2024 Membership

2025 Proposed Charges

The Life Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group of the Capital Adequacy (E) Task Force will:

1. Evaluate refinements to the existing NAIC RBC formulas implemented in the prior year. Forward the final version of the structure of the current year life and fraternal, property/casualty (P/C), and health RBC formulas to the Financial Condition (E) Committee by June.
2. Consider improvements and revisions to the various RBC blanks to: 1) conform the RBC blanks to changes made in other areas of the NAIC to promote uniformity; and 2) oversee the development of additional reporting formats within the existing RBC blanks as needs are identified. Any proposal that affects the RBC structure must be adopted no later than May 15 of the reporting year, and any proposal that affects the RBC factors and/or instructions must be adopted no later than June 30 of the reporting year. Adopted changes will be forwarded to the Financial Condition (E) Committee by the next scheduled meeting. Any adoptions made to the annual financial statement blanks or statutory accounting principles that affect an RBC change adopted by June 30 and result in an amended change may be considered by and adopted by July 30, where the Capital Adequacy (E) Task Force votes to pursue by two-thirds consent of members.
3. Monitor changes in accounting and reporting requirements resulting from the adoption and continuing maintenance of the revised Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual (AP&P Manual) to ensure that model laws, publications, formulas, analysis tools, etc., supported by the Task Force continue to meet regulatory objectives.
4. Review the effectiveness of the NAIC’s RBC policies and procedures as they affect the accuracy, audit ability, timeliness of reporting access to RBC results, and comparability between the RBC formulas. Report on data quality problems in the prior year RBC filings at the summer and fall national meetings.

2024 Adopted Charges

The Life Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group of the Capital Adequacy (E) Task Force will:

1. Evaluate refinements to the existing NAIC RBC formulas implemented in the prior year. Forward the final version of the structure of the current year life and fraternal, property/casualty (P/C), and health RBC formulas to the Financial Condition (E) Committee by June.
2. Consider improvements and revisions to the various RBC blanks to: 1) conform the RBC blanks to changes made in other areas of the NAIC to promote uniformity; and 2) oversee the development of additional reporting formats within the existing RBC blanks as needs are identified. Any proposal that affects the RBC structure must be adopted no later than April 30 of the reporting year, and any proposal that affects the RBC factors and/or instructions must be adopted no later than June 30 of the reporting year. Adopted changes will be forwarded to the Financial Condition (E) Committee by the next scheduled meeting. Any adoptions made to the annual financial statement blanks or statutory accounting principles that affect an RBC change adopted by June 30 and result in an amended change may be considered and adopted by July 30, where the Capital Adequacy (E) Task Force votes to pursue by super-majority (two-thirds) consent of members.
3. Monitor changes in accounting and reporting requirements resulting from the adoption and continuing maintenance of the revised Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual (AP&P Manual) to ensure that model laws, publications, formulas, analysis tools, etc., supported by the Task Force continue to meet regulatory objectives.
4. Review the effectiveness of the NAIC’s RBC policies and procedures as they affect the accuracy, audit ability, timeliness of reporting access to RBC results, and comparability between the RBC formulas. Report on data quality problems in the prior year RBC filings at the Summer National Meeting and Fall National Meeting.

The following Subgroups report to the Life Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group:

• Generator of Economic Scenarios (GOES) (E/A) Subgroup
• Longevity Risk (E/A) Subgroup
• Variable Annuities Capital and Reserve (E/A) Subgroup

Final Instructions for the Life Risk-Based Capital Schedules Changed by the New Commercial Mortgage Methodology

• Final Instructions

Instruction to Receive the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries' Price Index

• Price Index Instructions

Mortgage Instruction Update

• Risk Categoryw Table Correction

Additional guidance for the treatment of the Asset Valuation Reserve in C-3

• Additional guidance

• Asset Valuation Reserve Proposal 

• 2017 to 2018 Comparison