2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 733 - Accounting and Investments
Section 733.220 - Establishment and regulation of separate accounts to fund life insurance or annuities.


(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 or 733.165, 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]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance

Chapter 733 - Accounting and Investments

Section 733.010 - Assets allowed.

Section 733.020 - Assets not allowed.

Section 733.030 - Liabilities in general.

Section 733.060 - Unearned premium reserve.

Section 733.090 - Unearned premium reserve and fund for title insurance.

Section 733.140 - Disallowance of "wash" transactions.

Section 733.160 - Valuation of assets other than securities.

Section 733.165 - Valuation of securities.

Section 733.210 - Director’s determinations.

Section 733.220 - Establishment and regulation of separate accounts to fund life insurance or annuities.

Section 733.230 - Transactions of separate accounts registered with Securities and Exchange Commission; application of laws and rules to members of separate account management committee.

Section 733.302 - Reserve valuation method for life insurance policies and annuity and pure endowment contracts.

Section 733.304 - Opinion of actuary; rules.

Section 733.306 - Computation of minimum standards for life insurance, industrial insurance, annuities and pure endowment contracts; rules.

Section 733.308 - Computation of minimum standard for annuities and pure endowment contracts; rules.

Section 733.310 - Interest rates for determining minimum standard for valuation.

Section 733.312 - Amount of required reserves for life insurance policies.

Section 733.314 - Amount of required reserves for certain annuity and pure endowment contracts.

Section 733.316 - Aggregate reserves.

Section 733.318 - Alternative standards of valuation.

Section 733.320 - Minimum required reserve for certain policies.

Section 733.322 - Calculation of reserves for plans for which minimum reserves cannot be determined under ORS 733.312, 733.314 or 733.320; rules.

Section 733.325 - Definitions.

Section 733.328 - Annual valuation of reserve liabilities.

Section 733.331 - Opinion of appointed actuary; liabilities of appointed actuary; rules.

Section 733.337 - Confidentiality; permissible disclosures.

Section 733.340 - Exemptions.

Section 733.510 - Investments of insurers; rules.

Section 733.530 - "Corporation," "sovereign," "political subdivision" defined.

Section 733.550 - "Amply secured obligation" defined.

Section 733.560 - "Unencumbered" defined.

Section 733.570 - "Improved real property" defined.

Section 733.578 - Conditions necessary for investments used to provide compensating balances.

Section 733.580 - Investment of required capitalization.

Section 733.600 - Investment in mortgage loans.

Section 733.610 - Investment in real property.

Section 733.620 - Investment in stocks of corporation.

Section 733.630 - Investment in securities or obligations of certain corporations.

Section 733.635 - Approved activities of corporations in which investments authorized.

Section 733.640 - Lending funds; limitations on loans.

Section 733.650 - Investment of funds in certain obligations and other specified items.

Section 733.652 - Investment of funds of separate accounts.

Section 733.654 - Limitation on amount of separate account investments; exceptions.

Section 733.670 - Investment of funds under "prudent investor" standard.

Section 733.680 - Acquisition and retention of personal property generally; purchases or loans for protection of investment property.

Section 733.710 - Investments authorized by prior law; date of eligibility of investment.

Section 733.730 - Approval by board of directors of investments and deposits.

Section 733.740 - Record of investments required.

Section 733.770 - Limitations on investments in property of any one person or single parcel of real estate.

Section 733.780 - Prohibited investments.