2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 33. Insurance and Insurance Companies › Chapter 12. Insurer Investments › Part 3. Property and Casualty, Financial Guaranty, Mortgage Guaranty, Surety, Marine, and Title Insurers › 33-12-302. General 5% diversification -- medium-grade and lower-grade investments -- Canadian investments

33-12-302. General 5% diversification -- medium-grade and lower-grade investments -- Canadian investments.
(1) (a) Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, an insurer may not acquire, directly or indirectly through an investment subsidiary, an investment under this chapter if, as a result of and after giving effect to the investment, the insurer would hold more than 5% of its admitted assets in investments of all kinds issued, assumed, accepted, insured, or guaranteed by a single person.
(b) The 5% limitation in subsection (1)(a) does not apply to the aggregate amounts insured by a single financial guaranty insurer with the highest generic rating issued by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
(c) Asset-backed securities are not subject to the limitations of subsection (1)(a). However, an insurer may not acquire an asset-backed security if, as a result of and after giving effect to the investment, the aggregate amount of asset-backed securities that are secured by or evidencing an interest in a single asset or single pool of assets held by a trust or other business entity and that are then held by the insurer would exceed 5% of its admitted assets.
(2) (a) An insurer may not acquire, directly or indirectly through an investment subsidiary, an investment under 33-12-303, 33-12-306, or 33-12-309 or counterparty exposure under 33-12-310(4) if, as a result of and after giving effect to the investment:
(i) the aggregate amount of all medium-grade and lower-grade investments then held by the insurer would exceed 20% of its admitted assets;
(ii) the aggregate amount of lower-grade investments then held by the insurer would exceed 10% of its admitted assets;
(iii) the aggregate amount of investments rated 5 or 6 by the SVO then held by the insurer would exceed 5% of its admitted assets;
(iv) the aggregate amount of investments rated 6 by the SVO then held by the insurer would exceed 1% of its admitted assets; or
(v) the aggregate amount of medium-grade and lower-grade investments then held by the insurer that receive as cash income less than the equivalent yield for treasury issues with a comparative average life would exceed 1% of its admitted assets.
(b) An insurer may not acquire, directly or indirectly through an investment subsidiary, an investment under 33-12-303, 33-12-306, or 33-12-309 or counterparty exposure under 33-12-310(4) if, as a result of and after giving effect to the investment:
(i) the aggregate amount of medium-grade and lower-grade investments issued, assumed, accepted, insured, or guaranteed by any one person or, as to asset-backed securities secured by or evidencing an interest in a single asset or pool of assets, then held by the insurer would exceed 1% of its admitted assets; or
(ii) the aggregate amount of lower-grade investments issued, assumed, accepted, insured, or guaranteed by any one person or, as to asset-backed securities secured by or evidencing an interest in a single asset or pool of assets, then held by the insurer would exceed 0.5% of its admitted assets.
(c) If an insurer attains or exceeds the limit of any one rating category referred to in this subsection (2), the insurer is not precluded from acquiring investments in other rating categories subject to the specific and multicategory limits applicable to those investments.
(3) (a) An insurer may not acquire, directly or indirectly through an investment subsidiary, any Canadian investments authorized by this chapter if as a result of and after giving effect to the investment, the aggregate amount of the investments then held by the insurer would exceed 40% of its admitted assets or if the aggregate amount of Canadian investments not acquired under 33-12-303(1)(b) then held by the insurer would exceed 25% of its admitted assets.
(b) However, as to an insurer that is authorized to do business in Canada or that has outstanding insurance, annuity, or reinsurance contracts on lives or risks resident or located in Canada and denominated in Canadian currency, the limitations of subsection (3)(a) must be increased by the greater of:
(i) the amount the insurer is required by Canadian law to invest in Canada or to be denominated in Canadian currency; or
(ii) 125% of the amount of its reserves and other obligations under contracts on risks resident or located in Canada.
History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 304, L. 1999.