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INSURANCE CHANGES

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2016 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: James A. Dunnigan

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Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill modifies the Insurance Code.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     addresses confidentiality of information obtained by the commissioner;
13          ▸     defines terms;
14          ▸     modifies provisions related to reserve valuation;
15          ▸     addresses actuarial opinion of reserves;
16          ▸     modifies computation of minimum standard under various circumstances;
17          ▸     addresses minimum reserves;
18          ▸     addresses the reserve calculation under various circumstances;
19          ▸     modifies minimum standards for accident and health insurance;
20          ▸     addresses adoption and use of a valuation manual;
21          ▸     enacts requirements of principle-based valuation;
22          ▸     enacts provisions related to experience reporting;
23          ▸     addresses confidentiality of information;
24          ▸     enacts a single state and small company exemption;
25          ▸     modifies Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Life Insurance; and
26          ▸     makes technical and conforming amendments.
27     Money Appropriated in this Bill:

28          None
29     Other Special Clauses:
30          None
31     Utah Code Sections Affected:
32     AMENDS:
33          31A-16-109, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 244
34          31A-17-501, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 305
35          31A-17-502, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 305
36          31A-17-503, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 258
37          31A-17-504, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2001, Chapter 116
38          31A-17-505, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2002, Chapter 308
39          31A-17-506, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 297
40          31A-17-507, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 297
41          31A-17-509, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2001, Chapter 116
42          31A-17-510, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 297
43          31A-17-511, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 305
44          31A-22-408, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 258
45     ENACTS:
46          31A-17-514, Utah Code Annotated 1953
47          31A-17-515, Utah Code Annotated 1953
48          31a-17-516, Utah Code Annotated 1953
49          31A-17-517, Utah Code Annotated 1953
50          31A-17-518, Utah Code Annotated 1953
51          31A-17-519, Utah Code Annotated 1953
52     REPEALS AND REENACTS:
53          31A-17-513, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2001, Chapter 116
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55     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
56          Section 1. Section 31A-16-109 is amended to read:
57          31A-16-109. Confidentiality of information obtained by commissioner.
58          (1) Information, documents, and copies of these that are obtained by or disclosed to the

59     commissioner or any other person in the course of an examination or investigation made under
60     Section 31A-16-107.5, and all information reported under Section 31A-16-105, is confidential.
61     It is not subject to subpoena and may not be made public by the commissioner or any other
62     person without the permission of the insurer, except it may be provided to the insurance
63     departments of other states, without the prior written consent of the insurer to which it pertains.
64     [The confidentiality of this section does not apply if the commissioner, after giving the insurer
65     and its affiliates who would be affected by the disclosure, proper notice and an opportunity to
66     be heard, and determines that the interests of policyholders, shareholders, or the public will be
67     served by the publication of the information. In this situation, the commissioner may publish
68     all or any part of the information in any manner the commissioner considers appropriate.]
69          (2) The commissioner and any person who received documents, materials, or other
70     information while acting under the authority of the commissioner or with whom the
71     documents, materials, or other information are shared pursuant to this chapter shall keep
72     confidential any confidential documents, materials, or information subject to Subsection (1).
73          (3) (a) To assist in the performance of the commissioner's duties, the commissioner:
74          (i) may share documents, materials, or other information, including the confidential
75     documents, materials, or information subject to Subsection (1), with the following if the
76     recipient agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality status of the document, material, or
77     other information, and has verified in writing the legal authority to maintain confidentiality:
78          (A) other state, federal, and international regulatory agencies;
79          (B) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates and
80     subsidiaries; and
81          (C) state, federal, and international law enforcement authorities, including members of
82     a supervisory college described in Section 31A-16-108.5;
83          (ii) notwithstanding Subsection (1), may only share confidential documents, material,
84     or information reported pursuant to Section 31A-16-105 with commissioners of states having
85     statutes or regulations substantially similar to Subsection (1) and who have agreed in writing
86     not to disclose the documents, material, or information;
87          (iii) may receive documents, materials, or information, including otherwise
88     confidential documents, materials, or information from the National Association of Insurance
89     Commissioners and its affiliates and subsidiaries and from regulatory and law enforcement

90     officials of other foreign or domestic jurisdictions, and shall maintain as confidential any
91     document, material, or information received with notice or the understanding that it is
92     confidential under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the document, material, or
93     information; and
94          (iv) shall enter into written agreements with the National Association of Insurance
95     Commissioners governing sharing and use of information provided pursuant to this chapter
96     consistent with this Subsection (3) that shall:
97          (A) specify procedures and protocols regarding the confidentiality and security of
98     information shared with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates
99     and subsidiaries pursuant to this chapter, including procedures and protocols for sharing by the
100     National Association of Insurance Commissioners with other state, federal, or international
101     regulators;
102          (B) specify that ownership of information shared with the National Association of
103     Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates and subsidiaries pursuant to this chapter remains
104     with the commissioner and the National Association of Insurance Commissioner's use of the
105     information is subject to the direction of the commissioner;
106          (C) require prompt notice to be given to an insurer whose confidential information in
107     the possession of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners pursuant to this chapter
108     is subject to a request or subpoena to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for
109     disclosure or production; and
110          (D) require the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates and
111     subsidiaries to consent to intervention by an insurer in any judicial or administrative action in
112     which the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates and subsidiaries
113     may be required to disclose confidential information about the insurer shared with the National
114     Association of Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates and subsidiaries pursuant to this
115     chapter.
116          (4) The sharing of information by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter does not
117     constitute a delegation of regulatory authority or rulemaking, and the commissioner is solely
118     responsible for the administration, execution, and enforcement of this chapter.
119          (5) A waiver of any applicable claim of confidentiality in the documents, materials, or
120     information does not occur as a result of disclosure to the commissioner under this section or

121     as a result of sharing as authorized in Subsection (3).
122          (6) Documents, materials, or other information in the possession or control of the
123     National Association of Insurance Commissioners pursuant to this chapter are:
124          (a) confidential, not public records, and not open to public inspection; and
125          (b) not subject to Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management
126     Act.
127          Section 2. Section 31A-17-501 is amended to read:
128          31A-17-501. Standard Valuation Law -- Definitions.
129          (1) This part is known as the "Standard Valuation Law."
130          (2) As used in this part, the following definitions apply on or after the operative date of
131     the valuation manual:
132          (a) Notwithstanding Section 31A-1-301, "accident and health insurance" means a
133     contract that incorporates morbidity risk and provides protection against economic loss
134     resulting from accident, sickness, or medical conditions and as may be specified in the
135     valuation manual.
136          (b) "Appointed actuary" means a qualified actuary who is appointed in accordance with
137     the valuation manual to prepare the actuarial opinion required in Subsection 31A-17-503(2).
138          (c) "Company" means an entity that:
139          (i) has written, issued, or reinsured a life insurance contract, accident and health
140     insurance contract, or deposit-type contract in this state and has at least one such policy in force
141     or on claim; or
142          (ii) has written, issued, or reinsured a life insurance contract, accident and health
143     insurance contract, or deposit-type contract in any state and is required to hold a certificate of
144     authority to write life insurance, accident and health insurance, or deposit-type contracts in this
145     state.
146          (d) "Deposit-type contract" means a contract that does not incorporate mortality or
147     morbidity risks and as may be specified in the valuation manual.
148          (e) Notwithstanding Section 31A-1-301, "life insurance" means a contract that
149     incorporates mortality risk, including annuity and pure endowment contracts, and as may be
150     specified in the valuation manual.
151          (f) "Policyholder behavior" means an action that a policyholder, contract holder, or any

152     other person with the right to elect options, such as a certificate holder, may take under a policy
153     or contract subject to this part, including lapse, withdrawal, transfer, deposit, premium
154     payment, loan, annuitization, or benefit elections prescribed by the policy or contract, but
155     excluding events of mortality or morbidity that result in benefits prescribed in their essential
156     aspects by the terms of the policy or contract.
157          (g) "Principle-based valuation" means a reserve valuation that uses one or more
158     methods or one or more assumptions determined by the insurer and is required to comply with
159     Section 31A-17-515 as specified in the valuation manual.
160          (h) "Qualified actuary" means an individual who is qualified to sign the applicable
161     statement of actuarial opinion in accordance with the American Academy of Actuaries
162     qualification standards for actuaries signing the statements and who meets the requirements
163     specified in the valuation manual.
164          (i) "Tail risk" means a risk that occurs either when the frequency of low probability
165     events is higher than expected under a normal probability distribution or when there are
166     observed events of very significant size or magnitude.
167          (j) "Valuation manual" means the manual of valuation instructions adopted in
168     accordance with Section 31A-17-514.
169          Section 3. Section 31A-17-502 is amended to read:
170          31A-17-502. Reserve valuation.
171          (1) The following apply to a policy or contract issued before the operative date of the
172     valuation manual:
173          (a) The commissioner shall annually value, or cause to be valued, the reserve liabilities
174     [(], also called "reserves" in this part[)], for [all] outstanding life insurance policies and annuity
175     and pure endowment contracts, of every life insurance company doing business in this state,
176     [and may certify the amount of any such reserves, specifying the mortality table or tables, rate
177     or rates of interest, and methods (net level premium method or other) used in the calculation of
178     such reserves] issued before the operative date of the valuation manual. In calculating [such]
179     the reserves, [he] the commissioner may use group methods and approximate averages for
180     fractions of a year or otherwise. In lieu of the valuation of the reserves required in this part of
181     any foreign or alien company, [he] the commissioner may accept any valuation made, or caused
182     to be made, by the insurance supervisory official of any state or other jurisdiction when such

183     valuation complies with the minimum standard provided in this part[, and if the official of such
184     state or jurisdiction accepts as sufficient and for all valid legal purposes the certificate of
185     valuation of the commissioner when such certificate states the valuation to have been made in a
186     specified manner according to which the aggregate reserves would be at least as large as if they
187     had been computed in the manner prescribed by the law of that state or jurisdiction].
188          (b) (i) Sections 31A-17-504, 31A-17-505, 31A-17-506, 31A-17-507, 31A-17-508,
189     31A-17-509, 31A-17-510, 31A-17-511, 31A-17-512, and 31A-17-513 apply to a policy or
190     contract, as appropriate, subject to this part issued before the operative date of the valuation
191     manual.
192          (ii) Sections 31A-17-514 and 31A-17-515 do not apply to a policy or contract
193     described in Subsection (1)(b)(i).
194          (2) The following apply to a policy or contract issued on or after the operative date of
195     the valuation manual:
196          (a) The commissioner shall annually value, or cause to be valued, the reserve liabilities,
197     also called "reserves" in this part, for an outstanding life insurance contract, annuity and pure
198     endowment contract, accident and health contract, and deposit-type contract of every company
199     issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual. In lieu of the valuation of the
200     reserve liabilities required of a foreign or alien company, the commissioner may accept a
201     valuation made, or caused to be made, by the insurance supervisory official of any state or
202     other jurisdiction when the valuation complies with the minimum standard provided in this
203     part.
204          (b) Sections 31A-17-514 and 31A-17-515 apply to a policy or contract issued on or
205     after the operative date of the valuation manual.
206          Section 4. Section 31A-17-503 is amended to read:
207          31A-17-503. Actuarial opinion of reserves.
208          [(1) This section becomes operative on December 31, 1993.]
209          [(2) General: Every] (1) (a) For an actuarial opinion before the operative date of the
210     valuation manual, a life insurance company doing business in this state shall annually submit
211     the opinion of a qualified actuary as to whether the reserves and related actuarial items held in
212     support of the policies and contracts specified by the commissioner by rule are computed
213     appropriately, are based on assumptions which satisfy contractual provisions, are consistent

