Montana Code Annotated 2013

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     33-2-502. Assets expressly not allowed. In addition to assets impliedly excluded by the provisions of 33-2-501, the following expressly may not be allowed as assets in any determination of the financial condition of an insurer:
     (1) goodwill, trade names, and other like intangible assets;
     (2) advances to officers, other than policy loans, whether secured or not, and advances to employees, insurance producers, and other persons on personal security only;
     (3) stock issued and owned by the insurer, any equity in the stock issued by the insurer, loans secured by the stock issued by the insurer, or any proportionate interest in the stock acquired or held through the ownership by the insurer of an interest in another firm, corporation, or business unit;
     (4) furniture, fixtures (other than electronic data processing machines authorized under 33-2-501(11)), furnishings, safes, vehicles, libraries, stationery, literature, and supplies, except:
     (a) in the case of title insurers, materials and plants that the insurer is expressly authorized to invest in under 33-25-211; and
     (b) in the case of any insurer, personal property that the insurer is permitted to hold pursuant to chapter 12, that is acquired through foreclosure of chattel mortgages acquired pursuant to 33-12-207 or 33-12-307, or that is reasonably necessary for the maintenance and operation of real estate lawfully acquired and held by the insurer other than real estate used by it for home office, branch office, and similar purposes;
     (5) the amount, if any, by which the aggregate book value of investments as carried in the ledger assets of the insurer exceeds the aggregate value of the investments as determined under this title; and
     (6) prepaid expenses.

     History: En. Sec. 84, Ch. 286, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 40-3003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 713, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 304, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 472, L. 1999.

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