2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 10 - INSURANCE (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-23-110) › REGULATION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES (§§ 10-3-101 — 10-3.5-111) › Article 3 - REGULATION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES (§§ 10-3-101 — 10-3-1716) › Part 2 - FINANCIAL AFFAIRS (§§ 10-3-201 — 10-3-244) › Section 10-3-231 - Valuation of investments

(1)
(a)
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this subsection (1), all obligations having a fixed term and rate may, if not in default as to principal or interest, be valued as follows: If purchased at par, at the par value; if purchased above or below par, on the basis of the purchase price adjusted so as to bring the value to par at maturity and so as to yield in the meantime the effective rate of interest at which the purchase was made.
(b)
The purchase price shall in no case be taken at a higher figure than the actual market value at the time of purchase, plus brokerage charges paid in the acquisition of such obligations.
(c)
No such obligation shall be carried at above the call price for the entire issue during any period within which the obligation may be so called, and premiums paid at purchase shall be amortized by the scientific method to the first call date at which the entire issue may be redeemed.
(d)
Obligations subject to amortization under the published findings of the national association of insurance commissioners shall be carried at their amortized values. Obligations which do not qualify for amortization shall be reported at their market value or a book value based on an amortized computation, whichever is lower.
(2)
(a)
Common stocks shall be valued at their market value, as determined by customary method, or, at the option of the company, they may be carried at cost if cost is less than market value. If no publicly traded market quotation is available, the value of the stocks shall be based on the pro rata share of the issuing company's net worth as shown by its audited financial statement or, in the case of an insurance company, the pro rata share of its statutory net worth.
(b)
Preferred stocks shall be valued in accordance with procedures promulgated annually by the valuations committee of the national association of insurance commissioners.
(3)
Other property purchased by a company may be valued at not more than its cost plus the cost of capitalized additions and permanent improvements, less depreciation. Depreciation shall be computed under the straight line method or, at the option of the company, under any other method resulting in larger accumulated depreciation at any given time. Depreciation of any buildings shall be based upon an estimated useful life of not more than fifty years.
(4)
Property acquired in satisfaction of a debt shall be valued at its fair market value or the amount of the debt, including capitalized taxes and expenses, whichever amount is less.
(5)
Property originally acquired in satisfaction of a debt and subsequently transferred to qualification under section
10-3-220
or
10-3-230
shall be valued as provided in subsection (3) of this section, and its cost shall be deemed to be its value at time of transfer determined under subsection (4) of this section.
(6)
To the extent investments are valued by the securities valuation office of the national association of insurance commissioners, all investments owned by domestic insurance companies shall be valued in accordance with the most recently published valuations of the securities valuation office. Other investments not valued by the securities valuation office shall be valued as otherwise is provided in this section, or, if not otherwise provided in this section, in accordance with procedures promulgated by the national association of insurance commissioners.
L. 69: p. 497, § 5. C.R.S. 1963: § 72-2-38. L. 71: p. 711, § 1. L. 81: (2)(a) amended, p. 530, § 7, effective July 1. L. 91: (6) added, p. 1247, § 8, effective July 1.