ORS 733.220
Establishment and regulation of separate accounts to fund life insurance or annuities


(1)

A domestic insurer authorized to transact life insurance may establish one or more separate accounts and may allocate thereto amounts, including but not limited to proceeds applied under optional modes of settlement or under dividend options, to provide for life insurance or annuities or benefits incidental thereto, payable in fixed or variable amounts or both.

(2)

The income, gains and losses, realized or unrealized, from assets allocated to a separate account shall be credited to or charged against the account without regard to other income, gains and losses of the insurer.

(3)

Except with the approval of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, and under the conditions the Director may prescribe as to investments and other matters that shall recognize the guaranteed nature of the benefits, assets representing reserves for benefits guaranteed as to dollar amount and duration, and for funds guaranteed as to principal amount or stated rate of interest, shall not be maintained in a separate account.

(4)

Unless otherwise approved by the director, and notwithstanding ORS 733.160 (Valuation of assets other than securities) or 733.165 (Valuation of securities), assets allocated to a separate account shall be valued at their market value on the date of valuation. If there is no readily available market, they shall be valued as provided under the terms of the policy, the rules or other written agreement applicable to the separate account. Except as may be otherwise prescribed by the director under subsection (3) of this section, however, the portion if any of the assets of a separate account equal to the insurer’s reserves for guaranteed benefits and funds shall be valued in accordance with the rules applicable to the insurer’s general assets.

(5)

Amounts allocated to a separate account in the exercise of the power granted by this section are owned by the insurer, and the insurer is not, nor shall it hold itself out to be, a trustee with respect to such amounts. If, and to the extent, it is so provided under the applicable policies, the portion of the assets of a separate account which equals the reserves and other policy liabilities for such account shall not be chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business the insurer conducts.

(6)

No sale, exchange or other transfer of assets may be made by an insurer between any of its separate accounts or between any other investment account and one or more of its separate accounts unless:

(a)

In the case of a transfer into a separate account, the transfer is made solely to establish the account or to support the operation of the policies applicable to the account;

(b)

In the case of other transfers, the director has approved the transfer as being equitable; and

(c)

The transfer is made in the form of cash or, with the approval of the director, securities having a readily determinable market value.

(7)

The same separate account may not be used for both variable annuities and variable life insurance.

(8)

The insurer shall maintain in each separate account assets with a value at least equal to the reserves and other policy liabilities for such account. [1973 c.435 §6; 1993 c.447 §112]

Source: Section 733.220 — Establishment and regulation of separate accounts to fund life insurance or annuities, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors733.­html.

733.010
Assets allowed
733.020
Assets not allowed
733.030
Liabilities in general
733.040
Reinsurance credit
733.050
Increase of inadequate reserves
733.060
Unearned premium reserve
733.070
Unearned premium reserve for marine and transportation insurance trip risks
733.080
Reserves for health insurance
733.090
Unearned premium reserve and fund for title insurance
733.095
Unearned premium reserve for home protection insurance
733.100
Contingency reserve liability for mortgage insurance
733.115
Establishing reserves for variable life insurance and annuity policies
733.140
Disallowance of “wash” transactions
733.150
Alternative accounting for assets and liabilities
733.160
Valuation of assets other than securities
733.165
Valuation of securities
733.170
Accounts and records
733.210
Director’s determinations
733.220
Establishment and regulation of separate accounts to fund life insurance or annuities
733.230
Transactions of separate accounts registered with Securities and Exchange Commission
733.300
Short title
733.302
Reserve valuation method for life insurance policies and annuity and pure endowment contracts
733.304
Opinion of actuary
733.306
Computation of minimum standards for life insurance, industrial insurance, annuities and pure endowment contracts
733.308
Computation of minimum standard for annuities and pure endowment contracts
733.310
Interest rates for determining minimum standard for valuation
733.312
Amount of required reserves for life insurance policies
733.314
Amount of required reserves for certain annuity and pure endowment contracts
733.316
Aggregate reserves
733.318
Alternative standards of valuation
733.320
Minimum required reserve for certain policies
733.322
Calculation of reserves for plans for which minimum reserves cannot be determined under ORS 733.312, 733.314 or 733.320
733.325
Definitions
733.328
Annual valuation of reserve liabilities
733.331
Opinion of appointed actuary
733.334
Data submission in accordance with valuation manual
733.337
Confidentiality
733.340
Exemptions
733.510
Investments of insurers
733.520
Current operating requirements exempted
733.530
“Corporation,” “sovereign,” “political subdivision” defined
733.540
“Obligation” defined
733.550
“Amply secured obligation” defined
733.560
“Unencumbered” defined
733.570
“Improved real property” defined
733.575
Prohibited use of funds as compensating balances
733.578
Conditions necessary for investments used to provide compensating balances
733.580
Investment of required capitalization
733.590
Investment in obligations of sovereign, political subdivision thereof or corporation
733.600
Investment in mortgage loans
733.610
Investment in real property
733.620
Investment in stocks of corporation
733.630
Investment in securities or obligations of certain corporations
733.635
Approved activities of corporations in which investments authorized
733.640
Lending funds
733.650
Investment of funds in certain obligations and other specified items
733.652
Investment of funds of separate accounts
733.654
Limitation on amount of separate account investments
733.656
Limitation on securities owned or controlled by separate account investments
733.658
Applicability of separate account investment limitations
733.670
Investment of funds under “prudent investor” standard
733.680
Acquisition and retention of personal property generally
733.685
Investment of funds by home protection insurer
733.690
Investment of funds in title plant
733.695
Investment of funds in obligations that are not investment quality
733.700
Investment of funds in health care service facilities
733.710
Investments authorized by prior law
733.720
Investments subject to additional limitations and requirements
733.730
Approval by board of directors of investments and deposits
733.740
Record of investments required
733.750
Disposal of investments on order of director
733.760
Insurance required on buildings on property which is security for loan
733.770
Limitations on investments in property of any one person or single parcel of real estate
733.780
Prohibited investments
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