RS 22:599 Excluded assets
§599. Excluded assets
In addition to assets impliedly excluded by the provisions of R.S. 22:598, the following expressly shall not be allowed as assets in any determination of the financial condition of an insurer:
(1) Goodwill, trade names, and other intangible assets, except as provided for pursuant to R.S. 22:598(13).
(2) Advances to officers, directors, and controlling stockholders, other than policy loans, unless the same are secured by collateral satisfactory to the commissioner, and advances to employees, agents, and other persons on personal security only.
(3) Stock of such insurer owned by it, or any equity therein, or loans secured thereby or any material proportionate interest in such stock acquired, or held, through the ownership by such insurer of an interest in another firm, corporation, or business unit.
(4) Furniture, fixtures, furnishings, safes, vehicles, libraries, stationery, literature, and supplies, except:
(a) Such personal property as is required through foreclosure of chattel mortgages under loans insured or guaranteed under provisions of the National Housing Act or any act of congress relating to veterans benefits.
(b) Such as is reasonably necessary for the maintenance and operation of real estate held by it other than real estate for home office, branch office, and similar purposes.
(c) In the case of title insurers, abstract plant and equipment not to exceed fifty percent of the paid-in capital stock of such title insurer.
(5) The amount, if any, by which the aggregate book value of investments, as carried in the assets of the insurer, exceeds the aggregate value, as determined under the provisions of this Code.
(6) Rental assets, which for the purposes of this Section shall include but not be limited to the following:
(a) Any item carried as an asset on the insurer's balance sheet which is not, in fact, actually owned by the insurer.
(b) Any item carried as an asset on the insurer's balance sheet, the ownership of which is subject to resolution, recision, or revocation upon the insurer's insolvency, receivership, bankruptcy, statutory supervision, rehabilitation, liquidation, or upon the occurrence of any other contingency.
(c) Any item carried as an asset on the insurer's balance sheet for which the insurer pays a regular or periodic fee for the right to carry such items as an asset, whether or not such fee is characterized as a rental, a management fee, or an extraordinary dividend not previously approved by the commissioner of insurance, or other periodic payment for such right.
(d) Any asset purchased by the insurer on credit whereby the interest rate paid by the insurer on its credit instrument is greater than the interest rate or yield generated by the purchased asset.
(e) Any item carried by the insurer as an asset on its balance sheet which is subject to a mortgage, lien, privilege, preference, pledge, charge, or other encumbrance which is not accurately reflected on the liability section of the company's balance sheet.
(f) Any asset received by the company as a contribution to capital from any affiliate, holding company, or control person, or from any affiliate of any such affiliate, holding company, or control person, which meets any of the criteria set forth in Subparagraphs (a) through (e) of this Paragraph while in the hands of such contributing party, or at the moment of such contribution to capital, or thereafter.
(7) Premium notes on policies and certificates of life insurance and annuity contracts, and accrued interest thereon, except when the insurer, issuer, or noteholder agrees to an examination by the department to determine whether any inflation or duplication of assets exists.
Acts 1992, No. 811, §1; Acts 1993, No. 787, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1124, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1449, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:856 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 503, §1.