(a) Insurers shall invest in or lend their funds on the security of, and shall hold as invested assets, only eligible investments as prescribed in this chapter.

(b) Any particular investment held by an insurer on November 1, 1968, which was a legal investment at the time it was made, and which the insurer was legally entitled to possess immediately prior to such date, shall be deemed to be an eligible investment.

(c) An investment qualified, in whole or in part, for acquisition or holding as an eligible investment may be qualified or requalified at the time of acquisition or at a later date, in whole or in part, under any section of this chapter, if the relevant conditions contained in the section are satisfied at the time of qualification or requalification. In order for an investment, subsequent to the time of its acquisition, to be qualified or requalified, prior written approval of the Commissioner must be obtained.

(d) Unless otherwise specified, an investment limitation computed on the basis of an insurer’s admitted assets or capital and surplus shall relate to the amount required to be shown on the statutory balance sheet of the insurer most recently required to be filed with the Commissioner or as shown by a current financial statement resulting from merger of another insurer, bulk reinsurance, or change in capitalization. For purposes of computing any limitation based upon admitted assets, the insurer shall deduct from the amount of its admitted assets the amount of the liability recorded on its statutory balance sheet for:

(1) The return of acceptable collateral received in a reverse repurchase transaction or a securities lending transaction;

(2) Cash received in a dollar roll transaction; and

(3) The amount reported as borrowed money in the most recently filed financial statement, to the extent not included in paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) of this section.

(e) An insurer shall not invest in:

(1) Corporate obligations under § 1308 (c)(5) of this title;

(2) Bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness secured by second mortgages or deeds of trust under § 1323(a) of this title;

(3) Participations under § 1323(e) of this title;

(4) Secured obligations of institutions under § 1331 of this title; or

(5) Production payments under § 1332 of this title;

Unless such insurer possesses unimpaired capital and surplus (contributed and assigned) of not less than $7,500,000 (as shown by the insurer’s annual statement as of December 31 next preceding the date of acquisition), which amount shall be invested in investments permitted under this chapter other than those specified in this subsection or § 1320 (miscellaneous investments) of this title.

18 Del. C. 1953, § 1302; 56 Del. Laws, c. 380, § 1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 363, § 19; 70 Del. Laws, c. 108, §§ 1, 2; 71 Del. Laws, c. 202, §§ 1, 2.