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PD 612 (The Insurance Code) Section 194

PD 612 (The Insurance Code) Section 194

Section 194

SEC. 194. An insurance company doing business in the Philippines shall at all times maintain a margin solvency which shall be an excess of the value of its admitted assets exclusive of its paid-up capital, in the case of a domestic company, or an excess of the value of its admitted assets in the Philippines, exclusive of its security deposits, in the case of a foreign company, over the amount of its liabilities, unearned premiums and reinsurance reserves in the Philippines of at least two per mille of the total amount of its insurance in force as of the preceding calendar year on all policies, except term insurance, in the case of a life company, or of at least ten per centum of the total amount of its net premium written during the preceding calendar year, in the case of company other than a life insurance company; Provided, That, in either case, such margin shall in no event be less than five hundred thousand pesos; and Provided, further, That the term "paid-up capital" shall not include contributed surplus and capital paid in excess of par value. Such assets, liabilities and reserves shall exclude assets, liabilities and reserves included in separate accounts established in accordance with section two hundred thirty-seven. Whenever the aforementioned margin be found to be less than that herein required to be maintained, the Commissioner shall forthwith direct the company to make good any such deficiency by cash, to be contributed by all stockholders of record in proportion to their respective interests, and paid to the treasurer of the company, within fifteen days from receipt of the order; Provided, That the company in the interim shall not be permitted to take any new risk of any kind or character unless and until it make good such deficiency.

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CitationPD 612 (The Insurance Code) Section 194 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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