Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 33. INSURANCE · Chapter 56. RISK-BASED CAPITAL LEVELS
33-56-1. Definitions.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
As used in this chapter, the term:
- (1)
‘‘Adjusted RBC report’’ means an RBC report which has been adjusted in accordance with subsection (e) of Code Section 33-56-2.#
- (2)
‘‘Corrective order’’ means an order issued by the Commissioner specifying corrective actions which the Commissioner has determined are required.#
- (3)
‘‘Domestic insurer’’ means an insurer as defined in paragraph (4) of Code Section 33-3-1.#
- (4)
‘‘Foreign insurer’’ means any insurance company which is licensed to do business in this state under Chapter 3 of this title, but is not a domestic insurer.#
- (4.1)
‘‘Health organization’’ means any health maintenance organization; limited health service organization; hospital, medical, or dental indemnity or service corporation; or other managed care organization licensed under this title; provided, however, that health organization does not include any life and health insurer or property and casualty insurer.#
- (4.2)
‘‘Insurer’’ includes without limitation any health organization.#
- (5)
‘‘Life and health insurer’’ means any insurance company licensed to write insurance as defined in Code Section 33-7-2 or 33-7-4 or a licensed property and casualty insurer writing only accident and health insurance.#
- (6)
‘‘NAIC’’ means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.#
- (7)
‘‘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 life RBC instructions.#
- (8)
‘‘Property and casualty insurer’’ means any insurance company licensed to write insurance as defined in Code Section 33-7-3 or 33-7-6 but shall not include monoline mortgage guaranty insurers, financial guaranty insurers, and title insurers.#
- (9)
‘‘RBC’’ means risk-based capital.#
- (10)
‘‘RBC instructions’’ means the RBC report including risk-based capital instructions adopted by the NAIC, as such RBC instructions may be amended by the NAIC from time to time in accordance with the procedures adopted by the NAIC.#
- (11)
‘‘RBC level’’ means an insurer’s company action level RBC, regulatory action level RBC, authorized control level RBC, or mandatory control level RBC where:#
- (A)
‘‘Authorized control level RBC’’ means the number determined under the risk-based capital formula in accordance with the RBC instructions;#
- (B)
‘‘Company action level RBC’’ means, with respect to any insurer, the product of 2.0 and its authorized control level RBC;#
- (C)
‘‘Mandatory control level RBC’’ means the product of .70 and the authorized control level RBC; and#
- (D)
‘‘Regulatory action level RBC’’ means the product of 1.5 and its authorized control level RBC.#
- (12)
‘‘RBC plan’’ means a comprehensive financial plan containing the elements specified in subsection (b) of Code Section 33-56-3. 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.#
- (13)
‘‘RBC report’’ means the report required in Code Section 33-56-2.#
- (14)
‘‘Total adjusted capital’’ means the sum of:#
History
Code 1981, § 33-56-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 928, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1246, §§ 8, 9; Ga. L. 2011, p. 449, § 12/HB 413.
Law reviews
For review of 1996 risk-based capital legislation, see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 212 (1996).
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