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HB 2721 Insurance; hedging transactions.

Introduced by: L. Preston Bryant, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Insurance; hedging transactions. Authorizes domestic insurers to effect bona fide hedging transactions pertaining to certain foreign securities. Currently, hedging transactions may pertain to other categories of domestic and Canadian obligations. The measure also expands the definition of a bona fide hedging transaction to include the purchase or sale of a contract, warrant, option, call, put or right that seeks to (i) minimize foreign currency risks or (ii) offset currency risks and other items that qualify for hedge accounting.


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