For the purposes of the Standard Valuation Act:

(1) Accident and health insurance contract means a contract that incorporates morbidity risk and provides protection against economic loss resulting from accident, sickness, or medical conditions and as may be specified in the valuation manual;

(2) Appointed actuary means a qualified actuary who is appointed in accordance with the valuation manual to prepare the actuarial opinion required in sections 44-421 to 44-425 and 44-8905;

(3) Company means an entity which has (a) written, issued, or reinsured life insurance contracts, accident and health insurance contracts, or deposit-type contracts in this state and has at least one such policy in force or on claim or (b) written, issued, or reinsured life insurance contracts, accident and health insurance contracts, or deposit-type contracts in any state and is required to hold a certificate of authority to write life insurance, accident and health insurance, or deposit-type contracts in this state;

(4) Deposit-type contract means a contract that does not incorporate mortality or morbidity risks and as may be specified in the valuation manual;

(5) Director means the Director of Insurance;

(6) Life insurance contract means a contract that incorporates mortality risk, including annuity and pure endowment contracts, and as may be specified in the valuation manual;

(7) Policyholder behavior means any action a policyholder, a contract holder, or any other person with the right to elect options, such as a certificate holder, may take under a policy or contract subject to the act including, but not limited to, lapse, withdrawal, transfer, deposit, premium payment, loan, annuitization, or benefit elections prescribed by the policy or contract but excluding events of mortality or morbidity that result in benefits prescribed in their essential aspects by the terms of the policy or contract;

(8) Principle-based valuation means a reserve valuation that uses one or more methods or one or more assumptions determined by the insurer and is required to comply with section 44-8909 as specified in the valuation manual;

(9) Qualified actuary means an individual who is qualified to sign the applicable statement of actuarial opinion in accordance with the American Academy of Actuaries qualification standards for actuaries signing such statements and who meets the requirements specified in the valuation manual;

(10) Reserves means reserve liabilities;

(11) Tail risk means a risk that occurs either when the frequency of low probability events is higher than expected under a normal probability distribution or when there are observed events of very significant size or magnitude; and

(12) Valuation manual means the valuation manual prescribed by the director which conforms substantially to the valuation manual developed and adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.