40-2b01. United States government obligations; call options. Any life insurance company heretofore or hereafter organized under any law of this state may invest by loans or otherwise, with the direction or approval of a majority of its board of directors or authorized committee thereof, any of its funds, or any part thereof in bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued, assumed or guaranteed by the United States of America, or by any agency or instrumentality thereof. Such life insurance company may write call options on government obligations permitted under this section which it owns. Call options may be purchased for the sole purpose of closing out a position taken previously with respect to one or more options having been written. The purchase of a call option for any reason other than as a closing transaction and the writing of naked (uncovered) call options are hereby prohibited.
Any United States government obligation owned by an insurance company obligated under an unexpired written call option shall be valued at the lesser of the striking price or value established in accordance with the method of valuation as prescribed by the commissioner of insurance for financial reporting purposes.
"Striking price" means the price per United States government obligation, exclusive of selling costs, the company would receive should the call option be exercised by the holder.
History: L. 1972, ch. 179, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 134, § 2; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 2b - Investments By Life Insurance Companies
40-2b01 United States government obligations; call options.
40-2b02 State, District of Columbia, territorial and municipal obligations.
40-2b03 Canadian government, provincial and municipal obligations.
40-2b04 Investments in foreign jurisdictions and currencies; definitions.
40-2b05 Business entity obligations; definitions.
40-2b06 Preferred and guaranteed stocks; definitions.
40-2b07 Equity interests; call options.
40-2b08 Equipment trust obligations or conditional sales contracts.
40-2b09 Real estate bonds, mortgages, tax lien certificates.
40-2b15 Savings and loan shares or deposits.
40-2b16 Bank certificates of deposit.
40-2b18 Real estate investment trusts.
40-2b19 Prior lawful investments.
40-2b24 Investment companies; money market mutual funds.
40-2b26 Mortgage related securities.
40-2b27 Medium and lower grade obligations; definitions.
40-2b28 Same; limitations; exceptions; insurance company required to adopt written investment plan.
40-2b29 Investment in asset-backed securities; conditions; definitions.