214     with prior reported amounts, and comply with applicable laws of this state. The commissioner
215     by rule shall define the specifics of this opinion and add any other items considered to be
216     necessary to its scope.
217          [(3) Actuarial] (b) The following apply to the actuarial analysis of reserves and assets
218     supporting reserves:
219          [(a) Every] (i) A life insurance company, except as exempted by or pursuant to rule,
220     shall also annually include in the opinion required by Subsection [(2)] (1)(a), an opinion of the
221     same qualified actuary as to whether the reserves and related actuarial items held in support of
222     the policies and contracts specified by the commissioner by rule, when considered in light of
223     the assets held by the company with respect to the reserves and related actuarial items,
224     including the investment earnings on the assets and the considerations anticipated to be
225     received and retained under the policies and contracts, make adequate provision for the
226     company's obligations under the policies and contracts, including the benefits under the
227     expenses associated with the policies and contracts.
228          [(b)] (ii) The commissioner may provide by rule for a transition period for establishing
229     any higher reserves which the qualified actuary may consider necessary in order to render the
230     opinion required by this section.
231          [(4) Requirement for opinion under Subsection (3): Each]
232          (c) An opinion required by Subsection [(3)] (1)(b) shall be governed by the following
233     provisions:
234          [(a)] (i) A memorandum, in form and substance acceptable to the commissioner as
235     specified by rule, shall be prepared to support each actuarial opinion.
236          [(b)] (ii) If the insurance company fails to provide a supporting memorandum at the
237     request of the commissioner within a period specified by rule or the commissioner determines
238     that the supporting memorandum provided by the insurance company fails to meet the
239     standards prescribed by the rule or is otherwise unacceptable to the commissioner, the
240     commissioner may engage a qualified actuary at the expense of the company to review the
241     opinion and the basis for the opinion and prepare such supporting memorandum as is required
242     by the commissioner.
243          [(5) Requirement for all opinions: Every]
244          (d) An opinion subject to this Subsection (1) shall be governed by the following

245     provisions:
246          [(a)] (i) The opinion shall be submitted with the annual statement reflecting the
247     valuation of the reserve liabilities for each year ending on or after December 31, 1993.
248          [(b)] (ii) The opinion shall apply to [all] the business in force including individual and
249     group health insurance plans, in form and substance acceptable to the commissioner as
250     specified by rule.
251          [(c)] (iii) The opinion shall be based on standards adopted from time to time by the
252     Actuarial Standards Board and on such additional standards as the commissioner may by rule
253     prescribe.
254          [(d)] (iv) In the case of an opinion required to be submitted by a foreign or alien
255     company, the commissioner may accept the opinion filed by that company with the insurance
256     supervisory official of another state if the commissioner determines that the opinion reasonably
257     meets the requirements applicable to a company domiciled in this state.
258          [(e)] (v) For the purposes of this section, "qualified actuary" means a member in good
259     standing of the American Academy of Actuaries who meets the requirements set forth by
260     department rule.
261          [(f)] (vi) Except in cases of fraud or willful misconduct, the qualified actuary is not
262     liable for damages to any person, other than the insurance company and the commissioner, for
263     any act, error, omission, decision, or conduct with respect to the actuary's opinion.
264          [(g)] (vii) Disciplinary action by the commissioner against the company or the qualified
265     actuary shall be defined in rules by the commissioner consistent with Section 31A-2-308 and
266     Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act.
267          [(h) (i)] (viii) (A) Any memorandum in support of the opinion, and any other material
268     provided by the company to the commissioner in connection [therewith] with the opinion, are
269     considered protected records under Section 63G-2-305 and may not be made public and are not
270     subject to subpoena under Subsection 63G-2-202(7), other than for the purpose of defending an
271     action seeking damages from any person by reason of any action required by this section or
272     rules [promulgated] made under this section.
273          [(ii)] (B) However, the memorandum or other material may otherwise be released by
274     the commissioner[: (A)] with the written consent of the company[;], or [(B)] to the American
275     Academy of Actuaries upon request stating that the memorandum or other material is required

276     for the purpose of professional disciplinary proceedings and setting forth procedures
277     satisfactory to the commissioner for preserving the confidentiality of the memorandum or other
278     material.
279          [(iii)] (C) Once any portion of the confidential memorandum is cited in its marketing
280     or is cited before any governmental agency other than the department or is released to the news
281     media, all portions of the memorandum are no longer confidential.
282          (2) The following apply to an actuarial opinion of reserves after the operative date of
283     the valuation manual:
284          (a) A company with an outstanding life insurance contract, accident and health
285     insurance contract, or deposit-type contract in this state and subject to rule made by the
286     commissioner shall annually submit the opinion of the appointed actuary as to whether the
287     reserves and related actuarial items held in support of the policies and contracts are computed
288     appropriately, are based on assumptions that satisfy contractual provisions, are consistent with
289     prior reported amounts, and comply with applicable laws of this state. The valuation manual
290     will prescribe the specifics of this opinion including any items considered to be necessary to its
291     scope.
292          (b) A company with an outstanding life insurance contract, accident and health
293     insurance contract, or deposit-type contract in this state and subject to rule made by the
294     commissioner, except as exempted in the valuation manual, shall also annually include in the
295     opinion required by Subsection (2)(a) an opinion of the same appointed actuary as to whether
296     the reserves and related actuarial items held in support of the policies and contracts specified in
297     the valuation manual, when considered in light of the assets held by the company with respect
298     to the reserves and related actuarial items, including the investment earnings on the assets and
299     the considerations anticipated to be received and retained under the policies and contracts,
300     make adequate provision for the company's obligations under the policies and contracts,
301     including the benefits under and expenses associated with the policies and contracts.
302          (c) An opinion required by Subsection (2)(b) shall be governed by the following
303     provisions:
304          (i) A memorandum, in form and substance as specified in the valuation manual, and
305     acceptable to the commissioner, shall be prepared to support each actuarial opinion.
306          (ii) If the insurance company fails to provide a supporting memorandum at the request

307     of the commissioner within a period specified in the valuation manual or the commissioner
308     determines that the supporting memorandum provided by the insurance company fails to meet
309     the standards prescribed by the valuation manual or is otherwise unacceptable to the
310     commissioner, the commissioner may engage a qualified actuary at the expense of the company
311     to review the opinion and the basis for the opinion and prepare the supporting memorandum
312     required by the commissioner.
313          (d) An opinion subject to this Subsection (2) shall be governed by the following
314     provisions:
315          (i) The opinion shall be in form and substance as specified in the valuation manual and
316     acceptable to the commissioner.
317          (ii) The opinion shall be submitted with the annual statement reflecting the valuation of
318     such reserve liabilities for each year ending on or after the operative date of the valuation
319     manual.
320          (iii) The opinion shall apply to the policies and contracts subject to Subsection (2)(b),
321     plus other actuarial liabilities as may be specified in the valuation manual.
322          (iv) The opinion shall be based on standards adopted from time to time by the
323     Actuarial Standards Board or its successor, and on such additional standards as may be
324     prescribed in the valuation manual.
325          (v) In the case of an opinion required to be submitted by a foreign or alien company,
326     the commissioner may accept the opinion filed by that company with the insurance supervisory
327     official of another state if the commissioner determines that the opinion reasonably meets the
328     requirements applicable to a company domiciled in this state.
329          (vi) Except in cases of fraud or willful misconduct, the appointed actuary may not be
330     liable for damages to any person, other than the insurance company and the commissioner, for
331     any act, error, omission, decision, or conduct with respect to the appointed actuary's opinion.
332          (vii) Disciplinary action by the commissioner against the company or the appointed
333     actuary shall be defined in rules by the commissioner consistent with Section 31A-2-308 and
334     Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act.
335          Section 5. Section 31A-17-504 is amended to read:
336          31A-17-504. Computation of minimum standard.
337          Except as [otherwise] provided in Sections 31A-17-505, 31A-17-506, and 31A-17-513,

338     the minimum standard for the valuation of [all] the life insurance policies and annuity and pure
339     endowment contracts issued [prior to] before January 1, 1994, shall be that provided by the
340     laws in effect immediately [prior to] before that date. Except as otherwise provided in Sections
341     31A-17-505, 31A-17-506, and 31A-17-513, the minimum standard for the valuation of [all]
342     such policies and contracts issued on or after January 1, 1994, shall be the commissioner's
343     reserve valuation methods defined in Sections 31A-17-507, 31A-17-508, 31A-17-511, and
344     31A-17-513, 3.5% interest, or in the case of life insurance policies and contracts, other than
345     annuity and pure endowment contracts, issued on or after June 1, 1973, 4% interest for such
346     policies issued [prior to] before April 2, 1980, 5.5% interest for single premium life insurance
347     policies, and 4.5% interest for all other such policies issued on and after April 2, 1980, and the
348     following tables:
349          (1) For [all] an ordinary [policies] policy of life insurance issued on the standard basis,
350     excluding any accident and health and accidental death benefits in [such policies: the National
351     Association of Insurance Commissioners] the policy, the Commissioner's 1941 Standard
352     Ordinary Mortality Table for such policies issued [prior to] before the operative date of
353     Subsection 31A-22-408(6)(a) [(that is, the Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Life Insurance)], the
354     [National Association of Insurance Commissioners] Commissioner's 1958 Standard Ordinary
355     Mortality Table for such policies issued on or after the operative date of Subsection
356     31A-22-408(6)(a) and [prior to] before the operative date of Subsection 31A-22-408(6)(d),
357     provided that for any category of such policies issued on female risks, all modified net
358     premiums and present values referred to in this section may be calculated according to an age
359     not more than six years younger than the actual age of the insured[;], and for such policies
360     issued on or after the operative date of Subsection 31A-22-408(6)(d):
361          (a) the [National Association of Insurance Commissioners] Commissioner's 1980
362     Standard Ordinary Mortality Table;
363          (b) at the election of the company for any one or more specified plans of life insurance,
364     the [National Association of Insurance Commissioners] Commissioner's 1980 Standard
365     Ordinary Mortality Table with Ten-Year Select Mortality Factors; or
366          (c) any ordinary mortality table, adopted after 1980 by the National Association of
367     Insurance Commissioners, that is approved by rule [promulgated] made by the commissioner
368     for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such policies.

369          (2) For [all] an industrial life insurance [policies] policy issued on the standard basis,
370     excluding any accident and health and accidental death benefits in [such policies:] the policy,
371     the 1941 Standard Industrial Mortality Table for [such policies] the policy issued [prior to]
372     before the operative date of Subsection 31A-22-408(6)(c), and for such policies issued on or
373     after such operative date, the [National Association of Insurance Commissioners]
374     Commissioner's 1961 Standard Industrial Mortality Table or any industrial mortality table,
375     adopted after 1980 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, that is approved
376     by rule [promulgated] made by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard
377     of valuation for such policies.
378          (3) For individual annuity and pure endowment contracts, excluding any disability and
379     accidental death benefits in such policies:
380          (a) the 1937 Standard Annuity Mortality Table;
381          (b) at the option of the company, the Annuity Mortality Table for 1949, Ultimate; or
382          (c) any modification of either of these tables approved by the commissioner.
383          (4) For group annuity and pure endowment contracts, excluding any accident and
384     health and accidental death benefits in such policies:
385          (a) the Group Annuity Mortality Table for 1951, any modification of such table
386     approved by the commissioner; or
387          (b) at the option of the company, any of the tables or modifications of tables specified
388     for individual annuity and pure endowment contracts.
389          (5) For total and permanent disability benefits in or supplementary to ordinary policies
390     or contracts:
391          (a) (i) for [policies or contracts] a policy or contract issued on or after January 1, 1966,
392     the tables of Period 2 disablement rates and the 1930 to 1950 termination rates of the 1952
393     Disability Study of the Society of Actuaries, with due regard to the type of benefit or any tables
394     of disablement rates and termination rates adopted after 1980 by the National Association of
395     Insurance Commissioners, that are approved by rule [promulgated] made by the commissioner
396     for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for [such policies] the policy;
397          (ii) for [policies or contracts] a policy or contract issued on or after January 1, 1961,
398     and [prior to] before January 1, 1966, either such tables or, at the option of the company, the
399     Class (3) Disability Table (1926); and

