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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 31.05.06.02" title_num="31" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="06" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Admitted assets” means those assets of the insurer which comply with the definition of the term contained in Insurance Article, §5-101, Annotated Code of Maryland, and which are listed on the last annual statement of the insurer filed with the Commissioner and valued in accordance with the then current instructions, rules, and regulations of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and of the Commissioner.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“High yield/high risk obligation” means an interest-bearing obligation which is not an investment grade obligation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Interest-bearing obligation” means:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An obligation of the type specified in Insurance Article, §§5-511(d)(ii), (iii), (iv) and 5-608(d) and (e), Annotated Code of Maryland, for a reserve investment; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A collateral loan which meets the requirements of Insurance Article, §5-511(i), Annotated Code of Maryland, and is secured by an obligation described in §B(3)(a) of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Investment grade obligation” means an interest-bearing obligation which qualifies under any of the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The obligation is currently rated by Moody's Investors Service or by Standard and Poor's Corporation in one of the top four generic lettered rating classifications of either of those organizations;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The obligation has been designated as “Yes X” or “Yes” or classified in designation(1) or (2) by the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, or is determined by that office to qualify for a designation of “Yes X”, “Yes”,(1), or (2); or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The obligation is currently given a corresponding rating by another rating agency approved by the Commissioner.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Person” means a person as defined in Insurance Article, §1-101(dd), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Rating agency” means the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Moody's Investors Service, Standard and Poor's Corporation, or any similar organization approved by the Commissioner at the request of an insurer.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>