2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 26 - INSURANCE CODE
CHAPTER 16 - LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CONTRACTS
ARTICLE 2 - STANDARD NONFORFEITURE LAW
SECTION 26-16-210 - Determination of specified life insurance plan premiums and benefits.
26-16-210. Determination of specified life insurance plan premiums and benefits.
(a) For any life insurance plan which provides for future premium determination, the amounts of which are to be determined by the insurer based on the then estimates of future experience, or for any life insurance plan which is of such a nature that minimum values cannot be determined by the methods described in W.S. 26-16-202 through 26-16-209, the commissioner shall be satisfied that:
(i) The benefits provided under the plan are substantially as favorable to policyholders and insureds as the minimum benefits otherwise required by W.S. 26-16-202 through 26-16-209;
(ii) The benefits and the pattern of premiums of that plan are not such as to mislead prospective policyholders or insureds.
(b) The cash surrender values and paid-up nonforfeiture benefits provided by the plan shall not be less than the minimum values and benefits required for the plan computed by a method consistent with the principles of this article for life insurance, as determined by regulations the commissioner promulgates.
(c)(i) This subsection, in addition to all other applicable subsections of this section, applies to all policies issued on or after January 1, 1986. Any cash surrender value available under the policy in the event of default in a premium payment due on any policy anniversary shall be in an amount which does not differ by more than two-tenths of one percent (.2%) 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, from the sum of (A) the greater of zero and the basic cash value as specified in this subsection and (B) the present value of any existing paid-up additions less the amount of any indebtedness to the insurer under the policy;
(ii) The basic cash value shall be equal to the present value, on such anniversary, of the future guaranteed benefits which would have been provided for by the policy, excluding any existing paid-up additions and before deduction of any indebtedness to the insurer, if there had been no default, less the then present value of the nonforfeiture factors, as specified in paragraph (iii) of this subsection, corresponding to premiums which would have fallen due on and after such anniversary. However, the effects on the basic cash value of supplemental life insurance or annuity benefits or of family coverage, as described in W.S. 26-16-203 or 26-16-207, whichever is applicable, shall be the same as are the effects specified in W.S. 26-16-203 or 26-16-207, whichever is applicable on the cash surrender values defined in that subsection;
(iii) The nonforfeiture factor for each policy year shall be an amount equal to a percentage of the adjusted premium for the policy year, as defined in W.S. 26-16-205, 26-16-206 and 26-16-207 or in W.S. 26-16-209, whichever is applicable. Except as is required by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, such percentage:
(A) Must be the same percentage for each policy year between the second policy anniversary and the later of (1) the fifth policy anniversary and (2) the first policy anniversary at which there is available under the policy a cash surrender value in an amount, before including any paid-up additions and before deducting any indebtedness, of at least two-tenths of one percent (.2%) of either the amount of insurance, if the insurance be uniform in amount, or the average amount of insurance at the beginning of each of the first ten (10) policy years; and
(B) Must be such that no percentage after the later of the two (2) policy anniversaries specified in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph may apply to fewer than five (5) consecutive policy years.
(iv) No basic cash value may be less than the value which would be obtained if the adjusted premiums for the policy, as defined in W.S. 26-16-205, 26-16-206 and 26-16-207 or in W.S. 26-16-209, whichever is applicable, were substituted for the nonforfeiture factors in the calculation of the basic cash value;
(v) All adjusted premiums and present values referred to in this subsection, for a particular policy, shall be calculated on the same mortality and interest bases as are used in demonstrating the policy's compliance with the other subsections of this section. The cash surrender values referred to in this subsection shall include any endowment benefits provided for by the policy;
(vi) Any cash surrender value available other than in the event of default in a premium payment due on a policy anniversary, and the amount of any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit available under the policy in the event of default in a premium payment shall be determined in manners consistent with the manners specified for determining the analogous minimum amounts in W.S. 26-16-202, 26-16-203, 26-16-204, 26-16-209, and 26-16-211. The amounts of any cash surrender values and of any paid-up nonforfeiture benefits granted in connection with additional benefits such as those listed as paragraphs (i) through (vi) of this subsection shall conform with the principals of this section.
