Controlling persons of insurance companies would be required to
file an annual group capital calculation (GCC) with state insurance
regulators, and such information would be subject to
confidentiality protections, under new proposed guidance from the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).
Insurers should be carefully analyzing whether they would be
subject to these requirements and, if so, what the effects of the
NAIC's GCC requirements and methodologies will be on them.
On June 16, the NAIC's GCC Working Group exposed for public
comment draft amendments to the NAIC's model Insurance Holding
Company Systems Regulatory Act (the Holding Company Act), the
states' principal tool for regulating controlled insurance
companies. The amendments would incorporate the use of a GCC, which
has been developed over the past several years as an additional
tool that allows regulators to oversee an insurance group's
financial health. Comments on the NAIC draft are