2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 10 - INSURANCE (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-23-110) › LIFE INSURANCE (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-803) › Article 7 - LIFE INSURANCE (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-803) › Part 3 - STANDARD NONFORFEITURE AND VALUATION ACT (§§ 10-7-301 — 10-7-316) › Section 10-7-309 - Minimum standard of valuation - rules

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section and in section
10-7-309.5
, the minimum standard for the valuation of all policies issued by any domestic or foreign life insurance company, on or after the operative date provided in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section, must be the commissioners reserve valuation methods defined in sections
10-7-310
,
10-7-310.5
, and
10-7-313
, five percent interest for group annuity and pure endowment contracts and three and one-half percent interest for all other such policies and contracts, or in the case of policies and contracts, other than annuity and pure endowment contracts, issued on or after July 1, 1977, five and one-half percent interest for single-premium life insurance policies and four and one-half percent interest for all other such policies, and the following tables:
(a)
For ordinary policies of life insurance issued on the standard basis, excluding any disability or accidental death benefits in such policies: The commissioners 1958 standard ordinary mortality table, but, for any category of such policies issued on female risks, all modified net premiums and present values referred to in this part 3 may be calculated, at the option of the company, according to an age not more than six years younger than the actual age of the insured; and for such policies issued on or after the operative date of section
10-7-305.1
:
(I)
The commissioners 1980 standard ordinary mortality table; or
(II)
At the election of the company for any one or more specified plans of life insurance, the commissioners 1980 standard ordinary mortality table with ten-year select mortality factors; or
(III)
Any ordinary mortality table, adopted after 1980 by the NAIC, that is approved by rule promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such policies;
(b)
For industrial life insurance policies issued on the standard basis, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in the policies: The 1941 standard industrial mortality table for policies issued prior to the operative date of section
10-7-305(5)
, and for policies issued on or after the operative date the commissioners 1961 standard industrial mortality table or any industrial mortality table, adopted after 1980 by the NAIC, that is approved by rule promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such policies;
(c)
For individual annuity and pure endowment policies, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in such policies: The 1937 standard annuity mortality table or, at the option of the company, the annuity mortality table for 1949, ultimate, or any modification of either of these tables approved by the commissioner;
(d)
For group annuity and pure endowment policies, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in such policies: The group annuity mortality table for 1951, any modification of the table approved by the commissioner, or, at the option of the company, any of the tables or modifications of tables specified for individual annuity and pure endowment policies;
(e)
For total and permanent disability benefits in or supplementary to ordinary policies: The tables of period 2 disablement rates and the 1930 to 1950 termination rates of the 1952 disability study of the society of actuaries, with due regard to the type of benefit, or any tables of disablement rates and termination rates, adopted after 1980 by the NAIC, that are approved by rule promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for the policies. Any table must, for active lives, be combined with a mortality table permitted for calculating the reserves for life insurance policies.
(f)
For accidental death benefits in or supplementary to policies: The 1959 accidental death benefits table or any accidental death benefits table, adopted after 1980 by the NAIC, that is approved by rule promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such policies. Either table shall be combined with a mortality table permitted for calculating the reserves for life insurance policies.
(g)
For group life insurance, life insurance issued on the substandard basis and other special benefits: Such tables as may be approved by the commissioner.
(2)
(a)
Except as provided in section
10-7-309.5
, the minimum standard of valuation for individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued on or after the operative date of this subsection (2), as defined in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), and for all annuities and pure endowments purchased on or after said operative date under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, must be the commissioners reserve valuation methods defined in sections
10-7-310
and
10-7-310.5
and the following tables and interest rates:
(I)
For individual single-premium immediate annuity contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in such contracts: The 1971 individual annuity mortality table, or any individual annuity mortality table, adopted after 1980 by the NAIC, that is approved by rule promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such contracts, or any modification of these tables approved by the commissioner, and seven and one-half percent interest;
(II)
For individual annuity and pure endowment contracts, other than single-premium immediate annuity contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in such contracts: The 1971 individual annuity mortality table, or any individual annuity mortality table, adopted after 1980 by the NAIC, that is approved by rule promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such contracts, or any modification of these tables approved by the commissioner, and five and one-half percent interest for single-premium deferred annuity and pure endowment contracts and four and one-half percent interest for all other such individual annuity and pure endowment contracts;
(III)
For all annuities and pure endowments purchased under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits purchased under such contracts: The 1971 group annuity mortality table, or any group annuity mortality table, adopted after 1980 by the NAIC, that is approved by rule promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such annuities and pure endowments, or any modification of these tables approved by the commissioner, and seven and one-half percent interest.
(b)
On or after July 1, 1977, any company may file with the commissioner a written notice of its election to comply with the provisions of this subsection (2) after a specified date but before January 1, 1979, which is the operative date of this subsection (2) for a company, but 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 subsection (2) for such company is January 1, 1979.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 63,§ 5, eff. 8/5/2015.
L. 61: p. 466, § 13. CRS 53: § 72-20-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 72-19-9. L. 65: p. 771, § 2. L. 77: IP(1) and (1)(a) amended and (2) added, p. 524, § 4, effective July 1. L. 81: IP(1), (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(e), (1)(f), and (2)(a) amended, p. 550, § 9, effective July 1. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (HB 15-1048), ch. 63, p. 160, § 5, effective August 5.
For the operative date of this part 3, see § 10-7-315.