Cal. INS § 12115 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 12115
Section 12115
Status: in_force

A financial guaranty insurance corporation admitted to transact financial guaranty insurance in this state shall limit its exposure to loss, net of collateral and reinsurance, as follows:

(a) For municipal obligation bonds and special revenue bonds:

(1) The insured average annual debt service with respect to any one entity and backed by a single revenue source may not exceed 10 percent of the aggregate of the financial guaranty insurance corporation’s capital, surplus, and contingency reserve.

(2) The insured unpaid principal issued by a single entity and backed by a single revenue source may not exceed 75 percent of the aggregate of the financial guaranty insurance corporation’s capital, surplus, and contingency reserve.

(b) For each issue of asset-backed securities issued by a single entity, and for each pool of consumer debt obligations, the lesser of:

(1) Insured average annual debt service; or

(2) Insured unpaid principal (reduced by the extent to which the unpaid principal of the supporting assets and, provided the insured risk is investment grade, excess spread, exceed the insured unpaid principal) divided by nine; shall not exceed 10 percent of the aggregate of the financial guaranty insurance corporation’s capital, surplus, and contingency reserve, provided that no asset in the pool supporting the asset-backed securities exceeds the single risk limits prescribed in subdivision (e) of Section 12115 if directly guarantied; and provided further that, if the issuer of such insured asset-backed securities is a special purpose corporation, trust or other entity and that issuer shall have indebtedness outstanding with respect to any other pool of assets, either such other indebtedness shall be entitled to the benefits of a financial guaranty policy of the same financial guaranty insurance corporation, or such other indebtedness shall (A) be fully subordinated to the insured obligation, with respect to, or be nonrecourse with respect to, the pool of assets that supports the insured obligation, (B) be nonrecourse to the issuer other than with respect to the asset pool securing such other indebtedness and proceeds in excess of the proceeds necessary to pay the insured obligation (“excess proceeds”) and (C) not constitute a claim against the issuer to the extent that the asset pool securing such other indebtedness or excess proceeds are insufficient to pay such other indebtedness.

(c) For obligations issued by a single entity and secured by commercial real estate, and not meeting the definition of asset-backed securities, the insured unpaid principal less 50 percent of the appraised value of the underlying real estate shall not exceed 10 percent of the aggregate of the financial guaranty insurance corporation’s capital, surplus, and contingency reserve.

(d) For utility first mortgage obligations, the insured average annual debt service shall not exceed 10 percent of the aggregate of the financial guaranty insurance corporation’s capital, surplus, and contingency reserve.

(e) For all other financial guaranties, the insured unpaid principal for any one entity and backed by a single revenue source may not exceed 10 percent of the aggregate of the financial guaranty insurance corporation’s capital, surplus, and contingency reserve.