Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 3 - INSURANCE (§§ 23-60-101 — 23-103-417) › Chapter 84 - STANDARD VALUATION LAW FOR LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES (§§ 23-84-101 — 23-84-119) › Section 23-84-104 - Minimum standard for valuation - Annuity and pure endowment contracts

(a)
Except as provided in §
23-84-105
, the minimum standard for the valuation of all individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued on or after the operative date of this section and for all annuities and pure endowments purchased on or after the operative date under group annuity and pure endowment contracts shall be the Insurance Commissioner's reserve valuation methods defined in §§
23-84-106
and
23-84-107
and the following tables and interest rates:
(1)
For individual single premium immediate annuity contracts excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in the contracts, the 1971 Individual Annuity Mortality Table or any individual annuity mortality table adopted after 1980 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and approved by rule promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for the contracts, or any modification of these tables approved by the commissioner, and seven and one-half percent (7.5%) interest;
(2)
For individual annuity and pure endowment contracts other than single premium immediate annuity contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in the contracts, the 1971 Individual Annuity Mortality Table or any individual annuity mortality table adopted after 1980 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners that is approved by rule promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for the contracts, or any modification of these tables approved by the commissioner, and five and one-half percent (5.5%) interest for single premium deferred annuity and pure endowment contracts and four and one-half percent (4.5%) interest for all other individual annuity and pure endowment contracts; and
(3)
For all annuities and pure endowments under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits purchased under the contracts, the 1971 Group Annuity Mortality Table or any group annuity mortality table adopted after 1980 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners that is approved by rules promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for the annuities and pure endowments, or any modification of these tables approved by the commissioner, and seven and one-half percent (7.5%) interest.
(b)
After March 18, 1977, any insurer may file with the commissioner a written notice of its election to comply with the provisions of this section after a specified date before January 1, 1979, which shall be the operative date of this section for the insurer. However, an insurer may elect a different operative date for individual annuity and pure endowment contracts from that elected for group annuity and pure endowment contracts. If an insurer makes no election, the operative date of this section for the insurer shall be January 1, 1979.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2735, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1959, No. 148, § 92; 1961, No. 466, § 1; 1965, No. 439, § 1; 1977, No. 551, § 2; 1981, No. 535, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 66-2511.