In addition to making investments in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations and other securities permitted under chapter 682A of NRS, a domestic insurer may invest:

1. In common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations and other securities of one or more subsidiaries, amounts which do not exceed the lesser of 10 percent of the insurer’s assets or 50 percent of its surplus as regards policyholders, if the insurer’s surplus as regards policyholders remains at a reasonable level in relation to the insurer’s outstanding liabilities and adequate to its financial needs. In calculating the amount of such investments:

(a) Any investment in a domestic or foreign insurance subsidiary or health maintenance organization must be excluded.

(b) The following must be included:

(1) Total net money or other consideration expended and obligations assumed in the acquisition or formation of a subsidiary, including all organizational expenses and contributions to capital and surplus of the subsidiary whether or not represented by the purchase of capital stock or issuance of other securities; and

(2) All amounts expended in acquiring additional common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations and other securities and all contributions to the capital or surplus of a subsidiary after its acquisition or formation.

2. Any amount in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations and other securities of one or more subsidiaries that are engaged exclusively in or organized to engage exclusively in the ownership and management of assets which are authorized as investments of the domestic insurer, if each subsidiary agrees to limit its investments in any asset so that those investments will not cause the amount of the total investment of the insurer to exceed any of the investment limitations specified in subsection 1 or in chapter 682A of NRS. For the purpose of this subsection, “total investment of the insurer” includes any direct investment by the insurer in an asset and the insurer’s proportionate share of any investment in an asset by any subsidiary of the insurer, which must be calculated by multiplying the amount of the subsidiary’s investment by the percentage of the insurer’s ownership of the subsidiary.

3. Any amount in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations or other securities of one or more subsidiaries, with the approval of the Commissioner, if the insurer’s surplus as regards policyholders remains at a reasonable level in relation to the insurer’s outstanding liabilities and adequate to its financial needs.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1038; A 2001, 2229; 2003, 3322; 2013, 3360)