(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of Article 1 or Article 2 of this chapter to the contrary, an insurer may under this article acquire investments in investments pools that:

(1) Invest only in:

(A) Obligations that are rated 1 or 2 by the SVO or have an equivalent of an SVO 1 or 2 rating by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization recognized by the SVO or, in the absence of an SVO 1 or 2 rating or equivalent rating, the issuer has outstanding obligations with an SVO 1 or 2 rating or equivalent rating by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization recognized by the SVO and which have:

(i) A remaining maturity of 397 days or less or a put that entitles the holder to receive the principal amount of the obligation, which put may be exercised through maturity at specified intervals not exceeding 397 days; or

(ii) A remaining maturity of three years or less and a floating interest rate that resets no less frequently than quarterly on the basis of a current short-term index, including federal funds, prime rate, treasury bills, London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR), or commercial paper, and is subject to no maximum limit, if the obligations do not have an interest rate that varies inversely to market interest rate changes;

(B) Government money market mutual funds or class one money market mutual funds; or

(C) Securities lending, repurchase, and reverse repurchase transactions that meet all the requirements of Code Section 33-11-7; or

(2) Invest only in investments which an insurer may acquire under this title, if the insurer's proportionate interest in the amount invested in such investments does not exceed the applicable limits of this title.