Ins. Code, § 1194.6

(a) Excess funds investments may be made by an insurer in bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness payable in United States dollars, and issued by a corporation incorporated under the laws of an alien government provided all of the following conditions are met:

(1) All the stock of the corporation is owned and ultimately controlled by a domestic corporation.

(2) Payment in full of any bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness is guaranteed by the domestic corporation.

(3) Any bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness is evaluated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as a bond which may be carried at amortized cost.

(b) Excess fund investments may be made by a life insurer in bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness payable in a currency other than United States dollars and issued by a corporation incorporated under the laws of an alien government provided all the following conditions are met:

(1) All of the stock of the corporation is owned and ultimately controlled by a domestic corporation.

(2) Payment in full of any bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness is guaranteed by the domestic corporation.

(3) Any bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness is evaluated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as a bond which may be carried at amortized cost.

(4) The life insurer shall, prior to or within five business days after purchase, enter into a contract with a qualified bank pursuant to which the bank agrees to exchange the payments made on the nondollar denominated investment for the full term to maturity of the investment for United States currency at a rate approximating the prevailing exchange rate at the time of the purchase. For purposes of this subdivision, a qualified bank means a bank the accounts of which are insured by an agency or instrumentality of the federal government or which is a member of the Federal Reserve System and a bank that has a net worth equal to or in excess of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) as shown on its most recently published financial statements.

(c) “Domestic,” as used in this section, means organized under the laws of any state, or of the United States or of the District of Columbia.