2006 Senate Bill 1018

Revise life insurance valuation accounting regulations

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 1, 2006

Introduced by Sen. Mike Bishop (R-12)

To establish a valuation formula for an insurance company (such as Jackson National Life Insurance Company, the main proponent of the bill) that acquires another insurance company's life insurance business. The law requires insurers to hold a certain amount of assets from which future claims will be paid, and how the value of those assets is determined affects whether the amount meets state standards.

Referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Institutions