2020 Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Subtitle 3 - Insurance
Chapter 81 - Life Insurance Policies And Annuities
Subchapter 2 - Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Life Insurance
§ 23-81-209. Calculation of adjusted premiums and present values — All policies issued on or after operative date of § 23-81-213(d)

(a)

1. (1) This section shall apply to all policies issued on or after the operative date of § 23-81-213(d) as defined therein.

2. (2) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, the adjusted premiums for any policy shall be calculated on an annual basis and shall be the uniform percentage of the respective premiums specified in the policy for each policy year, excluding:

   1. (A) Amounts payable as extra premiums to cover impairments or special hazards; and

   2. (B) Any uniform annual contract charge or policy fee specified in the policy in a statement of the method to be used in calculating the cash surrender values and paid-up nonforfeiture benefits, that the present value, at the date of issue of the policy, of all adjusted premiums shall be equal to the sum of:

      1. (i) The then-present value of the future guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy;

      2. (ii) One percent (1%) of either the amount of insurance, if the insurance is uniform in amount, or the average amount of insurance at the beginning of each of the first ten (10) policy years; and

      3. (iii) One hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the nonforfeiture net level premium as defined in this section.

3. (3) However, in applying the percentage specified in subdivision (a)(2)(B)(iii) of this section, no nonforfeiture net level premium shall be deemed to exceed four percent (4%) of either the amount of insurance, if the insurance is uniform in amount, or the average amount of insurance at the beginning of each of the first ten (10) policy years.

4. (4) The date of issue of a policy for the purpose of this subchapter shall be the date as of which the rate age of the insured is determined.

(b) The nonforfeiture net level premium shall be equal to the present value, at the date of issue of the policy, of the guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy divided by the present value, at the date of issue of the policy, of an annuity of one (1) per annum, payable on the date of issue of the policy and on each anniversary of the policy on which a premium falls due.

(c) In the case of policies which cause on a basis guaranteed in the policy unscheduled changes in benefits or premiums, or which provide an option for changes in benefits or premiums other than a change to a new policy, the adjusted premiums and present values shall initially be calculated on the assumption that future benefits and premiums do not change from those stipulated at the date of issue of the policy. At the time of any change in the benefits or premiums, the future adjusted premiums, nonforfeiture net level premiums, and present values shall be recalculated on the assumption that future benefits and premiums do not change from those stipulated by the policy immediately after the change.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this section, the recalculated future adjusted premiums for any policy shall be a uniform percentage of the respective future premiums specified in the policy for each policy year, excluding amounts payable as extra premiums to cover impairments and special hazards, and also excluding any uniform annual contract charge or policy fee specified in the policy in a statement of the method to be used in calculating the cash surrender values and paid-up nonforfeiture benefits, that the present value, at the time of change to the newly defined benefits or premiums, of all future adjusted premiums shall be equal to the excess of:

1. (1) The sum of the then-present value of the then-future guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy and the additional expense allowance, if any; over

2. (2) The then-cash surrender value, if any, or present value of any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit under the policy.

(e) The additional expense allowance, at the time of the change to the newly defined benefits or premiums, shall be the sum of:

1. (1) One percent (1%) of the excess, if positive, of the average amount of insurance at the beginning of each of the first ten (10) policy years subsequent to the change over the average amount of insurance prior to the change at the beginning of each of the first ten (10) policy years subsequent to the time of the most recent previous change, or, if there has been no previous change, the date of issue of the policy; and

2. (2) One hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the increase, if positive, in the nonforfeiture net level premium.

(f) The recalculated nonforfeiture net level premium shall be equal to the result obtained by dividing subdivisions (d)(1) and (2) of this section when:

1. (1) Subdivision (d)(2) of this section equals the sum of:

   1. (A) The nonforfeiture net level premium applicable prior to the change multiplied by the present value of an annuity of one (1) per annum payable on each anniversary of the policy on or subsequent to the date of the change on which a premium would have fallen due had the change not occurred; and

   2. (B) The present value of the increase in future guaranteed benefits provided by the policy;

2. (2) Subdivision (d)(2) of this section equals the present value of an annuity of one (1) per annum payable on each anniversary of the policy on or subsequent to the date of change on which a premium falls due.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section to the contrary, in the case of a policy issued on a substandard basis which provides reduced graded amounts of insurance so that, in each policy year, the policy has the same tabular mortality cost as an otherwise similar policy issued on the standard basis which provides higher uniform amounts of insurance, adjusted premiums and present values for the substandard policy may be calculated as if it were issued to provide higher uniform amounts of insurance on the standard basis.

