A. Except with the consent of the Insurance Commissioner, no domestic life insurer shall, in addition to other investments permitted by this article, invest an amount equal in the aggregate to more than ten percent (10%) of its assets, or in the case of a domestic nonlife insurer, an amount equal in the aggregate to more than twenty percent (20%) of its assets in the shares of solvent corporations created or existing under the laws of the United States or of any state. Investing in the shares of mutual funds that invest only in bonds or preferred stocks shall be considered as investing in bonds or preferred stocks, and investing in mutual funds that invest in common stocks shall be considered as investing in common stocks. However, investments in the shares of subsidiaries or companion insurance companies shall be governed by Section 1652 of this title and this subsection shall not apply to investments by domestic insurers in the shares of insurance subsidiaries.
B. For the purpose of determining the investment limitation imposed by this article, the insurer shall value securities purchased pursuant to the provisions of this article at the cost of the security or at the market value of the security, whichever is lower.
Added by Laws 1957, p. 288, § 1616, operative July 1, 1957. Amended by Laws 1959, p. 136, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1959; Laws 1965, c. 123, § 14; Laws 1967, c. 242, § 5, emerg. eff. May 5, 1967; Laws 1975, c. 14, § 1; Laws 2005, c. 129, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2005, c. 425, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2007, c. 125, § 17, eff. July 1, 2007.