Ala. Admin. Code 482, ch. 482-1-129, app A

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024
Appendix A - Annunity Illustration Example

[The following illustrat ion is an example only and does not reflect specific characteristics of any actual product for sale by any company]

ABC Life Insurance Company

Company Product Name

Flexible Premium Fixed Deferred Annuity with a Market Value Adjustment (MVA)

An Illustration Prepared for John Doe by John Agent on mm/dd/yyyy

(Contact us at PolicyOwnerService@ABCLife.com or 555-555-5555 )

Sex: Male

Age at Issue: 54

Annuitant: John Doe

Oldest Age at Which Annuity Payments

Can Begin: 95

Initial Premium Payment: $100,000.00

Planned Annual Premium Payments: None

Tax Status: Nonqualified

Withdrawals: None Illustrated

Initial Interest Guarantee Period

5 years

Initial Guaranteed Interest Crediting Rates

First Year (reflects first year only interest bonus credit of 0.75%):

4.15%

Remainder of Initial Interest Guarantee Period:

3.40%

Market Value Adjustment Period:

Minimum Guaranteed Interest Rate after Initial Interest

Guarantee Period*:

5 years 3%

* After the Initial Interest Guarantee Period, a new interest rate will be declared annually. This rate cannot be lower than the Minimum Guaranteed Interest Rate.

Annuity Income Options and Illustrated Monthly Income Values

This annuity is designed to pay an income that is guaranteed to last as long as the Annuitant lives. When annuity income payments are to begin, the income payment amounts will be determined by applying an annuity income rate to the annuity Account Value.

Annuity income options include the following:

* Periodic payments for Annuitant's life

* Periodic payments for Annuitant's life with payments guaranteed for a certain number of years

* Periodic payments for Annuitant's life with payments continuing for the life of a survivor annuitant

Illustrated Annuity Income Option: Monthly payments for annuitant's life with payments guaranteed for 10-year period.

Assumed Age When Payments Start: 70

Account Value

Monthly Annuity Income Rate/$1000 of Account Value *

Monthly Annuity Income

Based on Rates Guaranteed in the Contract

$164,798

$5.00

$823.99

Based on Rates Currently Offered by the Company

$171,976

$6.50

$1,117.84

* If, at the time of annuitization, the annuity income rates currently offered by the company are higher than the annuity income rates guaranteed in the contract, the current rates will apply.

ABC Life Insurance Company

Company Product Name

Flexible Premium Fixed Deferred Annuity with a Market Value Adjustment (MVA)

An Illustration Prepared for John Doe by John Agent on mm/dd/yyyy

(Contact us at PolicyOwnerService@ABCLife.com or 555-555-5555 )

Contract Year/Age

Premium Payment

Values Based on Guaranteed Rates

Values Based on Assumption that Initial Guaranteed Rates Continue

Interest Crediting Rate

Account Value

Cash Surrender Value Before MVA

Minimum Cash Surrender Value After MVA

Interest Crediting Rate

Account Value

Cash Surrender Value Before and After MVA

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

1 / 55

$ 100,000

4.15%

$ 104,150

$ 95,818

$ 92,000

4.15%

$ 104,150

$ 95,818

2 / 56

0

3.40%

107,691

100,153

93,000

3.40%

107,691

100,153

3 / 57

0

3.40%

111,353

104,671

95,614

3.40%

111,353

104,671

4 / 58

0

3.40%

115,139

109,382

98,482

3.40%

115,139

109,382

5 / 59

0

3.40%

119,053

114,291

114,291

3.40%

119,053

114,291

6 / 60

0

3.00%

122,625

118,946

118,946

3.40%

123,101

119,408

7 / 61

0

3.00%

126,304

123,778

123,778

3.40%

127,287

124,741

8 / 62

0

3.00%

130,093

130,093

130,093

3.40%

131,614

131,614

9 / 63

0

3.00%

133,996

133,996

133,996

3.40%

136,089

136,089

10 / 64

0

3.00%

138,015

138,015

138,015

3.40%

140,716

140,716

11 / 65

0

3.00%

142,156

142,156

142,156

3.40%

145,501

145,501

16 / 70

0

3.00%

164,798

164,798

164,798

3.40%

171,976

171,976

21 / 75

0

3.00%

191,046

191,046

191,046

3.40%

203,268

203,268

26 / 80

0

3.00%

221,474

221,474

221,474

3.40%

240,255

240,255

31 / 85

0

3.00%

256,749

256,749

256,749

3.40%

283,972

283,972

36 / 90

0

3.00%

297,643

297,643

297,643

3.40%

335,643

335,643

41 / 95

0

3.00%

345,050

345,050

345,050

3.40%

396,717

396,717

For column descriptions, turn to next page

Column Descriptions

(1) Ages shown are measured from the Annuitant's age at issue

(2) Premium Payments are assumed to be made at the beginning of the Contract Year shown

