Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 10, § 2644.20 - Projected Yield
(a)
"Projected yield" means the weighted average yield computed using the insurer's
actual portfolio and yields currently available on securities in US capital
markets. The weights shall be determined using the insurer's most recent
consolidated statutory annual statement, and shall be computed by dividing the
insurer's assets in each separate asset class shown on page 2, lines 1 through
9 of the insurer's consolidated statutory annual statement, by the total of
lines 1 through 9. The yields for each asset class shall be based on an average
of the most recent available 3 complete months, as of the date of
filing.
(b) The bond asset class
shall be subdivided into the issuer categories of US government bonds, other
taxable bonds and tax exempt bonds and into the maturity categories of short,
intermediate and long-term shown. For the purposes of this section, "US
government" means the sum of rows 1.7, U.S. governments, and 2.7, all other
governments, of schedule D, part 1A, section
1 of the insurer's consolidated
statutory annual statement, "other taxable" means the sum of rows 6.7, public
utilities, 7.7, industrial and miscellaneous, 8.7, credit tenant loans, 9.7,
parent subsidiaries and affiliates and half of row 5.7, special revenue and
special assessments and "tax-exempt" means the sum of rows 3.7, states,
territories and possessions, 4.7, political subdivision of states, territories
and possessions, and half of row 5.7. For the purposes of this section,
"short-term" means one year or less, "intermediate-term" means more than one
year through 10 years, and "long-term" means more than 10 years.
(c) "Yields currently available on securities
in US capital markets" means,
(1) US
government bonds
(A) Short: yield on the
nominal 3-month constant maturity US Treasury bill as provided in the Federal
Reserve H.15 statistical release
(B) Intermediate: yield on the nominal
10-year constant maturity US Treasury bond as provided in the Federal Reserve
H.15 statistical release
(C) Long:
yield on the nominal 20-year constant maturity US Treasury bond as provided in
the Federal Reserve H.15 statistical release
(2) Other taxable bonds
(A) Short: yield on 3-month financial
commercial paper as provided in the Federal Reserve H.15 statistical
release
(B) Intermediate: average
yield on 10-year corporate A and AA rated bonds as provided by Valu/Bond on
Yahoo.com
(C) Long: average yield
on 20-year corporate A and AA rated bonds as provided by Valu/Bond on
Yahoo.com
(3) Tax exempt
bonds
(A) Short: yield on short-term other
taxable bonds times 1 minus the federal income tax rate of 21%
(B) Intermediate: average yield on 10-year
municipal A and AA rated bonds as provided by Valu/Bond on Yahoo.com
(C) Long: average yield on 20-year municipal
A and AA rated bonds as provided by Valu/Bond on Yahoo.com
(4) Common stock
(A) Dividends: ten-year average income return
as provided in the Ibbotson yearbook
(B) Capital gains: the risk-free rate, below,
plus 8%, which the Commissioner finds represents the risk-premium for common
stock investments generally, minus dividends, above
(5) Preferred stock dividends: average yield
on Moody's A-rated public utility preferred stocks as provided by Mergent Bond
Record
(6) Mortgage loans: yield on
long-term other taxable bonds, above
(7) Real estate: the risk-free rate, below,
plus 2%, which the Commissioner finds represents the risk-premium for real
estate investments
(8) Cash and
short term: yield on short-term US Treasury bills, above
(9) Other: yield on common stock,
above
(d) The "risk-free
rate" means the average of the short, intermediate and long-term US government
bonds, above, except that the short-term shall be one month instead of three
and the intermediate term shall be five years instead of ten.
(e) The projected yield shall be reduced by
the ratio of incurred investment expenses, page 11, line 25, column 3, of the
insurer's consolidated statutory annual statement, divided by the total of cash
and invested assets, page 2, line 10.
(f) The projected yield shall be multiplied
by the ratio of cash and invested assets, page 2, line 10 of the insurer's
consolidated statutory annual statement, divided by the sum of reserves, page
3, lines 1, 3 and 9, and surplus, page 3, line 35.
Notes
2. Repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) (Register 92, No. 15).
3. New section refiled 2-14-92 as an emergency; operative 2-14-92 (Register 92, No. 15). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmittted to OAL 6-15-92 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) and new section filed 3-15-95; operative 3-15-95. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11343(a)(1) (Register 95, No. 11).
5. Repealer and new section filed 1-3-2007; operative 4-3-2007. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11340.9(g) (Register 2007, No. 1).
6. Amendment of subsection (c)(5) filed 5-16-2008; operative 5-16-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11340.9(g) (Register 2008, No. 20).
7. Amendment of subsection (c)(3)(A) filed 2-23-2018; operative 2-23-2018. Exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act and OAL review pursuant to Government Code section 11340.9(g); submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11343.8 (Register 2018, No. 8).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1861.01 and 1861.05, Insurance Code; and 20th Century v. Garamendi, 8 Cal.4th 216 (1994). Reference: Sections 1861.01 and 1861.05, Insurance Code; and Calfarm Insurance Company v. Deukmejian (1989) 48 Cal.3d 805.
2. Repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) (Register 92, No. 15).
3. New section refiled 2-14-92 as an emergency; operative 2-14-92 (Register 92, No. 15). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmittted to OAL 6-15-92 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) and new section filed 3-15-95; operative 3-15-95. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11343(a)(1) (Register 95, No. 11).
5. Repealer and new section filed 1-3-2007; operative 4-3-2007. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11340.9(g) (Register 2007, No. 1).
6. Amendment of subsection (c)(5) filed 5-16-2008; operative 5-16-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11340.9(g) (Register 2008, No. 20).
7. Amendment of subsection (c)(3)(A) filed 2-23-2018; operative
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