For the purpose of such valuations and for making special examinations of the condition of life insurance companies, as provided by the laws of this state, and for valuing all outstanding policies of every life insurance company, the method and basis of valuation shall be the same as prescribed by the insurance code of this state in the valuation of such contracts before June 1, 1927. The legal minimum standard for the valuation of life insurance contracts issued on or after June 1, 1927, shall be the one-year preliminary-term method of valuation, except as hereinafter modified, on the basis of the American experience table of mortality with interest at 4% per annum. If the premium charged for term insurance under limited-payment life preliminary-term policy providing for the payment of all premiums thereon in less than 20 years from the date of policy, or under an endowment preliminary-term policy, exceeds that charged for life insurance under twenty-payment life preliminary-term policy of the same company, the reserve thereon at the end of any year, including the first, shall not be less than the reserve on a twenty-payment life preliminary-term policy issued in the same year and at the same age, together with an amount which shall be equivalent to the accumulation of a net level premium sufficient to provide for a pure endowment at the end of the premium-payment period, equal to the difference between the value at the end of such period of such a twenty-payment life preliminary-term policy and the full net level premium reserve at such time of such a limited-payment life or endowment policy. The premium-payment period is the period during which premiums are concurrently payable, under such twenty-payment life preliminary-term policy and such limited-payment life or endowment policy. Policies issued on the preliminary-term method shall contain a clause specifying that the reserve thereof shall be computed in accordance with the modified preliminary-term method of valuation provided therein. Except as otherwise provided for group annuity and pure endowment contracts in paragraphs (1-a) and (1-b) of subsection (d), the legal minimum standard for the valuation of annuities shall be McClintock's "table of mortality among annuitants," with interest at 4% per annum, but annuities deferred 10 or more years and written in connection with life insurance shall be valued on the same basis as that used in computing the consideration or premiums therefor, or upon any higher standard at the option of the company. The commissioner of insurance may, in the commissioner's discretion, vary the above standard of interest and mortality in cases of companies organized under the laws of a foreign country and in particular cases of invalid lives or other extra hazards.
Reserves for all such policies and contracts may be calculated, at the option of the company, according to any standards which produce greater aggregate reserves for all such policies and contracts than the minimum reserves required by this subsection.
After July 1, 1973, any company may file with the commissioner of insurance a written notice of its election to comply with the provisions of this paragraph after a specified date before January 1, 1979, which shall be the operative date of this paragraph for such company. A company may elect a different operative date for individual annuity and pure endowment contracts from that elected for group annuity and pure endowment contracts. If a company makes no such election, the operative date of this paragraph for such company shall be January 1, 1979.
I = .03 + W (R1 - .03) + W/2 (R2 - .09);
I = .03 + W (R - .03) where R1 is the lesser of R and .09, R2 is the greater of R and .09,
R is the reference interest rate defined in this paragraph and W is the weighting factor defined in this paragraph.
Guarantee Duration (Years) |
Weighting Factors |
10 or less |
.50 |
More than 10, but not more than 20 |
.45 |
More than 20 |
.35 |
For life insurance, the guarantee duration is the maximum number of years the life insurance can remain in force on a basis guaranteed in the policy or under options to convert to plans of life insurance with premium rates or nonforfeiture values, or both, which are guaranteed in the original policy;
.80
Guarantee Duration (Years) |
Weighting Factor for Plan Type |
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A |
B |
C |
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5 or less |
.80 |
.60 |
.50 |
More than five, but not more than 10 |
.75 |
.60 |
.50 |
More than 10, but not more than 20 |
.65 |
.50 |
.45 |
More than 20 |
.45 |
.35 |
.35 |
Plan Type |
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A |
B |
C |
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For annuities and guaranteed interest contracts valued on a change in fund basis, the factors shown in (i) above increased by |
.15 |
.25 |
.05 |
Plan Type |
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A |
B |
C |
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For annuities and guaranteed interest contracts valued on an issue year basis (other than those with no cash settlement options) which do not guarantee interest on considerations received more than one year after issue or purchase and for annuities and guaranteed interest contracts valued on a change in fund basis which do not guarantee interest rates on considerations received more than 12 months beyond the valuation date, the factors shown in (i) or derived in (ii) increased by |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
Plan type A: At any time policyholder may withdraw funds only:
Plan type B: Before expiration of the interest rate guarantee, policyholder may withdraw funds only:
Plan type C: Policyholder may withdraw funds before expiration of interest rate guarantee in a single sum or installments over less than five years either:
The modified net premiums for any such policy shall be such uniform percentage of the respective contract premiums for benefits such that the present value, at the date of issue of the policy, of all such modified net premiums shall be equal to the sum of the then present value of such benefits provided for by the policy and the excess of (A) over (B), as follows:
Except for any life insurance policy issued on or after January 1, 1985, 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, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (5), be the greater of the reserve as of such policy anniversary calculated as described in this paragraph and the reserve as of such policy anniversary calculated as described in this paragraph, but with:
Reserves according to the commissioners' reserve valuation method for:
Reserves according to the commissioners' reserve valuation method for universal life contracts issued after December 31, 2006, providing for death benefits that are guaranteed to remain in effect if specified conditions, as defined in the universal life insurance contract are met by the contract owner, shall calculate the value of the guarantee by a method consistent with the principles of this paragraph (2). The use of anticipated lapse rates in such calculations shall not exceed 2% per annum.
Reserves according to the commissioners' annuity reserve method for benefits under annuity or pure endowment contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in such contracts, shall be the greatest of the respective excesses of the present values, at the date of valuation, of the future guaranteed benefits, including guaranteed nonforfeiture benefits, provided for by such contracts at the end of each respective contract year, over the present value, at the date of valuation, of any future valuation considerations derived from future gross considerations, required by the terms of such contract, that become payable prior to the end of such respective contract year. The future guaranteed benefits shall be determined by using the mortality table, if any, and the interest rate, or rates, specified in such contracts for determining guaranteed benefits. The valuation considerations are the portions of the respective gross considerations applied under the terms of such contracts to determine nonforfeiture values.
The minimum valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest referred to in this section are those standards stated in paragraphs (1) and (1-b).
Except for any life insurance policy issued on or after January 1, 1988, for which the gross 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 foregoing provisions of this paragraph (5) shall be applied as if the method actually used in calculating the reserve for such policy were the method described in paragraph (2), ignoring the third paragraph of paragraph (2). The minimum reserve at each policy anniversary of such a policy shall be the greater of the minimum reserve calculated in accordance with paragraph (2), including the third paragraph of paragraph (2), and the minimum reserve calculated in accordance with this paragraph (5).
A company shall submit mortality, morbidity, policyholder behavior or expense experience and other data as prescribed in the valuation manual.
K.S.A. 40-409