
amendments thereto.
(n) ``Total adjusted capital'' means the
sum of:
(1) An insurer's capital and surplus or
surplus only if a mutual insurer;
and
(2) such other items, if any, as the RBC
instructions may provide.
(o) ``Commissioner'' means the
commissioner of insurance.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 40-2c01 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its
publication in the statute book.
Approved April 3, 2001.
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