400          (iii) for [policies] a policy issued [prior to] before January 1, 1961, the Class (3)
401     Disability Table (1926). [Any such]
402          (b) A table described in this Subsection (5) shall, for active lives, be combined with a
403     mortality table permitted for calculating the reserves for life insurance policies.
404          (6) For accidental death benefits in or supplementary to policies issued on or after
405     January 1, 1966, the 1959 Accidental Death Benefits Table or any accidental death benefits
406     table adopted after 1980 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, that is
407     approved by rule [promulgated] made by the commissioner for use in determining the
408     minimum standard of valuation for such policies, for policies issued on or after January 1,
409     1961, and [prior to] before January 1, 1966, either such table or, at the option of the company,
410     the Inter-Company Double Indemnity Mortality Table[;], and for policies issued [prior to]
411     before January 1, 1961, the Inter-Company Double Indemnity Mortality Table. Either table
412     shall be combined with a mortality table for calculating the reserves for life insurance policies.
413          (7) For group life insurance, life insurance issued on the substandard basis and other
414     special benefits: such tables as may be approved by the commissioner.
415          Section 6. Section 31A-17-505 is amended to read:
416          31A-17-505. Computation of minimum standard for annuities.
417          (1) Except as provided in Section 31A-17-506, the minimum standard [for the] of
418     valuation [of all] for individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued on or after the
419     operative date of this section, as defined in Subsection (2), and for [all] annuities and pure
420     endowments purchased on or after such operative date under group annuity and pure
421     endowment contracts, shall be the commissioner's reserve valuation methods defined in
422     Sections 31A-17-507 and 31A-17-508 and the following tables and interest rates:
423          (a) for individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued [prior to] before April
424     2, 1980, excluding any accident and health and accidental death benefits in the contracts:
425          (i) (A) the 1971 Individual Annuity Mortality Table; or
426          (B) any modification of the 1971 Individual Annuity Mortality Table approved by the
427     commissioner;
428          (ii) 6% interest for single premium immediate annuity contracts; and
429          (iii) 4% interest for all other individual annuity and pure endowment contracts;
430          (b) for individual single premium immediate annuity contracts issued on or after April

431     2, 1980, excluding any accident and health and accidental death benefits in the contracts:
432          (i) (A) any individual annuity mortality table that is approved by rule made by the
433     commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such contracts; or
434          (B) any modification of a table described in Subsection (1)(b)(i)(A) approved by the
435     commissioner; and
436          (ii) 7.5% interest;
437          (c) for individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued on or after April 2,
438     1980, other than single premium immediate annuity contracts, excluding any accident and
439     health and accidental death benefits in the contracts:
440          (i) (A) any individual annuity mortality table that is approved by rule made by the
441     commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such contracts; or
442          (B) any modification of a table described in Subsection (1)(c)(i)(A) approved by the
443     commissioner;
444          (ii) 5.5% interest for single premium deferred annuity and pure endowment contracts;
445     and
446          (iii) 4.5% interest for all other such individual annuity and pure endowment contracts;
447          (d) for [all] the annuities and pure endowments purchased [prior to] before April 2,
448     1980, under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, excluding any accident and health
449     and accidental death benefits purchased under the contracts:
450          (i) (A) the 1971 Group Annuity Mortality Table; or
451          (B) any modification of the 1971 Group Annuity Mortality Table approved by the
452     commissioner; and
453          (ii) 6.5% interest; and
454          (e) for [all] the annuities and pure endowments purchased on or after April 2, 1980,
455     under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, excluding any accident and health and
456     accidental death benefits purchased under the contracts:
457          (i) (A) any group annuity mortality table that is approved by rule made by the
458     commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such annuities and
459     pure endowments; or
460          (B) any modification of a table described in Subsection (1)(e)(i)(A) approved by the
461     commissioner; and

462          (ii) 7.5% interest.
463          (2) (a) After June 1, 1973, any company may file with the commissioner a written
464     notice of its election to comply with this section after a specified date before January 1, 1979,
465     which shall be the operative date of this section for the company.
466          (b) If a company does not make an election under Subsection (2)(a), the operative date
467     of this section for the company shall be January 1, 1979.
468          Section 7. Section 31A-17-506 is amended to read:
469          31A-17-506. Computation of minimum standard by calendar year of issue.
470          (1) [Applicability of Section 31A-17-506:] The interest rates used in determining the
471     minimum standard for the valuation shall be the calendar year statutory valuation interest rates
472     as defined in this section for:
473          (a) [all] life insurance policies issued in a particular calendar year, on or after the
474     operative date of Subsection 31A-22-408(6)(d);
475          (b) [all] individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued in a particular
476     calendar year on or after January 1, 1982;
477          (c) [all] annuities and pure endowments purchased in a particular calendar year on or
478     after January 1, 1982, under group annuity and pure endowment contracts; and
479          (d) the net increase, if any, in a particular calendar year after January 1, 1982, in
480     amounts held under guaranteed interest contracts.
481          (2) Calendar year statutory valuation interest rates:
482          (a) The calendar year statutory valuation interest rates, "I," shall be determined as
483     follows and the results rounded to the nearer 1/4 of 1%:
484          (i) for life insurance:
485          I = .03 + W(R1 - .03) + (W/2)(R2 - .09);
486          (ii) for single premium immediate annuities and for annuity benefits involving life
487     contingencies arising from other annuities with cash settlement options and from guaranteed
488     interest contracts with cash settlement options:
489          I = .03 + W(R - .03),
490          where R1 is the lesser of R and .09,
491          R2 is the greater of R and .09,
492          R is the reference interest rate defined in Subsection (4), and

493          W is the weighting factor defined in this section;
494          (iii) for other annuities with cash settlement options and guaranteed interest contracts
495     with cash settlement options, valued on an issue year basis, except as stated in Subsection
496     (2)(a)(ii), the formula for life insurance stated in Subsection (2)(a)(i) shall apply to annuities
497     and guaranteed interest contracts with guarantee durations in excess of 10 years, and the
498     formula for single premium immediate annuities stated in Subsection (2)(a)(ii) shall apply to
499     annuities and guaranteed interest contracts with guarantee duration of 10 years or less;
500          (iv) for other annuities with no cash settlement options and for guaranteed interest
501     contracts with no cash settlement options, the formula for single premium immediate annuities
502     stated in Subsection (2)(a)(ii) shall apply; and
503          (v) for other annuities with cash settlement options and guaranteed interest contracts
504     with cash settlement options, valued on a change in fund basis, the formula for single premium
505     immediate annuities stated in Subsection (2)(a)(ii) shall apply.
506          (b) However, if the calendar year statutory valuation interest rate for any life insurance
507     policies issued in any calendar year determined without reference to this sentence differs from
508     the corresponding actual rate for similar policies issued in the immediately preceding calendar
509     year by less than one-half of 1% the calendar year statutory valuation interest rate for such life
510     insurance policies shall be equal to the corresponding actual rate for the immediately preceding
511     calendar year. For purposes of applying the immediately preceding sentence, the calendar year
512     statutory valuation interest rate for life insurance policies issued in a calendar year shall be
513     determined for 1980, using the reference interest rate defined in 1979, and shall be determined
514     for each subsequent calendar year regardless of when Subsection 31A-22-408(6)(d) becomes
515     operative.
516          (3) Weighting factors:
517          (a) The weighting factors referred to in the formulas stated in Subsection (2) are given
518     in the following tables:
519          (i) (A) Weighting factors for life insurance:
520      Guarantee Duration (Years)Weighting Factors
521      10 or less:.50
522      More than 10, but less than 20:.45
523      More than 20:.35.
524          (B) For life insurance, the guarantee duration is the maximum number of years the life
525     insurance can remain in force on a basis guaranteed in the policy or under options to convert to
526     plans of life insurance with premium rates or nonforfeiture values or both which are guaranteed
527     in the original policy;
528          (ii) Weighting factor for single premium immediate annuities and for annuity benefits
529     involving life contingencies arising from other annuities with cash settlement options and
530     guaranteed interest contracts with cash settlement options: .80
531          (iii) Weighting factors for other annuities and for guaranteed interest contracts, except
532     as stated in Subsection (3)(a)(ii), shall be as specified in the tables in Subsections (3)(a)(iii)(A),
533     (B), and (C), according to the rules and definitions in Subsection (3)(b):
534          (A) For annuities and guaranteed interest contracts valued on an issue year basis:
535      Guarantee Duration (Years)Weighting Factors for Plan Type
536      A B C
537      5 or less:.80.60.50
538      More than 5, but not more than 10:.75.60.50
539      More than 10, but not more than 20:.65.50.45
540      More than 20:.45.35.35
541      Plan Type
542      ABC
543          (B) For annuities and guaranteed interest
544     contracts valued on a change in fund basis, the
545     factors shown in Subsection (3)(a)(iii)(A)
546     increased by:
547      .15.25.05
548      Plan Type
549      A B C
550          (C) For annuities and guaranteed interest
551     contracts valued on an issue year basis, other than

552     those with no cash settlement options, which do
553     not guarantee interest on considerations received
554     more than one year after issue or purchase and for
555     annuities and guaranteed interest contracts valued
556     on a change in fund basis which do not guarantee
557     interest rates on considerations received more
558     than 12 months beyond the valuation date, the
559     factors shown in Subsection (3)(a)(iii)(A) or
560     derived in Subsection (3)(a)(iii)(B) increased by:               .05     .05     .05.
561          (b) (i) For other annuities with cash settlement options and guaranteed interest
562     contracts with cash settlement options, the guarantee duration is the number of years for which
563     the contract guarantees interest rates in excess of the calendar year statutory valuation interest
564     rate for life insurance policies with guarantee duration in excess of 20 years. For other
565     annuities with no cash settlement options and for guaranteed interest contracts with no cash
566     settlement options, the guaranteed duration is the number of years from the date of issue or date
567     of purchase to the date annuity benefits are scheduled to commence.
568          (ii) Plan type as used in the [above] tables in this Subsection (3) is defined as follows:
569          (A) Plan Type A: At any time policyholder may withdraw funds only:
570          (I) with an adjustment to reflect changes in interest rates or asset values since receipt of
571     the funds by the insurance company;
572          (II) without such adjustment but in installments over five years or more;
573          (III) as an immediate life annuity; or
574          (IV) no withdrawal permitted.
575          (B) (I) Plan Type B: Before expiration of the interest rate guarantee, policyholder
576     withdraw funds only:
577          (Aa) with an adjustment to reflect changes in interest rates or asset values since receipt
578     of the funds by the insurance company;
579          (Bb) without such adjustment but in installments over five years or more; or
580          (Cc) no withdrawal permitted.
581          (II) At the end of interest rate guarantee, funds may be withdrawn without such
582     adjustment in a single sum or installments over less than five years.

