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PD 612 (The Insurance Code) Section 204

PD 612 (The Insurance Code) Section 204

Section 204

SEC. 204. After satisfying the requirements contained in the preceding section, any domestic non-life insurance company, may invest, to an amount prescribed below, its funds in, or otherwise, acquire or loan upon, only the classes of investments described in section two hundred, including securities issued by any "registered enterprise", as this term is denned in Republic Act No. 5186, otherwise known as the Investment Incentives Act; Provided, That (a) no more than twenty per centum of the net worth of such company as shown by its latest financial statement approved by the Commissioner shall be invested in the lot and building in which the insurance company conducts its business; and (b) the total investment of an insurance company in any registered enterprise shall not exceed twenty per centum of the net worth of said insurance company as shown by its aforesaid financial statement nor twenty per centum of the paid-up capital of the registered enterprise excluding the intended investment, unless previously authorized by the Commissioner: And provided, further, That such investments, free from any lien or encumbrance, shall be at least equal in amount to the aggregate amount of (a) its legal reserve, as provided in section two hundred thirteen, and (b) its reserve fund held for reinsurance as provided for in the pertinent treaty provision in the case of reinsurance ceded to authorized insurers.

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