Section 11134 Of Article 7. Financial Matters From California Insurance Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 10. >> Article 7.
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. Except as otherwise provided in Section 10489.6, reserves
according to the commissioners' reserve valuation method, for the
life insurance and endowment benefits of certificates providing for a
uniform amount of insurance and requiring the payment of uniform
rates shall be the excess, if any, of the present value, at the date
of valuation, of such future guaranteed benefits provided for by such
certificates, over the then present value of any future modified net
rates therefor. The modified net rates for any such certificate
shall be such uniform percentage of the respective contract payment
for such benefits that the present value, at the date of issue of the
certificate, of all such modified net rates shall be equal to the
sum of the then present value of such benefits provided for by the
certificate and the excess of (a) over (b), as follows:
(a) A net level annual payment equal to the present value at the
date of issue, of such benefits provided for after the first
certificate year, divided by the present value, at the date of issue,
of an annuity of one per annum payable on the first and each
subsequent anniversary of such certificate on which a payment falls
due; provided, however, that such net level annual payment shall not
exceed the net level annual payment on the 19-year payment whole life
plan for insurance of the same amount at an age one year higher than
the age at issue of such certificate.
(b) A net one-year term payment for such benefits provided for in
the first certificate year.
Provided that for any certificate issued on or after January 1,
1986, for which the contract premium in the first policy year exceeds
that of the second year and for which no comparable additional
benefit is provided in the first year for such excess and which
provides an endowment benefit or a cash surrender value or a
combination thereof in an amount greater than such excess premium,
the reserve according to the commissioners reserve valuation method
as of any policy anniversary occurring on or before the assumed
ending date defined herein as the first policy anniversary on which
the sum of any endowment benefit and any cash surrender value then
available is greater than such excess premium shall be the greater of
the reserve as of such policy anniversary calculated as described in
the preceding paragraph and the reserve as of such policy
anniversary calculated as described in that paragraph, but with (i)
the value defined in subdivision (a) of that paragraph being reduced
by 15 percent of the amount of such excess first year premium, (ii)
all present values of benefits and premiums being determined without
reference to premiums or benefits provided for by the policy after
the assumed ending date, (iii) the policy being assumed to mature on
such date as an endowment, and (iv) the cash surrender value provided
on such date being considered as an endowment benefit. In making the
above comparison the mortality and interest bases stated in Sections
11136 and 11136.1 shall be used.
Reserves according to the commissioners' reserve valuation method
for (1) life insurance certificates providing for a varying amount of
insurance or requiring the payment of varying rates, (2) group
annuity and pure endowment contracts purchased under a retirement
plan or plan of deferred compensation, established or maintained by
an employer (including a partnership or sole proprietorship) or by an
employee organization, or by both, other than a plan providing
individual retirement accounts or individual retirement annuities
under Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code, as now or hereafter
amended, (3) disability and accidental death benefits in all
certificates and contracts, and (4) all other benefits, except life
insurance and endowment benefits in life insurance certificates,
shall be calculated by a method consistent with the principles of the
first paragraph of this section, except that any extra premiums
charged because of impairments or special hazards shall be
disregarded in the determination of modified net premiums.