583          (C) Plan Type C: Policyholder may withdraw funds before expiration of interest rate
584     guarantee in a single sum or installments over less than five years either:
585          (I) without adjustment to reflect changes in interest rates or asset values since receipt of
586     the funds by the insurance company; or
587          (II) subject only to a fixed surrender charge stipulated in the contract as a percentage of
588     the fund.
589          (iii) A company may elect to value guaranteed interest contracts with cash settlement
590     options and annuities with cash settlement options on either an issue year basis or on a change
591     in fund basis. Guaranteed interest contracts with no cash settlement options and other annuities
592     with no cash settlement options shall be valued on an issue year basis. As used in this section,
593     an issue year basis of valuation refers to a valuation basis under which the interest rate used to
594     determine the minimum valuation standard for the entire duration of the annuity or guaranteed
595     interest contract is the calendar year valuation interest rate for the year of issue or year of
596     purchase of the annuity or guaranteed interest contract, and the change in fund basis of
597     valuation refers to a valuation basis under which the interest rate used to determine the
598     minimum valuation standard applicable to each change in the fund held under the annuity or
599     guaranteed interest contract is the calendar year valuation interest rate for the year of the
600     change in the fund.
601          (4) Reference interest rate: "Reference interest rate" referred to in Subsection (2)(a) is
602     defined as follows:
603          (a) For [all] life insurance, the lesser of the average over a period of 36 months and the
604     average over a period of 12 months, ending on June 30 of the calendar year next preceding the
605     year of issue, of the Monthly Average of the composite Yield on Seasoned Corporate Bonds, as
606     published by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
607          (b) For single premium immediate annuities and for annuity benefits involving life
608     contingencies arising from other annuities with cash settlement options and guaranteed interest
609     contracts with cash settlement options, the average over a period of 12 months, ending on June
610     30 of the calendar year of issue or year of purchase, of the Monthly Average of the Composite
611     Yield on Seasoned Corporate Bonds, as published by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
612          (c) For other annuities with cash settlement options and guaranteed interest contracts
613     with cash settlement options, valued on a year of issue basis, except as stated in Subsection

614     (4)(b), with guarantee duration in excess of 10 years, the lesser of the average over a period of
615     36 months and the average over a period of 12 months, ending on June 30 of the calendar year
616     of issue or purchase, of the Monthly Average of the Composite Yield on Seasoned Corporate
617     Bonds, as published by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
618          (d) For other annuities with cash settlement options and guaranteed interest contracts
619     with cash settlement options, valued on a year of issue basis, except as stated in Subsection
620     (4)(b), with guarantee duration of 10 years or less, the average over a period of 12 months,
621     ending on June 30 of the calendar year of issue or purchase, of the Monthly Average of the
622     Composite Yield on Seasoned Corporate Bonds, as published by Moody's Investors Service,
623     Inc.
624          (e) For other annuities with no cash settlement options and for guaranteed interest
625     contracts with no cash settlement options, the average over a period of 12 months, ending on
626     June 30 of the calendar year of issue or purchase, of the Monthly Average of the Composite
627     Yield on Seasoned Corporate Bonds, as published by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
628          (f) For other annuities with cash settlement options and guaranteed interest contracts
629     with cash settlement options, valued on a change in fund basis, except as stated in Subsection
630     (4)(b), the average over a period of 12 months, ending on June 30 of the calendar year of the
631     change in the fund, of the Monthly Average of the Composite Yield on Seasoned Corporate
632     Bonds, as published by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
633          (5) Alternative method for determining reference interest rates: In the event that the
634     Monthly Average of the Composite Yield on Seasoned Corporate Bonds is no longer published
635     by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or in the event that the National Association of Insurance
636     Commissioners determines that the Monthly Average of the Composite Yield on Seasoned
637     Corporate Bonds as published by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is no longer appropriate for
638     the determination of the reference interest rate, then an alternative method for determination of
639     the reference interest rate, which is adopted by the National Association of Insurance
640     Commissioners and approved by rule [promulgated] made by the commissioner, may be
641     substituted.
642          Section 8. Section 31A-17-507 is amended to read:
643          31A-17-507. Reserve valuation method -- Life insurance and endowment benefits.
644          (1) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 31A-17-508, 31A-17-511, and

645     31A-17-513, reserves according to the commissioner's reserve valuation method, for the life
646     insurance and endowment benefits of policies providing for a uniform amount of insurance and
647     requiring the payment of uniform premiums shall be the excess, if any, of the present value, at
648     the date of valuation, of such future guaranteed benefits provided for by such policies, over the
649     then present value of any future modified net premiums therefor. The modified net premiums
650     for any such policy shall be such uniform percentage of the respective contract premiums for
651     such benefits that the present value, at the date of issue of the policy, of all such modified net
652     premiums shall be equal to the sum of the then present value of such benefits provided for by
653     the policy and the excess of Subsection (1)(a) over Subsection (1)(b), as follows:
654          (a) A net level annual premium equal to the present value, at the date of issue, of such
655     benefits provided for after the first policy year, divided by the present value, at the date of
656     issue, of an annuity of one per annum payable on the first and each subsequent anniversary of
657     such policy on which a premium falls due; provided, however, that such net level annual
658     premium may not exceed the net level annual premium on the 19 year premium whole life plan
659     for insurance of the same amount at an age one year higher than the age at issue of such policy.
660          (b) A net one year term premium for such benefits provided for in the first policy year.
661          (2) (a) Provided that for any life insurance policy issued on or after January 1, 1997, for
662     which the contract premium in the first policy year exceeds that of the second year and for
663     which no comparable additional benefit is provided in the first year for such excess and which
664     provides an endowment benefit or a cash surrender value or a combination thereof in an
665     amount greater than such excess premium, the reserve according to the commissioner's reserve
666     valuation method as of any policy anniversary occurring on or before the assumed ending date
667     defined [herein] in this Subsection (2) as the first policy anniversary on which the sum of any
668     endowment benefit and any cash surrender value then available is greater than such excess
669     premium shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 31A-17-511, be the greater of the
670     reserve as of such policy anniversary calculated as described in Subsection (1) and the reserve
671     as of such policy anniversary calculated as described in that subsection, but with:
672          [(a)] (i) the value defined in Subsection (1)(a) being reduced by 15% of the amount of
673     such excess first year premium;
674          [(b) all] (ii) the present values of benefits and premiums being determined without
675     reference to premiums or benefits provided for by the policy after the assumed ending date;

676          [(c)] (iii) the policy being assumed to mature on such date as an endowment; and
677          [(d)] (iv) the cash surrender value provided on such date being considered as an
678     endowment benefit.
679          (b) In making the [above] comparison described in Subsection (2)(a), the mortality and
680     interest bases stated in Sections 31A-17-504 and 31A-17-506 shall be used.
681          (3) Reserves according to the commissioner's reserve valuation method for:
682          (a) life insurance policies providing for a varying amount of insurance or requiring the
683     payment of varying premiums;
684          (b) group annuity and pure endowment contracts purchased under a retirement plan or
685     plan of deferred compensation, established or maintained by an employer, including a
686     partnership or sole proprietorship, or by an employee organization, or by both, other than a plan
687     providing individual retirement accounts or individual retirement annuities under Section 408,
688     Internal Revenue Code;
689          (c) accident and health and accidental death benefits in all policies and contracts; and
690          (d) [all] other benefits, except life insurance and endowment benefits in life insurance
691     policies and benefits provided by [all] other annuity and pure endowment contracts, shall be
692     calculated by a method consistent with the principles of Subsections (1) and (2).
693          Section 9. Section 31A-17-509 is amended to read:
694          31A-17-509. Minimum reserves.
695          (1) In no event shall a company's aggregate reserves for [all] life insurance policies,
696     excluding accident and health and accidental death benefits, issued on or after January 1, 1994,
697     be less than the aggregate reserves calculated in accordance with the methods set forth in
698     Sections 31A-17-507, 31A-17-508, 31A-17-511, and 31A-17-512 and the mortality table or
699     tables and rate or rates of interest used in calculating nonforfeiture benefits for such policies.
700          (2) In no event shall the aggregate reserves for [all] policies, contracts, and benefits be
701     less than the aggregate reserves determined by the [qualified] appointed actuary to be necessary
702     to render the opinion required by Section 31A-17-503.
703          Section 10. Section 31A-17-510 is amended to read:
704          31A-17-510. Optional reserve calculation.
705          (1) Reserves for [all] policies and contracts issued [prior to] before January 1, 1994,
706     may be calculated, at the option of the company, according to any standards which produce

707     greater aggregate reserves for [all] such policies and contracts than the minimum reserves
708     required by the laws in effect immediately [prior to] before that date. Reserves for any
709     category of policies, contracts, or benefits as established by the commissioner, issued on or
710     after January 1, 1994, may be calculated, at the option of the company, according to any
711     standards which produce greater aggregate reserves for such category than those calculated
712     according to the minimum standard [herein] provided in this part, but the rate or rates of
713     interest used for policies and contracts, other than annuity and pure endowment contracts, may
714     not be [higher] greater than the corresponding rate or rates of interest used in calculating any
715     nonforfeiture benefits provided [therein] in the policy or contract.
716          (2) Any such company which at any time shall have adopted any standard of valuation
717     producing greater aggregate reserves than those calculated according to the minimum standard
718     [herein] provided in this part may, with the approval of the commissioner, adopt any lower
719     standard of valuation, but not lower than the minimum [herein] provided[; provided, however,]
720     in this part, except that, for the purposes of this section, the holding of additional reserves
721     previously determined by [a qualified] the appointed actuary to be necessary to render the
722     opinion required by Section [31A-17-502] 31A-17-503 may not be considered to be the
723     adoption of a higher standard of valuation.
724          Section 11. Section 31A-17-511 is amended to read:
725          31A-17-511. Reserve calculation -- Valuation net premium exceeding the gross
726     premium charged.
727          (1) If in any contract year the gross premium charged by any [life insurance] company
728     on any policy or contract is less than the valuation net premium for the policy or contract
729     calculated by the method used in calculating the reserve thereon but using the minimum
730     valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest, the minimum reserve required for such
731     policy or contract shall be the greater of either the reserve calculated according to the mortality
732     table, rate of interest, and method actually used for such policy or contract, or the reserve
733     calculated by the method actually used for such policy or contract but using the minimum
734     valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest and replacing the valuation net premium by
735     the actual gross premium in each contract year for which the valuation net premium exceeds
736     the actual gross premium. The minimum valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest
737     referred to in this section are those standards stated in Sections 31A-17-504 and 31A-17-506.

738          (2) Provided that for any life insurance policy issued on or after January 1, 1997, for
739     which the gross premium in the first policy year exceeds that of the second year and for which
740     no comparable additional benefit is provided in the first year for such excess and which
741     provides an endowment benefit or a cash surrender value or a combination [thereof] of an
742     endowment benefit and cash surrender value in an amount greater than such excess premium,
743     [the foregoing provisions of] this section shall be applied as if the method actually used in
744     calculating the reserve for such policy were the method described in Section 31A-17-507,
745     ignoring Subsection 31A-17-507(2). The minimum reserve at each policy anniversary of such a
746     policy shall be the greater of the minimum reserve calculated in accordance with Section
747     31A-17-507, including Subsection 31A-17-507(2), and the minimum reserve calculated in
748     accordance with this section.
749          Section 12. Section 31A-17-513 is repealed and reenacted to read:
750          31A-17-513. Minimum standards for accident and health insurance contracts.
751          (1) For an accident and health insurance contract issued before the operative date of the
752     valuation manual, the minimum standard of valuation is the standard adopted by the
753     commissioner by rule.
754          (2) For an accident and health insurance contract issued on or after the operative date
755     of the valuation manual, the standard prescribed in the valuation manual is the minimum
756     standard of valuation required under Subsection 31A-17-502(2).
757          Section 13. Section 31A-17-514 is enacted to read:
758          31A-17-514. Valuation manual for policies issued on or after the operative date of
759     the valuation manual.
760          (1) For a policy issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, the
761     standard prescribed in the valuation manual is the minimum standard of valuation required
762     under Subsection 31A-17-502(2), except as provided under Subsection (5) or (6).
763          (2) The operative date of the valuation manual is January 1 of the first calendar year
764     following the first July 1 as of which all of the following have occurred:
765          (a) the valuation manual is adopted by the National Association of Insurance
766     Commissioners by an affirmative vote of at least 42 members, or three-fourths of the members
767     voting, whichever is greater;
768          (b) the Standard Valuation Law, as amended by the National Association of Insurance

769     Commissioners in 2009, or legislation including substantially similar terms and provisions, has
770     been enacted by states representing greater than 75% of the direct premiums written as reported
771     in the following annual statements submitted for 2008:
772          (i) life;
773          (ii) accident and health annual statements;
774          (iii) health annual statements; or
775          (iv) fraternal annual statements; and
776          (c) the Standard Valuation Law, as amended by the National Association of Insurance
777     Commissioners in 2009, or legislation including substantially similar terms and provisions, has
778     been enacted by at least 42 of the following 55 jurisdictions:
779          (i) the 50 states of the United States;
780          (ii) American Samoa;
781          (iii) the American Virgin Islands;
782          (iv) the District of Columbia;
783          (v) Guam; and
784          (vi) Puerto Rico.
785          (3) Unless a change in the valuation manual specifies a later effective date, changes to
786     the valuation manual shall be effective on January 1 following the date when the change to the
787     valuation manual has been adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
788     by an affirmative vote representing:
789          (a) at least three-fourths of the members of the National Association of Insurance
790     Commissioners voting, but not less than a majority of the total membership; and
791          (b) members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners representing
792     jurisdictions totaling greater than 75% of the direct premiums written as reported in the
793     following annual statements most recently available before the vote in Subsection (3)(a):
794          (i) life;
795          (ii) accident and health annual statements;
796          (iii) health annual statements; or
797          (iv) fraternal annual statements.
798          (4) The valuation manual shall specify all of the following:
799          (a) minimum valuation standards for and definitions of a policy or contract subject to

