1. An applicable company using a principle-based valuation must establish reserves that:
(a) Quantify the benefits and guarantees, and the funding, associated with the contracts and their risks at a level of conservatism that reflects conditions which include unfavorable events that have a reasonable probability of occurring during the lifetime of the contracts. For policies or contracts with significant tail risk, the valuation must reflect conditions appropriately adverse to quantify the tail risk.
(b) Incorporate assumptions, risk analysis methods and financial models and management techniques that are consistent with, but not necessarily identical to, those utilized within the company’s overall risk assessment process while recognizing potential differences in financial reporting structures and any prescribed assumptions or methods.
(c) Incorporate assumptions that are:
(1) Prescribed in the Valuation Manual; or
(2) Established utilizing the company’s available experience, to the extent that it is relevant and statistically credible or established utilizing other relevant, statistically credible experience.
(d) Provide margins for uncertainty, including adverse deviation and estimation error, such that the greater the uncertainty the larger the margin and resulting reserve.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 681B.310, the provisions of this section apply only on or after the operative date of the Valuation Manual.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3396)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 681B - Assets and Liabilities
NRS 681B.0023 - "Accident and health insurance" defined.
NRS 681B.0025 - "Applicable company" defined.
NRS 681B.0027 - "Appointed actuary" defined.
NRS 681B.0033 - "Confidential information" defined.
NRS 681B.0036 - "Deposit-type contract" defined.
NRS 681B.0041 - "Life insurance" defined.
NRS 681B.0045 - "NAIC" defined.
NRS 681B.0049 - "Operative date of the Valuation Manual" defined.
NRS 681B.0052 - "Policyholder behavior" defined.
NRS 681B.0055 - "Principle-based valuation" defined.
NRS 681B.0059 - "Qualified actuary" defined.
NRS 681B.0065 - "Tail risk" defined.
NRS 681B.0071 - "Valuation Manual" defined.
NRS 681B.020 - Assets not allowed.
NRS 681B.030 - Disallowance of asset arranged to deceive; disciplinary action.
NRS 681B.050 - Reserves for losses from casualty insurance; regulations.
NRS 681B.060 - Reserve for unearned premiums; exception.
NRS 681B.070 - Reserve for unearned premiums for marine and transportation insurance.
NRS 681B.080 - Reserves for policies of health insurance.
NRS 681B.100 - Contingency reserves for insurance of repayment of debt secured by mortgage.
NRS 681B.105 - Valuation of bonds.
NRS 681B.106 - Valuation of other securities.
NRS 681B.108 - Valuation of property.
NRS 681B.109 - Valuation of purchase money mortgages.
NRS 681B.120 - Minimum standards for policies and contracts; applicability.
NRS 681B.125 - Interest rates for minimum standard; applicability.
NRS 681B.145 - Reserves for plan of life insurance; applicability.
NRS 681B.150 - Minimum reserve; applicability.
NRS 681B.200 - "Qualified actuary" defined.
NRS 681B.240 - Requirements for opinion; applicability.
NRS 681B.250 - Liability of qualified actuary; disciplinary action; regulations; applicability.
NRS 681B.320 - Accident and health insurance policies: Minimum standard of valuation; applicability.
NRS 681B.350 - Opinion of actuary: Requirements; applicability.
NRS 681B.360 - Principle-based valuation: Requirements; applicability.
NRS 681B.370 - Principle-based valuation: Required reserves; applicability.
NRS 681B.400 - Confidential information.
NRS 681B.420 - Exceptions to confidentiality; applicability.
NRS 681B.500 - Data required to be submitted; applicability.
NRS 681B.550 - Insurer required to report its level of risk-based capital; regulations; exemptions.