(1) An insurer shall consider the following factors to determine whether an investment portfolio or investment policy is prudent:
- (a) general economic conditions;
- (b) the possible effect of inflation or deflation;
- (c) the expected tax consequences of investment decisions or strategies;
(d) the fairness or reasonableness of the terms of an investment considering the investment's:
- (i) probable risk and reward characteristics; and
- (ii) relationship to the investment portfolio as a whole;
(e) the extent of the diversification of the insurer's investments among:
- (i) individual investments;
- (ii) classes of investments;
- (iii) industry concentrations;
- (iv) dates of maturity; and
- (v) geographic areas;
- (f) the quality and liquidity of investments in the insurer's affiliates;
(g) the investment exposure to:
- (i) liquidity risk;
- (ii) credit and default risk;
- (iii) systemic risk;
- (iv) interest rate risk;
- (v) call, prepayment, and extension risk;
- (vi) exchange rate risk; and
- (vii) foreign sovereign risk;
(h) the amount of the insurer's:
- (i) assets;
- (ii) capital and surplus;
- (iii) premium writings;
- (iv) insurance in force; and
- (v) other appropriate characteristics;
- (i) the insurer's reported liabilities;
- (j) the matching of the expected cash flows of the insurer's assets and liabilities;
- (k) the risk of adverse changes in the insurer's assets and liabilities; and
- (l) the adequacy of the insurer's capital and surplus to secure the risks and liabilities of the insurer.
- (2) The commissioner shall consider the factors described in Subsection (1) before making a determination that an insurer's investment portfolio or investment policy is not prudent.
Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 368, 2025 General Session