2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 33. Insurance and Insurance Companies › Chapter 20. Life Insurance › Part 2. Standard Nonforfeiture Law Life Insurance › 33-20-203. Cash surrender value -- paid-up nonforfeiture benefit -- life

33-20-203. Cash surrender value -- paid-up nonforfeiture benefit -- life.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), any cash surrender value available under the policy in the event of default in the premium payment due on any policy anniversary, whether or not required by 33-20-202, is an amount not less than the excess, if any, of the present value on the anniversary of the future guaranteed benefits that would have been provided for by the policy, including any existing paid-up additions, if there had been no default, over the sum of:
(a) the then present value of the adjusted premiums as defined in 33-20-204 through 33-20-208 corresponding to premiums that would have fallen due on and after the anniversary; and
(b) the amount of any indebtedness to the insurer on account of or secured by the policy.
(2) For any policy issued on or after the relevant operative date of 33-20-208 that provides supplemental life insurance or annuity benefits at the option of the insured and for an identifiable additional premium by rider or supplemental policy provision, the cash surrender value referred to in subsection (1) is an amount not less than the sum of the cash surrender value as defined in subsection (1) for an otherwise similar policy issued at the same age without a rider or a supplemental policy provision and the cash surrender value as defined in subsection (1) for a policy that provides only the benefits otherwise provided by the rider or the supplemental policy provision.
(3) Any cash surrender value available within 30 days after any policy anniversary under any policy paid up by completion of all premium payments or any policy continued under any paid-up nonforfeiture benefits, whether or not required by 33-20-202, is an amount not less than the present value, on the anniversary, of the future guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy, including any existing paid-up additions, decreased by any indebtedness to the insurer on account of or secured by the policy.
(4) Any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit available under the policy in the event of default in the premium payment due on any policy anniversary is its present value as of the anniversary to the extent that the nonforfeiture benefit is at least equal to the cash surrender value then provided for by the policy or, if none is provided for, that cash surrender value that would have been required by this part in the absence of the conditions that premiums must have been paid for at least a specified period.
(5) For any family policy issued on or after the relevant operative date of 33-20-208 that defines a primary insured and provides term insurance on the life of the spouse of the primary insured expiring before the spouse reaches 71 years of age, the cash surrender value referred to in subsection (1) is an amount not less than the sum of the cash surrender value as defined in subsection (1) for an otherwise similar policy issued at the same age without the term insurance on the life of the spouse and the cash surrender value as defined in subsection (1) for a policy that provides only the benefits otherwise provided by the term insurance on the life of the spouse.
History: En. Sec. 325, Ch. 286, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 65, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 42, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 341, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 40-3831(4), (5); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 498, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 370, L. 2015.