(h)

1. (1) All adjusted premiums and present values referred to in this subchapter shall:

   1. (A) For all policies of ordinary insurance, be calculated on the basis of the Commissioner's 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table or at the election of the insurer for any one (1) or more specified plans of life insurance, the Commissioner's 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table with Ten-Year Select Mortality Factors;

   2. (B) For all policies of industrial insurance, be calculated on the basis of the Commissioner's 1961 Standard Industrial Mortality Table; and

   3. (C) For all policies issued in a particular calendar year, be calculated on the basis of a rate of interest not exceeding the nonforfeiture interest rate as defined in this section, for policies issued in that calendar year.

2. (2) However:

   1. (A) At the option of the insurer, calculations for all policies issued in a particular calendar year may be made on the basis of a rate of interest not exceeding the nonforfeiture interest rate, as defined in this subchapter, for policies issued in the immediately preceding calendar year;

   2. (B) Under any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit, including any paid-up dividend additions, any cash surrender value available whether or not required by § 23-81-203 shall be calculated on the basis of the mortality table and rate of interest used in determining the amount of the paid-up nonforfeiture benefit and paid-up dividend additions, if any;

   3. (C) An insurer may calculate the amount of any guaranteed paid-up nonforfeiture benefit including any paid-up additions under the policy on the basis of an interest rate no lower than that specified in the policy for calculating cash surrender values;

   4. (D) In calculating the present value of any paid-up term insurance with accompanying pure endowment, if any, offered as a nonforfeiture benefit, the rates of mortality assumed may be not more than those shown in the Commissioner's 1980 Extended Term Insurance Table for policies of ordinary insurance and not more than the Commissioner's 1961 Industrial Extended Terms Insurance Table for policies of industrial insurance;

   5. (E) For insurance issued on a substandard basis, the calculation of any adjusted premiums and present values may be based on appropriate modifications of the aforementioned tables;

   6. (F)

      1. (i) For a policy issued before the operative date of the valuation manual, any Commissioner's Standard Ordinary Mortality Table, adopted after 1980 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, that is approved by rule promulgated by the Insurance Commissioner for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard may be substituted for the 1980 Commissioner's Standard Ordinary Mortality Table with or without Ten-Year Select Mortality Factors or for the 1980 Commissioner's Extended Term Insurance Table.

      2. (ii) For a policy issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, the valuation manual shall provide the Commissioner's Standard Ordinary Mortality Table for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard that may be substituted for the 1980 Commissioner's Standard Ordinary Mortality Table with or without Ten-Year Select Mortality Factors or for the 1980 Commissioner's Extended Term Insurance Table.

      3. (iii) If the Insurance Commissioner approves by rule any Commissioner's Standard Ordinary Mortality Table adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard for policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, then that minimum nonforfeiture standard shall supersede the minimum nonforfeiture standard provided by the valuation manual;

   7. (G)

      1. (i) For a policy issued before the operative date of the valuation manual, any Commissioner's Standard Industrial Mortality Table, adopted after 1980 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, that is approved by rule promulgated by the Insurance Commissioner for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard may be substituted for the 1961 Commissioner's Standard Industrial Mortality Table or the 1961 Commissioner's Industrial Extended Term Insurance Table.

      2. (ii) For a policy issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, the valuation manual shall provide the Commissioner's Standard Industrial Mortality Table for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard that may be substituted for the 1961 Commissioner's Standard Industrial Mortality Table or the 1961 Commissioner's Industrial Extended Term Insurance Table.

      3. (iii) If the Insurance Commissioner approves by rule any Commissioner's Standard Industrial Mortality Table adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard for policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, then that minimum nonforfeiture standard supersedes the minimum nonforfeiture standard provided by the valuation manual;

   8. (H)

      1. (i) For a policy issued before the operative date of the valuation manual, the nonforfeiture interest rate per annum for any policy issued in a particular calendar year shall be equal to one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the calendar year statutory valuation interest rate for the policy as defined in this subchapter, rounded to the nearest one-quarter of one percent (0.25%), provided the nonforfeiture interest rate shall not be less than four percent (4%).

      2. (ii) For a policy issued on and after the operative date of the valuation manual, the nonforfeiture interest rate per annum for any policy issued in a particular calendar year shall be provided by the valuation manual; and

   9. (I) Notwithstanding any other provision in this code to the contrary, any refiling of nonforfeiture values or their methods of computation for any previously approved policy form which involves only a change in the interest rate or mortality table used to compute nonforfeiture values shall not require refiling of any other provisions of that policy form.