Values Based on Guaranteed Rates

(3) Interest Crediting Rates shown are annual rates; however, interest is credited daily. During the Initial Interest Guarantee Period, values developed from the Initial Premium Payment are illustrated using the Initial Guaranteed Interest Rate(s) declared by the insurance company, which include an additional first year only interest bonus credit of 0.75%. The interest rates will be guaranteed for the Initial Interest Guarantee Period, subject to an MVA. After the Initial Interest Guarantee Period, a new renewal interest rate will be declared annually, but can never be less than the Minimum Guaranteed Interest Rate shown.

(4) Account Value is the amount you have at the end of each year if you leave your money in the contract until you start receiving annuity payments. It is also the amount available upon the Annuitant's death if it occurs before annuity payments begin. The death benefit is not affected by surrender charges or the MVA.

(5) Cash Surrender Value Before MVA is the amount available at the end of each year if you surrender the contract (after deduction of any Surrender Charge) but before the application of any MVA. Surrender charges are applied to the Account Value according to the schedule below until the surrender charge period ends, which may be after the Initial Interest Guarantee Period has ended.

Years Measured from Premium Payment:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8+

Surrender Charges:

8%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

0%

(6) Minimum Cash Surrender Value After MVA is the minimum amount available at the end of each year if you surrender your contract before the end of five years, no matter what the MVA is. The minimum is set by law. The amount you receive may be higher or lower than the cash surrender value due to the application of the MVA, but never lower than this minimum. Otherwise the MVA works as follows: If the interest rate available on new contracts offered by the company is LOWER than your Initial Guaranteed Interest Rate, the MVA will INCREASE the amount you receive. If the interest rate available on new contracts offered by the company is HIGHER than your initial guaranteed interest rate, the MVA will DECREASE the amount you receive. Page 4 of this illustration provides additional information concerning the MVA.

Values Based on Assumption that Initial Guaranteed Rates Continue

(7) Interest Crediting Rates are the same as in Column (3) for the Initial Interest Guarantee Period. After the Initial Interest Guarantee Period, a new renewal interest rate will be declared annually. For the purpose of calculating the values in this column, it is assumed that the Initial Guaranteed Interest Rate (without the bonus) will continue as the new renewal interest rate in all years. The actual renewal interest rates are not subject to an MVA and will very likely NOT be the same as the illustrated renewal interest rates.

(8) Account Value is calculated the same way as column (4).

(9) Cash Surrender Value Before and After MVA is the Cash Surrender Value at the end of each year assuming that Initial Guaranteed Interest Rates continue, and that the continuing rates are the rates offered by the company on new contracts. In this case the MVA would be zero, and the Cash Surrender Values before and after the MVA would be the same.

Important Note: This illustration assumes you will take no withdrawals from your annuity before you begin to receive periodic income payments.

Withdrawals will reduce both the annuity Account Value and the Cash Surrender Value. You may make partial withdrawals of up to 10% of your account value each contract year without paying surrender charges. Excess withdrawals (above 10%) and full withdrawals will be subject to surrender charges.

This illustration assumes the annuity's current interest crediting rates will not change. It is likely that they will change and actual values may be higher or lower than those in the illustration.

The values in this illustration are not guarantees or even estimates of the amounts you can expect from your annuity. For more information, read the annuity disclosure and annuity buyer's guide. MVA-adjusted Cash Surrender Values (CSVs) Under Sample Scenarios

The graphs below show MVA-adjusted Cash Surrender Values (CSVs) during the first five years of the contract, as illustrated on page 2 ($100,000 single premium, a 5-year MVA Period) under two sample scenarios, as described below.

Graph #1 shows if the interest rate on new contracts is 3% LOWER than your Initial Guaranteed Interest Rate, the MVA will increase the amount you receive (green line). The pink line shows the Cash Surrender Values if the Initial Guaranteed Interest Rates continue (from Column (9) on Page 2).

Graph #2 shows if the interest rate on new contracts is 3% HIGHER than our Initial Guaranteed Interest Rate, the MVA will decrease the amount you receive, but not below the minimum set by law (Column (6) on Page 2), which in this scenario limits the decrease for the first 2 years (yellow line). The pink line shows the Cash Surrender Values if the Initial Guaranteed Interest Rates continue (from Column (9) on Page 2).

These graphs and the sample guaranteed interest rates on new contracts used are for demonstration purposes only and are not intended to be a projection of how guaranteed interest rates on new contracts are likely to behave.

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Ala. Admin. Code 482, ch. 482-1-129, app A