Idaho Admin. Code r. 18.07.03.013

Current through September 2, 2024
Section 18.07.03.013 - CALCULATING MINIMUM VALUATION STANDARD FOR FLEXIBLE PREMIUM AND FIXED PREMIUM UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES THAT CONTAIN PROVISIONS RESULTING IN THE ABILITY OF A POLICY OWNER TO KEEP A POLICY IN FORCE OVER A SECONDARY GUARANTEE PERIOD
01.General.
a. Policies with a secondary guarantee include:
i. A policy with a guarantee that the policy will remain in force at the original schedule of benefits, subject only to paying specified premiums;
ii. A policy in which the minimum premium at any duration is less than the corresponding one (1) year valuation premium, calculated using the maximum valuation interest rate and the 1980 CSO valuation tables with or without "ten year select factors;" or
iii. A policy with any combination of Subparagraphs 013.01.a.i. and 013.01.a.ii.
b. A secondary guarantee period is the period for which the policy is guaranteed to remain in force subject only to a secondary guarantee. When a policy contains more than one secondary guarantee, the minimum reserve will be the greatest of the respective minimum reserves at that valuation date of each unexpired secondary guarantee, ignoring all other secondary guarantees. Secondary guarantees that the insurer unilaterally changes after issue will be considered to have been made at issue. Reserves described in Subsections 013.02 and 013.03 below will be recalculated from issue to reflect these changes.
c. Specified premiums mean the premiums specified in the policy, the payment of which guarantees that the policy will remain in force at the original schedule of benefits, but which otherwise would be insufficient to keep the policy in force in the absence of the guarantee if maximum mortality and expense charges and minimum interest credits were made and any applicable surrender charges were assessed.
d. For Section 013, the minimum premium for any policy year is the premium that, when paid into a policy with a zero (0) account value at the start of the policy year, produces a zero (0) account value at the end of the policy year. The minimum premium calculation will use the policy cost factors (including mortality charges, loads and expense charges) and the interest crediting rate, which are all guaranteed at issue.
e. The one (1) year valuation premium means the net one (1) year premium based on the original schedule of benefits for a given policy year. The one (1) year valuation premiums for all policy years are calculated at issue. The select mortality factors defined in Paragraphs 011.02.b., 011.02.c., and 011.02.d. cannot be used to calculate the one (1) year valuation premiums.
f. The one (1) year valuation premium should reflect the frequency of fund processing, and the distribution of deaths assumption employed in the calculation of the monthly mortality charges to the fund.
02.Basic Reserves for Secondary Guarantees. Basic reserves for secondary guarantees will be the segmented reserves for the secondary guarantee period. In calculating the segments and the segmented reserves, the gross premiums will be set equal to the specified premiums, if any, or otherwise to the minimum premiums, that keep the policy in force and the segments will be determined according to the "contract segmentation method."
03.Deficiency Reserves for Secondary Guarantees. Any deficiency reserves for secondary guarantees will be calculated for the secondary guarantee period as described in Subsection 012.02 with gross premiums set equal to the specified premiums, if any, or otherwise to the minimum premiums that keep the policy in force.
04.Minimum Reserves. The minimum reserves during the secondary guarantee period are the greater of:
a. The basic reserves for the secondary guarantee plus the deficiency reserve, if any, for the secondary guarantees; or
b. The minimum reserves prescribed by other rules or rules governing universal life plans.

Idaho Admin. Code r. 18.07.03.013

Effective April 6, 2023