Washington Revised Code Title 48. Insurance § 48.46.235. Minimum net worth--Requirement to maintain--Determination of amount

(a) Three million dollars; or

(b) Two percent of annual premium earned as reported on the most recent annual financial statement filed with the commissioner on the first one hundred fifty million dollars of premium and one percent of annual premium on the premium in excess of one hundred fifty million dollars; or

(c) An amount equal to the sum of three months' uncovered expenditures as reported on the most recent financial statement filed with the commissioner.

(a) The amount required immediately prior to July 27, 1997, until December 31, 1997;

(b) Fifty percent of the amount required by subsection (1) of this section by December 31, 1997;

(c) Seventy-five percent of the amount required by subsection (1) of this section by December 31, 1998; and

(d) One hundred percent of the amount required by subsection (1) of this section by December 31, 1999.

(3)(a) In determining net worth, no debt shall be considered fully subordinated unless the subordination clause is in a form acceptable to the commissioner. An interest obligation relating to the repayment of a subordinated debt must be similarly subordinated.

(b) The interest expenses relating to the repayment of a fully subordinated debt shall not be considered uncovered expenditures.

(c) A subordinated debt incurred by a note meeting the requirement of this section, and otherwise acceptable to the commissioner, shall not be considered a liability and shall be recorded as equity.