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1. The commissioner may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary or convenient
to administer this chapter.
2. The commissioner is further authorized to adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A that are
applicable to reinsurance arrangements as follows:
a. A rule adopted pursuant to this subsection is applicable only to reinsurance
arrangements relating to any of the following:
(1)Life insurance policies with guaranteed nonlevel gross premiums or guaranteed
nonlevel benefits.
(2)Universal life insurance policies with provisions allowing a policyholder to keep a
policy in force over a secondary guarantee period.
(3)Variable annuities with guaranteed death or living benefits.
(4)Long-term care insurance policies.
(5)Other life and health insurance and annuity products as to which the
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1. The commissioner may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary or convenient
to administer this chapter.
2. The commissioner is further authorized to adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A that are
applicable to reinsurance arrangements as follows:
a. A rule adopted pursuant to this subsection is applicable only to reinsurance
arrangements relating to any of the following:
(1) Life insurance policies with guaranteed nonlevel gross premiums or guaranteed
nonlevel benefits.
(2) Universal life insurance policies with provisions allowing a policyholder to keep a
policy in force over a secondary guarantee period.
(3) Variable annuities with guaranteed death or living benefits.
(4) Long-term care insurance policies.
(5) Other life and health insurance and annuity products as to which the NAIC adopts
model regulatory requirements with respect to credit for reinsurance.
b. A rule adopted pursuant to paragraph “a”, and applicable to policies described in
paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1) or (2), is applicable to any reinsurance contract containing
either of the following:
(1) Policies issued on or after January 1, 2015.
(2) Policies issued prior to January 1, 2015, if risk pertaining to such policies is ceded in
connection with the reinsurance contract, in whole or in part, on or after January 1, 2015.
c. A rule adopted pursuant to this subsection may require the ceding insurer, in
calculating the amounts or forms of security required to be held under rules adopted under
this subsection, to use the valuation manual as defined in section 508.36, including all
amendments adopted by the NAIC and in effect on the date as of which the calculation is
made, to the extent applicable.
3. A rule adopted pursuant to this section is not applicable to cessions to an assuming
insurer that meets any of the following requirements:
a. Meets the conditions set forth in section 521B.102, subsection 7.
b. Is certified in Iowa.
c. Maintains at least two hundred fifty million dollars in capital and surplus when
determined in accordance with the accounting practices and procedures manual of the
NAIC, including all amendments adopted by the NAIC, but excluding the impact of any
permitted or prescribed practices; and meets either of the following requirements:
(1) Is licensed in at least twenty-six states.
(2) Is licensed in at least ten states, and is licensed or accredited in a total of at least
thirty-five states.
4. The commissioner’s authority to adopt rules pursuant to subsection 2 does not limit the
commissioner’s general authority to adopt rules pursuant to subsection 1.