For an accident and health insurance contract issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, the standard prescribed in the valuation manual is the minimum standard of valuation required by Subsection B of Section 59A-8A-3 NMSA 1978. For an accident and health insurance contract issued on or after the operative date of Section 59A-20-31 NMSA 1978 and prior to the operative date of the valuation manual, the minimum standard of valuation is the standard adopted by the superintendent by rule.

History: 1978 Comp., § 59A-8A-7, enacted by Laws 2014, ch. 59, § 21.

Compiler's notes. — Pursuant to Laws 2014, ch. 59, § 55, the effective date of Laws 2014, ch. 59, §§ 15 through 27 was January 1, 2017. On June 30, 2016, the superintendent of insurance certified to the New Mexico compilation commission and the director of the legislative council service that:

(1) the most recent version of the manual of valuation instructions adopted by the national association of insurance commissioners has been adopted by the national association of insurance commissioners by an affirmative vote of at least forty-two members or three-fourths of the members voting, whichever is greater;

(2) the Standard Valuation Law of the national association of insurance commissioners, as amended in 2009, or legislation including substantially similar terms and provisions, has been enacted by states that collectively represent more than seventy-five percent of written direct premiums, as reported in the life, accident and health annual statements, the health annual statements and the fraternal annual statements submitted for 2008; and

(3) the Standard Valuation Law of the national association of insurance commissioners, as amended in 2009, or legislation including substantially similar terms and provisions, has been enacted by at least forty-two of the following fifty-five jurisdictions:

(a) the fifty states of the United States;

(b) American Samoa;

(c) the Virgin Islands of the United States;

(d) the District of Columbia;

(e) Guam; and

(f) Puerto Rico.

Severability. — Laws 2014, ch. 59, § 54 provided that if any part or application of the provisions of Laws 2014, ch. 59 is held invalid, the remainder or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected.