§ 31–4720. Calculations of premiums and reserves.

If in any contract year the gross premium charged by any life insurance company on any policy or contract subject to § 31-4701(a)(1) is less than the valuation net premium for the policy or contract calculated by the method used in calculating the reserve thereon but using the minimum valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest, the minimum reserve required for such policy or contract shall be the greater of either the reserve calculated according to the mortality table, rate of interest, and method actually used for such policy or contract, or the reserve calculated by the method actually used for such policy or contract but using the minimum standards of mortality and rate of interest and replacing the valuation net premium by the actual gross premium in each contract year for which the valuation net premium exceeds the actual gross premium. The minimum valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest referred to in this section are those standards stated in § 31-4701(c)(3) and (d); provided, that for any life insurance policy issued on or after January 1, 1987, for which the gross premium in the 1st policy year exceeds that of the 2nd year and for which no comparable additional benefit is provided in the 1st 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 section shall be applied as if the method actually used in calculating the reserve for such policy were the method described in § 31-4701(c)(5), ignoring subsection (c)(5)(B) of § 31-4701. The minimum reserve at each policy anniversary of such a policy shall be the greater of the minimum reserve calculated in accordance with § 31-4701(c)(5), including subsection (c)(5)(B) of § 31-4701, and the minimum reserve calculated in accordance with this section.

(June 19, 1934, 48 Stat. 1176, ch. 672, ch. V, § 20; Oct. 13, 1978, D.C. Law 2-120, § 10, 25 DCR 1519; Mar. 14, 1985, D.C. Law 5-160, § 3(g), 32 DCR 39; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-286, § 2(c), 66 DCR 1637.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 35-526.

1973 Ed., § 35-721.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 31-4701.

Editor's Notes

References in D.C. Law 5-160 in § 31-4701 and in this section have been translated accurately to reflect the D.C. Code numbering system for § 31-4701(c). It should be noted, however, that the numbering system used by the D.C. Code and the numbering system used by the Organic Law differ markedly.