800     Subsection 31A-17-502(2), except such minimum valuation standards shall be:
801          (i) the commissioner's reserve valuation method for life insurance contracts, other than
802     annuity contracts, subject to Subsection 31A-17-502(2);
803          (ii) the commissioner's annuity reserve valuation method for annuity contracts subject
804     to Subsection 31A-17-502(2); and
805          (iii) minimum reserves for other policies or contracts subject to Subsection
806     31A-17-502(2);
807          (b) which policies or contracts or types of policies or contracts are subject to the
808     requirements of a principle-based valuation in Subsection 31A-17-515(1) and the minimum
809     valuation standards consistent with those requirements;
810          (c) for policies and contracts subject to a principle-based valuation under Section
811     31A-17-515:
812          (i) requirements for the format of reports to the commissioner under Subsection
813     31A-17-515(2)(c), which shall include information necessary to determine if the valuation is
814     appropriate in compliance with this part;
815          (ii) prescribed assumptions for risks over which the company does not have significant
816     control; and
817          (iii) procedures for corporate governance and oversight of the actuarial function, and a
818     process for appropriate waiver or modification of such procedures;
819          (d) for policies not subject to a principle-based valuation under Section 31A-17-515
820     the minimum valuation standard shall either:
821          (i) be consistent with the minimum standard of valuation before the operative date of
822     the valuation manual; or
823          (ii) develop reserves that quantify the benefits and guarantees, and the funding,
824     associated with the contracts and their risks at a level of conservatism that reflects conditions
825     that include unfavorable events that have a reasonable probability of occurring;
826          (e) other requirements, including those relating to reserve methods, models for
827     measuring risk, generation of economic scenarios, assumptions, margins, use of company
828     experience, risk measurement, disclosure, certifications, reports, actuarial opinions and
829     memorandums, transition rules, and internal controls; and
830          (f) the data and form of the data required under Section 31A-17-516, with whom the

831     data must be submitted, and may specify other requirements including data analyses and
832     reporting of analyses.
833          (5) In the absence of a specific valuation requirement or if a specific valuation
834     requirement in the valuation manual is not, in the opinion of the commissioner, in compliance
835     with this part, then the company shall, with respect to the requirement, comply with minimum
836     valuation standards prescribed by the commissioner by rule.
837          (6) The commissioner may engage a qualified actuary, at the expense of the company,
838     to perform an actuarial examination of the company and opine on the appropriateness of any
839     reserve assumption or method used by the company, or to review and opine on a company's
840     compliance with any requirement set forth in this part. The commissioner may rely upon the
841     opinion, regarding provisions contained within this part, of a qualified actuary engaged by the
842     commissioner of another state, district, or territory of the United States. As used in this
843     Subsection (6), "engage" includes employment and contracting.
844          (7) The commissioner may require a company to change any assumption or method
845     that in the opinion of the commissioner is necessary in order to comply with the requirements
846     of the valuation manual or this part, and the company shall adjust the reserves as required by
847     the commissioner. The commissioner may take other disciplinary action as permitted pursuant
848     to Section 31A-2-308 and Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act.
849          Section 14. Section 31A-17-515 is enacted to read:
850          31A-17-515. Requirements of a principle-based valuation.
851          (1) A company shall establish reserves using a principle-based valuation that meets the
852     following conditions for a policy or contract as specified in the valuation manual:
853          (a) A company shall quantify the benefits and guarantees, and the funding, associated
854     with the policy or contract and the policy's or contract's risks at a level of conservatism that
855     reflects:
856          (i) conditions that include unfavorable events that have a reasonable probability of
857     occurring during the lifetime of the policies or contracts; and
858          (ii) for polices or contracts with significant tail risk, conditions appropriately adverse to
859     quantify the tail risk.
860          (b) The company shall incorporate assumptions, risk analysis methods, and financial
861     models and management techniques that are consistent with, but not necessarily identical to,

862     those used within the company's overall risk assessment process, while recognizing potential
863     differences in financial reporting structures and any prescribed assumptions or methods.
864          (c) The company shall incorporate assumptions that are derived in one of the following
865     manners:
866          (i) the assumption is prescribed in the valuation manual; and
867          (ii) for assumptions that are not prescribed, the assumptions shall:
868          (A) be established using the company's available experience, to the extent it is relevant
869     and statistically credible; or
870          (B) to the extent that company data is not available, relevant, or statistically credible,
871     be established using other relevant, statistically credible experience.
872          (d) The company shall provide margins for uncertainty including adverse deviation and
873     estimation error, such that the greater the uncertainty the larger the margin and resulting
874     reserve.
875          (2) A company using a principle-based valuation for one or more policies or contracts
876     subject to this section as specified in the valuation manual shall:
877          (a) establish procedures for corporate governance and oversight of the actuarial
878     valuation function consistent with those described in the valuation manual;
879          (b) provide to the commissioner and the board of directors an annual certification of
880     the effectiveness of the internal controls with respect to the principle-based valuation:
881          (i) which controls shall be designed to assure that all material risks inherent in the
882     liabilities and associated assets subject to such valuation are included in the valuation, and that
883     valuations are made in accordance with the valuation manual; and
884          (ii) the certification shall be based on the controls in place as of the end of the
885     preceding calendar year; and
886          (c) develop, and file with the commissioner upon request, a principle-based valuation
887     report that complies with standards prescribed in the valuation manual.
888          (3) A principle-based valuation may include a prescribed formulaic reserve component.
889          Section 15. Section 31a-17-516 is enacted to read:
890          31a-17-516. Experience reporting for policies in force on or after the operative
891     date of the valuation manual.
892          A company shall submit mortality, morbidity, policyholder behavior, or expense

893     experience and other data as prescribed in the valuation manual.
894          Section 16. Section 31A-17-517 is enacted to read:
895          31A-17-517. Confidentiality.
896          (1) For purposes of this section, "confidential information" means:
897          (a) a memorandum in support of an opinion submitted under Section 31A-17-503 and
898     any other document, material, and other information, including working papers, and copies of a
899     document, material, and other information, created, produced, or obtained by or disclosed to
900     the commissioner or any other person in connection with the memorandum;
901          (b) a document, material, and other information, including working papers, and copies
902     of a document, material, and other information created, produced, or obtained by or disclosed
903     to the commissioner or any other person in the course of an examination made under
904     Subsection 31A-17-514(6), except that if an examination report or other material prepared in
905     connection with an examination made under Sections 31A-2-203 through 31A-2-205 is not
906     held as private and confidential information under Sections 31A-2-203 through 31A-2-205, an
907     examination report or other material prepared in connection with an examination made under
908     Subsection 31A-17-514(6) may not be confidential information to the same extent as if the
909     examination report or other material had been prepared under Sections 31A-2-203 through
910     31A-2-205;
911          (c) a report, document, material, or other information developed by a company in
912     support of, or in connection with, an annual certification by the company under Subsection
913     31A-17-515(2)(b) evaluating the effectiveness of the company's internal controls with respect
914     to a principle-based valuation and any other document, material, and other information,
915     including working papers, and copies of the document, material, and other information,
916     created, produced, or obtained by or disclosed to the commissioner or any other person in
917     connection with such reports, documents, materials, and other information;
918          (d) any principle-based valuation report developed under Subsection 31A-17-515(2)(c)
919     and any other document, material, and other information, including working papers, and copies
920     of the document, material, and other information, created, produced, or obtained by or
921     disclosed to the commissioner or any other person in connection with such report; and
922          (e) any document, material, data, and other information submitted by a company under
923     Section 31A-17-516, collectively, "experience data," and any other document, material, data, or

924     other information, including working papers, and copies of the document, material, data, and
925     information created or produced in connection with such experience data, in each case that
926     include any potentially company-identifying or personally identifiable information, that is
927     provided to or obtained by the commissioner, together with any "experience data," the
928     "experience materials," and any other document, material, data, and other information,
929     including working papers, and copies of the document, material, data, and other information
930     created, produced, or obtained by or disclosed to the commissioner or any other person in
931     connection with such experience materials.
932          (2) (a) Except as provided in this section, a company's confidential information is
933     confidential, not public records, not open to public inspection, and not subject to Title 63G,
934     Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
935          (b) The commissioner is authorized to use the confidential information in the
936     furtherance of any regulatory or legal action brought against the company as a part of the
937     commissioner's official duties.
938          (c) In order to assist in the performance of the commissioner's duties, the commissioner
939     may share confidential information:
940          (i) with other state, federal, and international regulatory agencies and with the National
941     Association of Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates and subsidiaries;
942          (ii) in the case of confidential information specified in Subsections (1)(a) and (1)(d)
943     only, with the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline or its successor, upon request,
944     stating that the confidential information is required for the purpose of professional disciplinary
945     proceedings and with state, federal, and international law enforcement officials; and
946          (iii) in the case of Subsections (2)(c)(i) and (ii), provided that the recipient agrees, and
947     has the legal authority to agree, to maintain the confidentiality of a document, material, data,
948     and other information in the same manner and to the same extent as required for the
949     commissioner.
950          (d) The commissioner may receive a document, material, data, and other information,
951     including an otherwise confidential document, material, data, or information, from the National
952     Association of Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates and subsidiaries, from regulatory or
953     law enforcement officials of other foreign or domestic jurisdictions and from the Actuarial
954     Board for Counseling and Discipline or its successor and shall maintain as confidential any

955     document, material, data, or other information received with notice or the understanding that it
956     is confidential or privileged under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the
957     document, material, or other information.
958          (e) The commissioner may enter into agreements governing sharing and use of
959     information consistent with this Subsection (2).
960          (f) No waiver of an applicable privilege or claim of confidentiality in the confidential
961     information shall occur as a result of disclosure to the commissioner under this section or as a
962     result of sharing as authorized in Subsection (2)(c).
963          (g) A privilege established under the law of any state or jurisdiction that is substantially
964     similar to the confidentiality established under this Subsection (2) shall be available and
965     enforced in any proceeding in, and in any court of, this state.
966          (h) In this section "regulatory agency," "law enforcement agency," and the "National
967     Association of Insurance Commissioners" include their employees, agents, consultants, and
968     contractors.
969          (3) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), confidential information specified in Subsections
970     (1)(a) and (1)(d):
971          (a) may be subject to subpoena for the purpose of defending an action seeking damages
972     from the appointed actuary who submitted the related memorandum in support of an opinion
973     submitted under Section 31A-17-503 or principle-based valuation report developed under
974     Subsection 31A-17-515(2)(c) by reason of an action required by this part or by rules made
975     under this part;
976          (b) may otherwise be released by the commissioner with the written consent of the
977     company; and
978          (c) once any portion of a memorandum in support of an opinion submitted under
979     Section 31A-17-503 or a principle-based valuation report developed under Subsection
980     31A-17-515(2)(c) is cited by the company in its marketing or is publicly volunteered to or
981     before a governmental agency other than a state insurance department or is released by the
982     company to the news media, all portions of the memorandum or report shall no longer be
983     confidential.
984          Section 17. Section 31A-17-518 is enacted to read:
985          31A-17-518. Single state exemption.

