Title 26 · WY

26-6-208.

Citation: Wyo. Stat. § 26-6-208

Section: 26-6-208

26-6-208.

(g) Repealed by Laws 1994, ch. 76, § 3.

(h) For any plan of life insurance which provides that the amounts of future premiums will be determined by the insurance company based on the then estimates of future experience or which is of a nature that minimum reserves cannot be determined by the methods described in subsections (c), (d) and (e) of this section and W.S. 26-6-203, the commissioner shall promulgate regulations for determining the reserves so they are:

(i) Appropriate in relation to the benefits and the pattern of premiums for that plan; and (ii) Computed by a method which is consistent with the principles of this article.

26-6-206. Computation of minimum standard for annuities; computation of minimum standard valuation by calendar year of issue.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section the minimum standard of valuation for individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued on or after the operative date of this section as defined in subsection (b) of this section, and for annuities and pure endowments purchased on or after that operative date under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, shall be the commissioners' reserve valuation method defined in W.S. 26-6-205(c), (d) and (e) and the following tables and interest rates:

(i) For individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued:

(A) Prior to May 20, 1981, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in those contracts, the 1971 individual annuity mortality table, or any modification of this table the commissioner approves, with six percent (6%) interest for single premium immediate annuity contracts and four percent (4%) interest for all other individual annuity and pure endowment contracts;

(B) On or after May 20, 1981, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in those contracts, the 1971 individual annuity mortality table or any individual annuity mortality table the National Association of Insurance Commissioners adopts after 1980 and is approved by regulation the commissioner promulgates for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for those contracts, or any modification of these tables the commissioner approves, and seven and one-half percent (7 1/2%) interest for single premium immediate annuity contracts, five and one-half percent (5 1/2%) interest for single premium deferred annuity and pure endowment contracts and four and one-half percent (4 1/2%) interest for all other individual annuity and pure endowment contracts.

(ii) For annuities and pure endowments purchased:

(A) Prior to May 20, 1981 under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits purchased under those contracts, the 1971 group annuity mortality table, or any modification of this table the commissioner approves, and six percent (6%) interest;

(B) On or after May 20, 1981 under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits purchased under those contracts, the 1971 group annuity mortality table or any group annuity mortality table the National Association of Insurance Commissioners adopts after 1980 and the commissioner approves for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for those annuities and pure endowments, or any modification of these tables the commissioner approves, and seven and one-half percent (7 1/2%) interest.

(b)(i) The interest rates used in determining the minimum standard for the valuation of:

(A) Life insurance policies issued in a particular calendar year, on or after the operative date of W.S.