§ 1705 — Quantitative limitations

New York § 1705

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law ISC: Insurance
• Art. 17: Subsidiaries of Domestic Life Insurance Companies and Certain Other Entities

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§ 1705. Quantitative limitations. * (a)(1) Unless the superintendent\nshall have given prior written approval, a parent corporation shall not\nmake an investment for its own account in any subsidiary (not at the\ntime exempt from the provisions of this section) if, after giving effect\nto such investment, the aggregate investment value of all subsidiaries\nthen directly invested in by the parent corporation (excluding\ninvestments in subsidiaries at the time exempted from this subsection)\nwould be in excess of thirty percent (but not more than twenty percent\nwith respect to subsidiaries not having their principal operations in\nthis state, and, in the case of a parent corporation of the type\ndescribed in subsection (b) of section one thousand seven hundred one of\nthis article, not more than ten percent) of the parent corporation's\nadmitted assets.\n (2) Unless the superintendent shall have given prior written approval,\nneither the parent corporation nor any subsidiary (other than a separate\naccount subsidiary or any subsidiary referred to in subsection (c) of\nsection one thousand seven hundred four of this article) may make any\ninvestment in any subsidiary (not at the time exempt from this\nparagraph), if, after giving effect to such investment, the investment\nvalue of such subsidiary would aggregate more than fifteen percent (but\nnot more than two percent in the case of a parent corporation of the\ntype described in subsection (b) of section one thousand seven hundred\none of this article) of the parent corporation's admitted assets.\n * NB See other sub§ (a) (Sep. amended - cannot be put together)\n * (a)(1) Unless the superintendent shall have given prior written\napproval, a parent corporation shall not make an investment for its own\naccount in any subsidiary (not at the time exempt from the provisions of\nthis section) if, after giving effect to such investment, the aggregate\ninvestment value of all subsidiaries then directly invested in by the\nparent corporation (excluding investments in subsidiaries at the time\nexempted from this subsection) would be in excess of thirty percent (but\nnot more than twenty percent with respect to subsidiaries not having\ntheir principal operations in this state and, in the case of a parent\ncorporation of the type described in subsection (b) of section one\nthousand seven hundred one of this article, not more than ten percent)\nof the parent corporation's admitted assets.\n (2) Unless the superintendent shall have given prior written approval,\nneither the parent corporation nor any subsidiary (other than a separate\naccount subsidiary or any subsidiary referred to in subsection (c) of\nsection one thousand seven hundred four of this article) may make any\ninvestment in any subsidiary (not at the time exempt from this\nparagraph), if, after giving effect to such investment, the investment\nvalue of such subsidiary would aggregate more than fifteen percent (but\nnot more than two percent in the case of the parent corporation of the\ntype described in subsection (b) of section one thousand seven hundred\none of this article) of the parent corporation's admitted assets.\n * NB See other sub§ (a) (Sep. amended - cannot be put together)\n (b) "Admitted assets," for the purposes of this section, has the\nmeaning ascribed to it by subparagraph (B) of paragraph one of\nsubsection (b) of section one thousand four hundred five of this\nchapter.\n (c) (1) For the purposes of computations under paragraph one of\nsubsection (a) of this section, the aggregate investment value of all\nsubsidiaries at any time directly invested in by the parent corporation\n(excluding investments in subsidiaries at the time exempted from\nsubsection (a) of this section) shall mean the sum of (i) the minimum\nvalue of each such subsidiary of which equity securities (including\npartnership interests) are directly held by the parent corporation, (ii)\nindebtedness of such subsidiaries then outstanding to the extent\nguaranteed by the parent corporation, and (iii) the unpaid principal\namount of loans and advances to such subsidiaries by the parent\ncorporation or by any investment subsidiary of the parent corporation\nthen outstanding (including the unpaid principal amount of bonds, notes\nor other evidences of indebtedness of such subsidiaries held by the\nparent corporation or by any such investment subsidiary). The minimum\nvalue of a subsidiary as of any date shall be the greater of (i) the net\ncost of the equity investment in such subsidiary by the parent\ncorporation or (ii) the pro rata interest of the parent corporation in\nthe net worth of such subsidiary.\n (2) For purposes of computations under paragraph two of subsection (a)\nof this section, the investment value of a subsidiary at any time shall\nbe an amount equal to the sum of (i) the minimum value of such\nsubsidiary, (ii) indebtedness of such subsidiary then outstanding to the\nextent guaranteed by the parent corporation, and (iii) the unpaid\nprincipal amount of loans and advances to the subsidiary by the parent\ncorporation or by any investment subsidiary of the parent corporation\nthen outstanding (including the unpaid principal amount of bonds, notes\nor other evidences of indebtedness of the subsidiary held by the parent\ncorporation or by any such investment subsidiary). The minimum value of\na subsidiary as of any date shall be the greater of (i) the net cost of\nthe equity investment in such subsidiary by the parent corporation and\nits subsidiaries or (ii) the pro rata interest of the parent corporation\nand its subsidiaries in the net worth of such subsidiary.\n (3) For purposes of this subsection, the "net cost of the equity\ninvestment" by any person in a subsidiary at any time shall mean the\naggregate amount of contributions to and purchases of equity securities\n(including partnership interests) and other equity interests of such\nsubsidiary (less repurchases of such equity securities and other equity\ninterests) by such person at such time and the "net worth" of a\nsubsidiary shall mean the net worth of the subsidiary determined in\naccordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as of the end\nof its most recent fiscal year. In determining the minimum value of a\nholding company operating subsidiary, there shall be taken into account\nthe greater of the net cost of the equity investment of the holding\ncompany operating subsidiary in each subsidiary or the pro rata interest\nof the holding company operating subsidiary in the net worth of such\nsubsidiary. The superintendent may require, by regulation, that parent\ncorporations submit reports annually to the superintendent as to the\naggregate investment value of all subsidiaries held by the parent\ncorporation determined in accordance with paragraph one of this\nsubsection or the investment value of any particular subsidiary or class\nof subsidiaries held by the parent corporation determined in accordance\nwith paragraph two of this subsection, which values may be required to\nbe audited by an independent public accountant in accordance with\ngenerally accepted auditing standards.\n