986          (1) The commissioner may exempt specific product forms or product lines of a
987     domestic company that is licensed and doing business only in Utah from the requirements of
988     Section 31A-17-514 provided:
989          (a) the commissioner has issued an exemption in writing to the company and has not
990     subsequently revoked the exemption in writing; and
991          (b) the company computes reserves using assumptions and methods used before the
992     operative date of the valuation manual in addition to any requirements established by the
993     commissioner and made by rule.
994          (2) For any company granted an exemption under this section, Sections 31A-17-503,
995     31A-17-504, 31A-17-505, 31A-17-506, 31A-17-507, 31A-17-508, 31A-17-509, 31A-17-510,
996     31A-17-511, 31A-17-512, and 31A-17-513 are applicable. With respect to any company
997     applying this exemption, any reference to Section 31A-17-514 found in Sections 31A-17-503,
998     31A-17-504, 31A-17-505, 31A-17-506, 31A-17-507, 31A-17-508, 31A-17-509, 31A-17-510,
999     31A-17-511, 31A-17-512, and 31A-17-513 is not applicable.
1000          Section 18. Section 31A-17-519 is enacted to read:
1001          31A-17-519. Small company exemption.
1002          (1) A company that is licensed and doing business in Utah, and whose reserves are
1003     computed subject to the requirements of Subsection 31A-17-502(2), may hold reserves for life
1004     insurance policies based on the mortality tables and interest rates defined by the valuation
1005     manual for net premium reserves and using the methodology defined in Sections 31A-17-507
1006     through 31A-17-512 as they apply to ordinary life insurance in lieu of the reserves required by
1007     Sections 31A-17-514 and 31A-17-515, provided that all of the following conditions have been
1008     met:
1009          (a) the company has less than $300,000,000 of ordinary life premium;
1010          (b) if the company is a member of a group of life insurers, the group has combined
1011     ordinary life premiums of less than $600,000,000;
1012          (c) the company reported total adjusted capital of at least 450% of Authorized Control
1013     Level Risk Based Capital in the risk-based capital report for the prior calendar year;
1014          (d) the appointed actuary has provided an unqualified opinion on the reserves in
1015     accordance with Subsection 31A-17-503(2) for the prior calendar year;
1016          (e) the company has provided a certification by a qualified actuary that any universal

1017     life policy with a secondary guarantee issued after the operative date of the valuation manual
1018     meets the definition of a non-material secondary guarantee universal life product as defined in
1019     the valuation manual;
1020          (f) the company has filed by July 1 of the calendar year for which valuation under
1021     Subsection 31A-17-502(2) is required a statement with its domiciliary commissioner certifying
1022     that these conditions are met and that the company intends to calculate reserves as described in
1023     this section; and
1024          (g) the company's domiciliary commissioner has not informed the company in writing
1025     before September 1 of the calendar year for which valuation under Subsection 31A-17-502(2)
1026     is required that the company must comply with the valuation manual requirements for life
1027     insurance reserves.
1028          (2) For purposes of Subsections (1)(a) and (b), ordinary life premiums are measured as
1029     direct premium plus reinsurance assumed from an unaffiliated company, as reported in the
1030     prior calendar year annual statement.
1031          Section 19. Section 31A-22-408 is amended to read:
1032          31A-22-408. Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Life Insurance.
1033          (1) (a) This section is known as the "Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Life Insurance."
1034     [It]
1035          (b) This section does not apply to group life insurance.
1036          (c) As used in this section, "operative date of the valuation manual" means the same as
1037     that term is described in Subsection 31A-17-514(2).
1038          (2) In the case of policies issued on or after July 1, 1961, no policy of life insurance,
1039     except as stated in Subsection (8), may be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless it
1040     contains in substance the following provisions, or corresponding provisions which in the
1041     opinion of the commissioner are at least as favorable to the defaulting or surrendering
1042     policyholder as are the minimum requirements [hereinafter] specified in this section, and are
1043     essentially in compliance with Subsection (8):
1044          (a) That, in the event of default in any premium payment, after premiums have been
1045     paid for at least one full year the company will grant, upon proper request not later than 60 days
1046     after the due date of the premium in default, a paid-up nonforfeiture benefit on a plan stipulated
1047     in the policy, effective as of such due date, of such amount as is specified in this section. In

1048     lieu of that stipulated paid-up nonforfeiture benefit, the company may substitute, upon proper
1049     request not later than 60 days after the due date of the premium in default, an actuarially
1050     equivalent alternative paid-up nonforfeiture benefit which provides a greater amount or longer
1051     period of death benefits or, if applicable, a greater amount or earlier payment of endowment
1052     benefits.
1053          (b) That, upon surrender of the policy within 60 days after the due date of any premium
1054     payment in default after premiums have been paid for at least three full years in the case of
1055     ordinary insurance or five full years in the case of industrial insurance, the company will pay,
1056     in lieu of any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit, a cash surrender value of such amount as is
1057     specified in this section.
1058          (c) That a specified paid-up nonforfeiture benefit shall become effective as specified in
1059     the policy unless the person entitled to make such election elects another available option not
1060     later than 60 days after the due date of the premium in default.
1061          (d) That, if the policy shall have been paid by the completion of all premium payments
1062     or if it is continued under any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit which became effective on or after
1063     the third policy anniversary in the case of ordinary insurance or the fifth policy anniversary in
1064     the case of industrial insurance, the company will pay upon surrender of the policy within 30
1065     days after any policy anniversary, a cash surrender value in the amount specified in this section.
1066          (e) In the case of policies which cause, on a basis guaranteed in the policy, unscheduled
1067     changes in benefits or premiums, or which provide an option for changes in benefits or
1068     premiums other than a change to a new policy, a statement of the mortality table, interest rate,
1069     and method used in calculating cash surrender values and the paid-up nonforfeiture benefits
1070     available under the policy. In the case of [all] other policies, a statement of the mortality table
1071     and interest rate used in calculating the cash surrender values and the paid-up nonforfeiture
1072     benefit, if any, available under the policy on each policy anniversary either during the first 20
1073     policy years or during the term of the policy, whichever is shorter, such values and benefits to
1074     be calculated upon the assumption that there are no dividends or paid-up additions credited to
1075     the policy and that there is no indebtedness to the company on the policy.
1076          (f) A statement that the cash surrender values and the paid-up nonforfeiture benefits
1077     available under the policy are not less than the minimum values and benefits required by or
1078     pursuant to the insurance law of the state in which the policy is delivered; an explanation of the

1079     manner in which the cash surrender values and the paid-up nonforfeiture benefits are altered by
1080     the existence of any paid-up additions credited to the policy or any indebtedness to the
1081     company on the policy; if a detailed statement of the method of computation of the values and
1082     benefits shown in the policy is not stated [therein] in the policy, a statement that such method
1083     of computation has been filed with the insurance supervisory official of the state in which the
1084     policy is delivered; and a statement of the method to be used in calculating the cash surrender
1085     value and paid-up nonforfeiture benefit available under the policy on any policy anniversary
1086     beyond the last anniversary for which such values and benefits are consecutively shown in the
1087     policy.
1088          (g) Any of the foregoing provisions or portions thereof not applicable by reason of the
1089     plan of insurance may, to the extent inapplicable, be omitted from the policy.
1090          (h) The company shall reserve the right to defer the payment of any cash surrender
1091     value for a period of six months after demand therefor with surrender of the policy with the
1092     consent of the commissioner; provided, however, that the policy shall remain in full force and
1093     effect until the insurer has made the payment.
1094          (3) (a) Any cash surrender value available under the policy in the event of default in a
1095     premium payment due on any policy anniversary, whether or not required by Subsection (2),
1096     shall be an amount not less than the excess, if any, of the present value, on such anniversary, of
1097     the future guaranteed benefits which would have been provided for by the policy, including any
1098     existing paid-up additions, if there had been no default, over the sum of:
1099          (i) the then present value of the adjusted premiums as defined in Subsections (5) and
1100     (6), corresponding to premiums which would have fallen due on and after such anniversary;
1101     and
1102          (ii) the amount of any indebtedness to the company on the policy.
1103          (b) Provided, however, that for any policy issued on or after the operative date of
1104     Subsection (6)(d) as defined [therein] in Subsection (6)(d), which provides supplemental life
1105     insurance or annuity benefits at the option of the insured and for an identifiable additional
1106     premium by rider or supplemental policy provision, the cash surrender value referred to in
1107     Subsection (3)(a) shall be an amount not less than the sum of the cash surrender value as
1108     defined in Subsection (3)(a) for an otherwise similar policy issued at the same age without such
1109     rider or supplemental policy provision and the cash surrender value as defined in Subsection

1110     (3)(a) for a policy which provides only the benefits otherwise provided by such rider or
1111     supplemental policy provision.
1112          (c) Provided, further, that for any family policy issued on or after the operative date of
1113     Subsection (6)(d) as defined [therein] in Subsection (6)(d), which defines a primary insured
1114     and provides term insurance on the life of the spouse of the primary insured expiring before the
1115     spouse's age 71, the cash surrender value referred to in Subsection (3)(a) shall be an amount not
1116     less than the sum of the cash surrender value as defined in Subsection (3)(a) for an otherwise
1117     similar policy issued at the same age without such term insurance on the life of the spouse and
1118     the cash surrender value as defined in Subsection (3)(a) for a policy which provides only the
1119     benefits otherwise provided by such term insurance on the life of the spouse.
1120          (d) Any cash surrender value available within 30 days after any policy anniversary
1121     under any policy paid-up by completion of all premium payments or any policy continued
1122     under any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit, whether or not required by Subsection (2) shall be an
1123     amount not less than the present value, on such anniversary, of the future guaranteed benefits
1124     provided for by the policy, including any existing paid-up additions, decreased by any
1125     indebtedness to the company on the policy.
1126          (4) Any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit available under the policy in the event of default
1127     in a premium payment due on any policy anniversary shall be such that its present value as of
1128     such anniversary shall be at least equal to the cash surrender value then provided for by the
1129     policy or, if none is provided for, that cash surrender value which would have been required by
1130     this section in the absence of the condition that premiums shall have been paid for at least a
1131     specified period.
1132          (5) (a) (i) This Subsection (5) does not apply to policies issued on or after the operative
1133     date of Subsection (6)(d) as defined [therein] in Subsection (6)(d).
1134          (ii) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(c), the adjusted premiums for any policy shall
1135     be calculated on an annual basis and shall be such uniform percentage of the respective
1136     premiums specified in the policy for each policy year, excluding any extra premiums charged
1137     because of impairments or special hazards, that the present value, at the date of issue of the
1138     policy, of all such adjusted premiums shall be equal to the sum of:
1139          (A) the then present value of the future guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy;
1140          (B) 2% of the amount of insurance, if the insurance be uniform in amount, or of the

1141     equivalent uniform amount if the amount of insurance varies with duration of the policy;
1142          (C) 40% of the adjusted premium for the first policy year; and
1143          (D) 25% of either the adjusted premium for the first policy year or the adjusted
1144     premium for a whole life policy of the same uniform or equivalent uniform amount with
1145     uniform premiums for the whole of life issued at the same age for the same amount of
1146     insurance, whichever is less.
1147          (iii) Provided, however, that in applying the percentages specified in Subsections
1148     (5)(a)(ii)(C) and (D), no adjusted premium shall be considered to exceed 4% of the amount of
1149     insurance or uniform amount equivalent thereto. The date of issue of a policy for the purpose
1150     of this Subsection (5) shall be the date as of which the rated age of the insured is determined.
1151          (b) In the case of a policy providing an amount of insurance varying with duration of
1152     the policy, the equivalent uniform amount thereof for the purpose of this Subsection (5) shall
1153     be considered to be the uniform amount of insurance provided by an otherwise similar policy,
1154     containing the same endowment benefit or benefits, if any, issued at the same age and for the
1155     same term, the amount of which does not vary with duration and the benefits under which have
1156     the same present value at the date of issue as the benefits under the policy; provided, however,
1157     that in the case of a policy providing a varying amount of insurance issued on the life of a child
1158     under age 10, the equivalent uniform amount may be computed as though the amount of
1159     insurance provided by the policy [prior to] before the attainment of age 10 were the amount
1160     provided by such policy at age 10.
1161          (c) (i) The adjusted premiums for any policy providing term insurance benefits by rider
1162     or supplemental policy provision shall be equal to the sum of:
1163          (A) the adjusted premiums for an otherwise similar policy issued at the same age
1164     without such term insurance benefits[, increased]; and
1165          (B) during the period for which premiums for such term insurance benefits are payable,
1166     the adjusted premiums for such term insurance.
1167          (ii) The foregoing items (A) and (B) of Subsection (5)(c)(i) being calculated separately
1168     and as specified in Subsections (5)(a) and (b) except that, for the purposes of (B), (C), and (D)
1169     of Subsection (5)(a)(ii), the amount of insurance or equivalent uniform amount of insurance
1170     used in calculation of the adjusted premiums referred to in (B) of Subsection (5)[(c)(i)](a)(ii)
1171     shall be equal to the excess of the corresponding amount determined for the entire policy over

