Section 58-26-72 - Weighting factors.
58-26-72. Weighting factors. The weighting factors referred to in the formulas stated in § 58-26-71 are given in the following tables:
(1) Weighting factors for life insurance:
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;
(2) Weighting factor for single premium immediate annuities and for annuity benefits involving life contingencies arising from other annuities with cash settlement options and guaranteed interest contracts with cash settlement options: .80
(3) Weighting factors for other annuities and for guaranteed interest contracts, except as stated in subdivision (2) above, shall be as specified in tables (a), (b), and (c) below, according to the rules and definitions in (d), (e), and (f) below:
(a) For annuities and guaranteed interest contracts valued on an issue year basis:
Guarantee Duration (Years) Weighting Factor for Plan Type A B C 5 or less .80 .60 .50 More than 5, 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 (b) For annuities and guaranteed interest contracts valued on a change in fund basis, the factors shown in (a) above increased by:
Plan Type A B C .15 .25 .05 (c) 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 twelve months beyond the valuation date, the factors shown in table (a) or derived in table (b) increased by:
Plan Type A B C .05 .05 .05 (d) For other annuities with cash settlement options and guaranteed interest contracts with cash settlement options, the guarantee duration is the number of years for which the contract guarantees interest rates in excess of the calendar year statutory valuation interest rate for life insurance policies with guarantee duration in excess of twenty years. For other annuities with no cash settlement options and for guaranteed interest contracts with no cash settlement options, the guaranteed duration is the number of years from the date of issue or date of purchase to the date annuity benefits are scheduled to commence.
(e) Plan type as used in the above tables is defined as follows:
(i) Plan Type A: At any time policyholder may withdraw funds only (1) with an adjustment to reflect changes in interest rates or asset values since receipt of the funds by the insurance company, or (2) without adjustment but in installments over five years or more, or (3) as an immediate life annuity, or (4) no withdrawal permitted.
(ii) Plan Type B: Before expiration of the interest rate guarantee, policyholder may withdraw funds only (1) with an adjustment to reflect changes in interest rates or asset values since receipt of the funds by the insurance company, or (2) without adjustment but in installments over five years or more or (3) no withdrawal permitted. At the end of interest rate guarantee, funds may be withdrawn without adjustment in a single sum or installments over less than five years.
(iii) 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 (1) without adjustment to reflect changes in interest rates or asset values since receipt of the funds by the insurance company, or (2) subject only to a fixed surrender charge stipulated in the contract as a percentage of the fund.
(f) A company may elect to value guaranteed interest contracts with cash settlement options and annuities with cash settlement options on either an issue year basis or on a change in fund basis. Guaranteed interest contracts with no cash settlement options and other annuities with no cash settlement options must be valued on an issue year basis. As used in § § 58-26-71 to 58-26-74, inclusive, an issue year basis of valuation refers to a valuation basis under which the interest rate used to determine the minimum valuation standard for the entire duration of the annuity or guaranteed interest contract is the calendar year valuation interest rate for the year of issue or year of purchase of the annuity or guaranteed interest contract, and the change in fund basis of valuation refers to a valuation basis under which the interest rate used to determine the minimum valuation standard applicable to each change in the fund held under the annuity or guaranteed interest contract is the calendar year valuation interest rate for the year of the change in the fund.
Source: SL 1995, ch 284, § 28.