What is Risk-based Capital?

• Risk-based capital is a method developed by the NAIC to measure the minimum amount of capital that an insurance company needs to support its overall business operations. Risk-based capital is used to set capital requirements considering the size and degree of risk taken by the insurer. As the current measurement stands there are four major categories of risk that must be measured to arrive at an overall risk-based capital amount. These categories are:

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