1172     the amount used in the calculation of the adjusted premiums in (A) of [this] Subsection
1173     (5)(c)(i).
1174          (d) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (6), all adjusted premiums and present
1175     values referred to in this section shall for all policies of ordinary insurance be calculated on the
1176     basis of the Commissioner's 1941 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table, provided that for any
1177     category of ordinary insurance issued on female risks, adjusted premiums and present values
1178     may be calculated according to an age not more than three years younger than the actual age of
1179     the insured and such calculations for all policies of industrial insurance shall be made on the
1180     basis of the 1941 Standard Industrial Mortality Table. All calculations shall be made on the
1181     basis of the rate of interest, not exceeding 3-1/2% per annum, specified in the policy for
1182     calculating cash surrender values and paid-up nonforfeiture benefits. Provided, however, that
1183     in calculating the present value of any paid-up term insurance with accompanying pure
1184     endowment, if any, offered as a nonforfeiture benefit, the rates of mortality assumed may be
1185     not more than 130% of the rates of mortality according to such applicable table. Provided,
1186     further, that for insurance issued on a substandard basis, the calculation of any such adjusted
1187     premiums and present values may be based on such other table of mortality as may be specified
1188     by the company and approved by the commissioner.
1189          (6) (a) This Subsection (6)(a) does not apply to ordinary policies issued on or after the
1190     operative date of Subsection (6)(d) as defined [therein] in Subsection (6)(d). In the case of
1191     ordinary policies issued on or after the operative date of Subsection (6)(a) as defined in
1192     Subsection (6)(b), all adjusted premiums and present values referred to in this section shall be
1193     calculated on the basis of the Commissioner's 1958 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table and the
1194     rate of interest as specified in the policy for calculating cash surrender values and paid-up
1195     nonforfeiture benefits, provided that such rate of interest may not exceed 3-1/2% per annum for
1196     policies issued before June 1, 1973, 4% per annum for policies issued on or after May 31,
1197     1973, and before April 2, 1980, and the rate of interest may not exceed 5-1/2% per annum for
1198     policies issued after April 2, 1980, except that for any single premium whole life or endowment
1199     insurance policy a rate of interest not exceeding 6-1/2% per annum may be used, and provided
1200     that for any category of ordinary insurance issued on female risks, adjusted premiums and
1201     present values may be calculated according to an age not more than six years younger than the
1202     actual age of the insured. Provided, however, that in calculating the present value of any

1203     paid-up term insurance with accompanying pure endowment, if any, offered as a nonforfeiture
1204     benefit, the rates of mortality assumed may be not more than those shown in the
1205     Commissioner's 1958 Extended Term Insurance Table. Provided, further, that for insurance
1206     issued on a substandard basis, the calculation of any such adjusted premiums and present
1207     values may be based on such other table of mortality as may be specified by the company and
1208     approved by the commissioner.
1209          (b) Any company may file with the commissioner a written notice of its election to
1210     comply with the provisions of Subsection (6)(a) after a specified date before January 1, 1966.
1211     After filing such notice, then upon such specified date, which is the operative date of
1212     Subsection (6)(a) for such company, this Subsection (6)(a) shall become operative with respect
1213     to the ordinary policies thereafter issued by such company. If a company makes no such
1214     election, the operative date of Subsection (6)(a) for such company is January 1, 1966.
1215          (c) (i) This Subsection (6)(c) does not apply to industrial policies issued after the
1216     operative date of Subsection (6)(d) as defined [therein] in Subsection (6)(d). In the case of
1217     industrial policies issued on or after the operative date of this Subsection (6)(c) as defined
1218     [herein] in this Subsection (6)(c), all adjusted premiums and present values referred to in this
1219     section shall be calculated on the basis of the Commissioner's 1961 Standard Industrial
1220     Mortality Table and the rate of interest specified in the policy for calculating cash surrender
1221     values and paid-up nonforfeiture benefits, provided that such rate of interest may not exceed
1222     3-1/2% per annum for policies issued before June 1, 1973, 4% per annum for policies issued
1223     after May 31, 1973, and before April 2, 1980, and 5-1/2% per annum for policies issued after
1224     April 2, 1980, except that for any single premium whole life or endowment insurance policy
1225     issued after April 2, 1980, a rate of interest not exceeding 6-1/2% per annum may be used.
1226     Provided, however, that in calculating the present value of any paid-up term insurance with
1227     accompanying pure endowment, if any, offered as a nonforfeiture benefit, the rates of mortality
1228     assumed may be not more than those shown in the Commissioner's 1961 Industrial Extended
1229     Term Insurance Table. Provided, further, that for insurance issued on a substandard basis, the
1230     calculation of any such adjusted premiums and present values may be based on such other table
1231     of mortality as may be specified by the company and approved by the commissioner.
1232          (ii) Any company may file with the commissioner a written notice of its election to
1233     comply with the provisions of this Subsection (6)(c) after a specified date before January 1,

1234     1968. After filing such notice, then upon that specified date, which is the operative date of this
1235     Subsection (6)(c) for such company, this Subsection (6)(c) shall become operative with respect
1236     to the industrial policies thereafter issued by such company. If a company makes no such
1237     election, the operative date of this Subsection (6)(c) for such company shall be January 1, 1968.
1238          (d) (i) This Subsection (6)(d) applies to all policies issued on or after the operative date
1239     of this Subsection (6)(d) as defined [herein] in this Subsection (6)(d). Except as provided in
1240     Subsection (6)(d)(vii), the adjusted premiums for any policy shall be calculated on an annual
1241     basis and shall be such uniform percentage of the respective premiums specified in the policy
1242     for each policy year, excluding amounts payable as extra premiums to cover impairments or
1243     special hazards and also excluding any uniform annual contract charge or policy fee specified
1244     in the policy in a statement of the method to be used in calculating the cash surrender values
1245     and paid-up nonforfeiture benefits, that the present value, at the date of issue of policy, of all
1246     adjusted premiums shall be equal to the sum of:
1247          (A) the then present value of the future guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy;
1248          (B) 1% of either the amount of insurance, if the insurance be uniform in amount, or the
1249     average amount of insurance at the beginning of each of the first 10 policy years; and
1250          (C) 125% of the nonforfeiture net level premium as [hereinafter] defined[. Provided,
1251     however,] in Subsection (6)(d)(iii), except that in applying the percentage specified in this
1252     Subsection (6)(d)(i)(C), no nonforfeiture net level premium shall be considered to exceed 4%
1253     of either the amount of insurance, if the insurance be uniform in amount, or the average amount
1254     of insurance at the beginning of each of the first 10 policy years.
1255          (ii) The date of issue of a policy for the purpose of this Subsection (6)(d) shall be the
1256     date as of which the rated age of the insured is determined.
1257          [(ii)] (iii) The nonforfeiture net level premium shall be equal to the present value, at the
1258     date of issue of the policy, of the guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy divided by the
1259     present value, at the date of issue of the policy, of an annuity of one per annum payable on the
1260     date of issue of the policy and on each anniversary of such policy on which a premium falls
1261     due.
1262          [(iii)] (iv) In the case of policies which cause on a basis guaranteed in the policy
1263     unscheduled changes in benefits or premiums, or which provide an option for changes in
1264     benefits or premiums other than change to a new policy, the adjusted premiums and present

1265     values shall initially be calculated on the assumption that future benefits and premiums do not
1266     change from those stipulated at the date of issue of the policy. At the time of any such change
1267     in the benefits or premiums the future adjusted premiums, nonforfeiture net level premiums,
1268     and present values shall be recalculated on the assumption that future benefits and premiums
1269     do not change from those stipulated by the policy immediately after the change.
1270          [(iv)] (v) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (6)(d)[(vii)](viii), the
1271     recalculated future adjusted premiums for any such policy shall be such uniform percentage of
1272     the respective future premiums specified in the policy for each policy year, excluding amounts
1273     specified in the policy for each policy year, excluding amounts payable as extra premiums to
1274     cover impairments and special hazards, and also excluding any uniform annual contract charge
1275     or policy fee specified in the policy in a statement of the method to be used in calculating the
1276     cash surrender values and paid-up nonforfeiture benefits, that the present value, at the time of
1277     change to the newly defined benefits or premiums, of all such future adjusted premiums shall
1278     be equal to the excess of:
1279          (A) the sum of:
1280          (I) the then present value of the then future guaranteed benefits provided for by the
1281     policy; and
1282          (II) the additional expense allowance, if any; over
1283          (B) the then cash surrender value, if any, or present value of any paid-up nonforfeiture
1284     benefit under the policy.
1285          [(v)] (vi) The additional expense allowance, at the time of the change to the newly
1286     defined benefits or premiums, shall be the sum of:
1287          (A) 1% of the excess, if positive, of the average amount of insurance at the beginning
1288     of each of the first 10 policy years subsequent to the change over the average amount of
1289     insurance [prior to] before the change at the beginning of each of the first 10 policy years
1290     subsequent to the time of the most recent previous change, or, if there has been no previous
1291     change, the date of issue of the policy; and
1292          (B) 125% of the increase, if positive, in the nonforfeiture net level premium.
1293          [(vi)] (vii) The recalculated nonforfeiture net level premium shall be equal to:
1294          (A) the sum of:
1295          (I) the nonforfeiture net level premium applicable [prior to] before the change times the

1296     present value of an annuity of one per annum payable on each anniversary of the policy on or
1297     subsequent to the date of the change on which a premium would have fallen due had the
1298     change not occurred; and
1299          (II) the present value of the increase in future guaranteed benefits provided for by the
1300     policy; divided by
1301          (B) the present value of an annuity of one per annum payable on each anniversary of the
1302     policy on or subsequent to the date of change on which a premium falls due.
1303          [(vii)] (viii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Subsection (6)(d) to the
1304     contrary, in the case of a policy issued on a substandard basis which provides reduced graded
1305     amounts of insurance so that, in each policy year, such policy has the same tabular mortality
1306     cost as an otherwise similar policy issued on the standard basis which provides higher uniform
1307     amounts of insurance, adjusted premiums and present values for such substandard policy may
1308     be calculated as if it were issued to provide such higher uniform amounts of insurance on the
1309     standard basis.
1310          [(viii) All] (ix) Any adjusted premiums and present values referred to in this section
1311     shall:
1312          (A) for [all] policies of ordinary insurance be calculated on the basis of:
1313          (I) the Commissioner's 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table; or
1314          (II) at the election of the company for any one or more specified plans of life insurance,
1315     the Commissioner's 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table with Ten-Year Select Mortality
1316     Factors;
1317          (B) for all policies of industrial insurance be calculated on the basis of the
1318     Commissioner's 1961 Standard Industrial Mortality Table; and
1319          (C) for all policies issued in a particular calendar year be calculated on the basis of a
1320     rate of interest not exceeding the nonforfeiture interest rate as defined in Subsection
1321     (6)(d)[(x)](xi), for policies issued in that calendar year.
1322          [(ix)] (x) Notwithstanding Subsection (6)(d)[(viii)](ix):
1323          (A) At the option of the company, calculations for all policies issued in a particular
1324     calendar year may be made on the basis of a rate of interest not exceeding the nonforfeiture
1325     interest rate, as defined in Subsection (6)(d)[(x)](xi), for policies issued in the immediately
1326     preceding calendar year.

