Section 26.1-35-01 - Reserve valuation1. The following apply to policies and contracts issued before the operative date of the valuation manual:a. The commissioner shall annually value, or cause to be valued, the reserve liabilities, in this chapter referred to as reserves, for all outstanding life insurance policies and annuity and pure endowment contracts of every life insurer doing business in this state issued after June 30, 1977, and before the operative date of the valuation manual. In calculating the reserves, the commissioner may use group methods and approximate averages for fractions of a year or otherwise. In lieu of the valuation of the reserves required of a foreign or alien insurer, the commissioner may accept a valuation made, or caused to be made, by the insurance supervisory official of any state or other jurisdiction when the valuation complies with the minimum standards provided in this chapter.b. Except sections 26.1-35-00.2 and 26.1-35-12, this chapter applies to all policies and contracts, as appropriate, subject to this chapter issued after June 30, 1977, and before the operative date of the valuation manual; however, sections 26.1-35-00.2 and 26.1-35-12 do not apply to such policies and contracts.c. The minimum standard for the valuation of policies and contracts issued before July 1, 1977, are the standards provided by the laws in effect immediately before that date.2. The following apply to policies and contracts issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual:a. Annually, the commissioner shall value, or cause to be valued, the reserve liabilities, in this chapter referred to as reserves, for all outstanding life insurance contracts, annuity and pure endowment contracts, accident and health contracts, and deposit-type contracts of every insurer issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual. In lieu of the valuation of the reserves required of a foreign or alien insurer, the commissioner may accept a valuation made, or caused to be made, by the insurance supervisory official of any state or other jurisdiction when the valuation complies with the minimum standard provided in this chapter.b. The provisions set forth in sections 26.1-35-00.2 and 26.1-35-12 apply to all policies and contracts issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual.Amended by S.L. 2015 , ch. 217( HB 1142 ), § 3, effective on the January first following the date the insurance commissioner certifies to the secretary of state and the legislative council that the events listed in S.L. 2015, ch. 217 (HB 1142) , § 18 have occurred.