Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 33. INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

CHAPTER 2. REGULATION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES

Part 5. Assets and Liabilities -- Reserves

Unearned Premium Reserve For Property, Casualty, And Surety

33-2-512. Unearned premium reserve for property, casualty, and surety. (1) As to insurance against loss or damage to property, except as provided in 33-2-513, and as to all general casualty insurance and surety insurance, every insurer shall maintain an unearned premium reserve on all policies in force.

(2) The commissioner may require that such reserves shall be equal to the unearned portions of the gross premiums in force after deducting applicable reinsurance in solvent insurers as computed on each respective risk from the policy's date of issue. If the commissioner does not so require, the portions of the gross premium in force, less applicable reinsurance in solvent insurers, to be held as an unearned premium reserve, shall be computed according to the following table:

Term for Which Policy Reserve for Unearned
  Was Written Premium   
  1 year or less  1/2
  2 years  1st year 3/4
2nd year 1/4
  3 years  1st year 5/6
2nd year 1/2
3rd year 1/6
  4 years  1st year 7/8
2nd year 5/8
3rd year 3/8
4th year 1/8
  5 years  1st year 9/10
2nd year 7/10
3rd year 1/2
4th year 3/10
5th year 1/10
  Over 5 years  pro rata

(3) In lieu of computation according to the foregoing table, the insurer at its option may compute all of such reserves on a monthly or more frequent pro rata basis.

(4) After adopting a method for computing such reserve, an insurer shall not change methods without approval of the commissioner.

(5) This section does not apply to title insurance.

History: En. Sec. 86, Ch. 286, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 40-3005.