1327          (B) Under any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit, including any paid-up dividend additions,
1328     any cash surrender value available, whether or not required by Subsection (2), shall be
1329     calculated on the basis of the mortality table and rate of interest used in determining the
1330     amount of such paid-up nonforfeiture benefit and paid-up dividend additions, if any.
1331          (C) A company may calculate the amount of any guaranteed paid-up nonforfeiture
1332     benefit, including paid-up additions under the policy, on the basis of an interest rate no lower
1333     than that specified in the policy for calculating cash surrender values.
1334          (D) In calculating the present value of any paid-up term insurance with accompanying
1335     pure endowment, if any, offered as a nonforfeiture benefit, the rates of mortality assumed may
1336     be not more than those shown in the Commissioner's 1980 Extended Term Insurance Table for
1337     policies of ordinary insurance and not more than the Commissioner's 1961 Industrial Extended
1338     Term Insurance Table for policies of industrial insurance.
1339          (E) For insurance issued on a substandard basis, the calculation of any such adjusted
1340     premiums and present values may be based on appropriate modifications of the aforementioned
1341     tables.
1342          (F) [Any ordinary mortality tables] For a policy issued before the operative date of the
1343     valuation manual, a Commissioner's Standard Ordinary Mortality Tables, adopted after 1980
1344     by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, that are approved by rules adopted by
1345     the commissioner for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard, may be
1346     substituted for the Commissioner's 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table with or without
1347     Ten-Year Select Mortality Factors or for the Commissioner's 1980 Extended Term Insurance
1348     Table. For a policy issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, the valuation
1349     manual shall provide the Commissioner's Standard Mortality Table for use in determining the
1350     minimum nonforfeiture standard that may be substituted for the Commissioner's 1980 Standard
1351     Ordinary Mortality Table with or without Ten-Year Select Mortality Factors or for the
1352     Commissioner's 1980 Extended Term Insurance Table. If the commissioner approves by rule
1353     any Commissioner's Standard Ordinary Mortality Table adopted by the National Association of
1354     Insurance Commissioners for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard for
1355     policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, then that minimum
1356     nonforfeiture standard supersedes the minimum nonforfeiture standard provided by the
1357     valuation manual.

1358          (G) [Any industrial mortality tables] For a policy issued before the operative date of the
1359     valuation manual, any Commissioner's Standard Industrial Mortality Tables, adopted after 1980
1360     by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, that are approved by rules adopted by
1361     the commissioner for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard may be
1362     substituted for the Commissioner's 1961 Industrial Extended Term Insurance Table. For a
1363     policy issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, the valuation manual shall
1364     provide the Commissioner's Standard Mortality Table for use in determining the minimum
1365     nonforfeiture standard that may be substituted for the Commissioner's 1961 Standard Industrial
1366     Mortality Table or the Commissioner's 1961 Industrial Extended Term Insurance Table. If the
1367     commissioner approves by rule any Commissioner's Standard Industrial Mortality Table
1368     adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for use in determining the
1369     minimum nonforfeiture standard for policies issued on or after the operative date of the
1370     valuation manual, then that minimum nonforfeiture standard supersedes the minimum
1371     nonforfeiture standard provided by the valuation manual.
1372          [(x)] (xi) The nonforfeiture interest rate is defined in this Subsection (6)(d)(xi):
1373          (A) for a policy issued before the operative date of the valuation manual, the
1374     nonforteiture interest rate per annum for any policy issued in a particular calendar year shall be
1375     equal to 125% of the calendar year statutory valuation interest rate for such policy as defined in
1376     the Standard Valuation Law, rounded to the nearest one-fourth of 1%[.], except that the
1377     nonforfeiture interest rate may not be less than 4%; and
1378          (B) for a policy issued on and after the operative date of the valuation manual, the
1379     nonforfeiture interest rate per annum for any policy issued in a particular calendar year shall be
1380     provided by the valuation manual.
1381          [(xi)] (xii) Notwithstanding any other provision in this title to the contrary, any refiling
1382     of nonforfeiture values or their methods of computation for any previously approved policy
1383     form which involves only a change in the interest rate or mortality table used to compute
1384     nonforfeiture values does not require refiling of any other provisions of that policy form.
1385          [(xii)] (xiii) After the effective date of this Subsection (6)(d), any company may, at any
1386     time before January 1, 1989, file with the commissioner a written notice of its election to
1387     comply with the provisions of this subsection with regard to any number of plans of insurance
1388     after a specified date before January 1, 1989, which specified date shall be the operative date of

1389     this Subsection (6)(d) for the plan or plans, but if a company elects to make the provisions of
1390     this subsection operative before January 1, 1989, for fewer than all plans, the company shall
1391     comply with rules adopted by the commissioner. There is no limit to the number of times this
1392     election may be made. If the company makes no such election, the operative date of this
1393     subsection for such company shall be January 1, 1989.
1394          (7) In the case of any plan of life insurance which provides for future premium
1395     determination, the amounts of which are to be determined by the insurance company based on
1396     the estimates of future experience, or in the case of any plan of life insurance which is of such
1397     nature that minimum values cannot be determined by the methods described in Subsection (2),
1398     (3), (4), (5), (6)(a), (6)(b), (6)(c), or (6)(d) [herein], then:
1399          (a) the insurer shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the
1400     benefits provided under the plan are substantially as favorable to policyholders and insureds as
1401     the minimum benefits otherwise required by Subsection (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)(a), (6)(b), (6)(c),
1402     or (6)(d);
1403          (b) the plan of life insurance shall satisfy the commissioner that the benefits and the
1404     pattern of premiums of that plan are not such as to mislead prospective policyholders or
1405     insureds; and
1406          (c) the cash surrender values and paid-up nonforfeiture benefits provided by the plan
1407     may not be less than the minimum values and benefits required for the plan computed by a
1408     method consistent with the principles of this Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Life Insurance, as
1409     determined by rules adopted by the commissioner.
1410          (8) (a) (i) Any cash surrender value and any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit, available
1411     under the policy in the event of default in a premium payment due at any time other than on the
1412     policy anniversary, shall be calculated with allowance for the lapse of time and the payment of
1413     fractional premiums beyond the last preceding policy anniversary.
1414          (ii) All values referred to in Subsections (3), (4), (5), and (6) may be calculated upon
1415     the assumption that any death benefit is payable at the end of the policy year of death.
1416          (iii) The net value of any paid-up additions, other than paid-up term additions, may not
1417     be less than the amounts used to provide such additions.
1418          (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (3), additional benefits specified in
1419     Subsection (8)(c) and premiums for all such additional benefits shall be disregarded in

1420     ascertaining cash surrender values and nonforfeiture benefits required by this section, and no
1421     such additional benefits shall be required to be included in any paid-up nonforfeiture benefits.
1422          (c) Additional benefits referred to in Subsection (8)(b) include benefits payable:
1423          (i) in the event of death or dismemberment by accident or accidental means;
1424          (ii) in the event of total and permanent disability;
1425          (iii) as reversionary annuity or deferred reversionary annuity benefits;
1426          (iv) as term insurance benefits provided by a rider or supplemental policy provision to
1427     which, if issued as a separate policy, this section would not apply;
1428          (v) as term insurance on the life of a child or on the lives of children provided in a
1429     policy on the life of a parent of the child, if such term insurance expires before the child's age is
1430     26, if uniform in amount after the child's age is one, and has not become paid-up by reason of
1431     the death of a parent of the child; and
1432          (vi) as other policy benefits additional to life insurance endowment benefits.
1433          (9) (a) This Subsection (9), in addition to all other applicable subsections of this
1434     section, applies to all policies issued on or after January 1, 1985. Any cash surrender value
1435     available under the policy in the event of default in a premium payment due on any policy
1436     anniversary shall be in an amount which does not differ by more than 2/10 of 1% of either the
1437     amount of insurance, if the insurance be uniform in amount, or the average amount of
1438     insurance at the beginning of each of the first 10 policy years, from the sum of:
1439          (i) the greater of zero and the basic cash value [hereinafter] specified in Subsection
1440     (9)(b); and
1441          (ii) the present value of any existing paid-up additions less the amount of any
1442     indebtedness to the company under the policy.
1443          (b) The basic cash value shall be equal to the present value, on such anniversary of the
1444     future guaranteed benefits which would have been provided for by the policy, excluding any
1445     existing paid-up additions and before deduction of any indebtedness to the company, if there
1446     had been no default, less the then present value of the nonforfeiture factors, as [hereinafter]
1447     defined in Subsection (9)(c), corresponding to premiums which would have fallen due on and
1448     after such anniversary. Provided, however, that the effects on the basic cash value of
1449     supplemental life insurance or annuity benefits or of family coverage, as described in
1450     Subsection (3) or (5), whichever is applicable, shall be the same as are the effects specified in

1451     Subsection (3) or (5), whichever is applicable, on the cash surrender values defined in that
1452     subsection.
1453          (c) The nonforfeiture factor for each policy year shall be an amount equal to a
1454     percentage of the adjusted premium for the policy year, as defined in Subsection (5) or (6)(d),
1455     whichever is applicable. Except as is required by the next succeeding sentence of this
1456     paragraph, such percentage:
1457          (i) shall be the same percentage for each policy year between the second policy
1458     anniversary and the later of:
1459          (A) the fifth policy anniversary; and
1460          (B) the first policy anniversary at which there is available under the policy a cash
1461     surrender value in an amount, before including any paid-up additions and before deducting any
1462     indebtedness, of at least 2/10 of 1% of either the amount of insurance, if the insurance be
1463     uniform in amount, or the average amount of insurance at the beginning of each of the first 10
1464     policy years; and
1465          (ii) shall be such that no percentage after the later of the two policy anniversaries
1466     specified in Subsection (9)(a) may apply to fewer than five consecutive policy years.
1467          (d) Provided, that no basic cash value may be less than the value which would be
1468     obtained if the adjusted premiums for the policy, as defined in Subsection (5) or Subsection
1469     (6)(d), whichever is applicable, were substituted for the nonforfeiture factors in the calculation
1470     of the basic value.
1471          (e) All adjusted premiums and present values referred to in this Subsection (9) shall for
1472     a particular policy be calculated on the same mortality and interest bases as are used in
1473     demonstrating the policy's compliance with the other subsections of this nonforfeiture law.
1474     The cash surrender values referred to in this Subsection (9) shall include any endowment
1475     benefits provided for by the policy.
1476          (f) Any cash surrender value available other than in the event of default in a premium
1477     payment due on a policy anniversary, and the amount of any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit
1478     available under the policy in the event of default in a premium payment shall be determined in
1479     manners consistent with the manners specified for determining the analogous minimum
1480     amounts in Subsections (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (8). The amounts of any cash surrender
1481     values and of any paid-up nonforfeiture benefits granted in connection with additional benefits

1482     such as those listed as Subsection (8)(c) shall conform with the principles of this Subsection
1483     (9).
1484          (10) (a) This section does not apply to any of the following:
1485          (i) reinsurance;
1486          (ii) group insurance;
1487          (iii) pure endowment;
1488          (iv) an annuity or reversionary annuity contract;
1489          (v) a term policy of uniform amount, which provides no guaranteed nonforfeiture or
1490     endowment benefits, or renewal thereof, of 20 years or less expiring before age 71, for which
1491     uniform premiums are payable during the entire term of the policy;
1492          (vi) a term policy of decreasing amount, which provides no guaranteed nonforfeiture or
1493     endowment benefits, on which each adjusted premium, calculated as specified in Subsections
1494     (5) and (6), is less than the adjusted premium so calculated, on a term policy of uniform
1495     amount, or renewal thereof, which provides no guaranteed nonforfeiture or endowment
1496     benefits, issued at the same age and for the same initial amount of insurance, and for a term of
1497     20 years or less expiring before age 71, for which uniform premiums are payable during the
1498     entire term of the policy;
1499          (vii) a policy, which provides no guaranteed nonforfeiture or endowment benefits, for
1500     which no cash surrender value, if any, or present value of any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit, at
1501     the beginning of any policy year, calculated as specified in Subsections (3), (4), (5), and (6)
1502     exceeds 2-1/2% of the amount of insurance at the beginning of the same policy year; or
1503          (viii) a policy which shall be delivered outside this state through an agent or other
1504     representative of the company issuing the policy.
1505          (b) For purposes of determining the applicability of this section, the age of expiry for a
1506     joint term insurance policy shall be the age of expiry of the oldest life.
1507          (11) The commissioner may adopt rules interpreting, describing, and clarifying the
1508     application of this nonforfeiture law to any form of life insurance for which the interpretation,
1509     description, or clarification is considered necessary by the commissioner, including unusual
1510     and new forms of life insurance.







Legislative Review Note
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel