N.J. Admin. Code § 11:4-24.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 11:4-24.3 - Smoker and nonsmoker mortality tables

(a) In determining minimum cash surrender values, minimum amounts and minimum periods of nonforfeiture benefits for any policy of insurance delivered or issued for delivery in this State after the operative date of N.J.S.A. 17B:25-19h(xi) for that policy form and before January 1, 1989 and in determining the minimum reserve liabilities for any policy of insurance delivered or issued for delivery after the operative date of N.J.S.A. 17B:25-19h(xi) for that policy form and prior to January 1, 1989, at the option of the insurer and subject to the conditions in (e) below, the following tables may be substituted:

1. The 1958 CSO Smoker and Nonsmoker Mortality Tables may be substituted for the 1980 CSO Table; and

2. The 1958 CET Smoker and Nonsmoker Mortality Tables may be substituted for the 1980 CET Table.

(b) For any category of insurance issued on female lives using 1958 CSO or 1958 CET Smoker and Nonsmoker Mortality Tables in determining minimum cash surrender values, minimum amounts and minimum periods of nonforfeiture benefits, and minimum reserve liabilities, such minimum values may be calculated according to an age not more than six years younger than the actual age of the insured.

(c) Once an election has been made to use a 1980 CSO Mortality Table for a plan of insurance, the substitution in (a) above shall not be available for any subsequent new plan of insurance.

(d) In determining minimum cash surrender values, minimum amounts and minimum periods of nonforfeiture benefits for any policy of insurance delivered or issued for delivery in this State after the operative date of N.J.S.A. 17B:25-19h(xi) for that policy and in determining the minimum reserve liabilities for any policy of insurance delivered or issued for delivery after the operative date of N.J.S.A. 17B:25-19h(xi) for that policy, at the option of the insurer and subject to the conditions in (e) below, the following tables may be substituted:

1. The 1980 CSO Smoker and Nonsmoker Mortality Tables may be substituted for the 1980 CSO Table; and

2. The 1980 CET Smoker and Nonsmoker Mortality Tables may be substituted for the 1980 CET Tables.

(e) For each policy form with separate rates for smoker and nonsmoker, an insurer may:

1. Use composite mortality tables to determine minimum cash surrender values, minimum amounts and minimum periods of nonforfeiture benefits and minimum reserve liabilities;

2. Use smoker and nonsmoker mortality tables to determine the valuation net premiums and minimum reserves, if any, required by N.J.S.A. 17B:19-8e and use composite minimum amounts and minimum periods of nonforfeiture benefits and basic minimum reserve liabilities; or

3. Use smoker and nonsmoker mortality tables to determine minimum cash surrender values, minimum amounts and minimum periods of nonforfeiture benefits and minimum reserve liabilities.

N.J. Admin. Code § 11:4-24.3

Amended by R.2001 d.7, effective 1/2/2001.
See: 32 New Jersey Register 3546(a), 33 New Jersey Register 101(a).
In (a) and (d), rewrote the introductory paragraphs.