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FIO Showing Increased Willingness to Intervene on Use of Captives to Finance Perceived Excess Reserves

by Zachary Lerner | Sep 5, 2013 | Captives, Federal Legislative Developments, Life Insurance & Annuities, Regulatory | United States

In recent years, the use of captives to help life insurers finance perceived excess XXX and AXXX reserves has accelerated. The NAIC continues to monitor the emerging practice and has drawn considerable attention to the matter through its solicitation of opinions by various players in the industry as well as through the publication of white paper on the matter and actions by the Principle-Based Reserving Implementation (EX) Task Force at the NAIC’s Summer National Meeting.

NAIC Increases Focus on Use of Captives by Life Insurers

by Zachary Lerner | Sep 5, 2013 | Captives, Life Insurance & Annuities, Regulatory | United States

On August 24th, the Principle-Based Reserving Implementation (EX) Task Force (the “Task Force”) of the NAIC met at the NAIC Summer National Meeting. During the meeting, the Task Force set forth additional charges with respect to the use of captives by life insurers and determined that the NAIC needs to “further assess the solvency implications of life insurer-owned captive insurers and other alternative mechanisms in the context of [Principle-Based Reserving].”