840R16. For the purposes of paragraph a.1 of section 840 of the Act, a life insurer may deduct, in computing its income for a taxation year, as a reserve in respect of an unpaid claim received by it before the end of the year under a life insurance policy in Canada, an amount not exceeding the lesser of(a) the reported reserve of the insurer at the end of the year in respect of the claim; and
(b) the policy liability of the insurer at the end of the year in respect of the claim.