18 Del. Admin. Code § 1205-9.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 5, November 1, 2024

Section 1205-9.0 - Report to Policyholders

9.1 Any insurer delivering or issuing for delivery in this state any variable life insurance policies shall mail to each variable life insurance policyholder at his or her last known address the following reports:

9.1.1 Within thirty days after each anniversary of the policy, a statement or statements of the cash surrender value, death benefit, any partial withdrawal or policy loan, any interest charge, any optional payments allowed pursuant to section 4.3.4 under the policy computed as of the policy anniversary date. Provided, however, that such statement may be furnished within thirty days after a specified date in each policy year so long as the information contained therein is computed as of a date not more than sixty days prior to the mailing of such notice. This statement shall state that, in accordance with the investment experience of the separate account, the cash values and the variable death benefit may increase or decrease, and shall prominently identify any value described therein which may be recomputed prior to the next statement required by this section 9.0. If the policy guarantees that the variable death benefit on the next policy anniversary date will not be less than the variable death benefit specified in such statement, the statement shall be modified to so indicate. For flexible premium policies, the report must contain a reconciliation of the charge since the previous report in cash value and cash surrender value, if different, because of payments made (less deduction for expense charges), withdrawals, investment experience, insurance charges and any other charges made against the cash value. In addition, the report must show the projected cash value and cash surrender value, if different, as of one year from the end of the period covered by the report assuming that:

(i) planned periodic premiums, if any, are paid as scheduled;

(ii) guaranteed costs of insurance are deducted; and

(iii) the net investment return is equal to the guaranteed rate or, in the absence of a guaranteed rate, is not greater than zero. If the projected value is less than zero, a warning message must be included that states that the policy may be in danger of terminating without value in the next 12 months unless additional premium is paid.

9.1.2 Annually, a statement or statements including:

9.1.2.1 a summary of the financial statement of the separate account based on the annual statement last filed with the Commissioner;

9.1.2.2 the net investment return of the separate account for the last year and, for each year after the first, a comparison of the investment rate of the separate account during the last year with the investment rate during prior years, up to a total of not less than five years when available;

9.1.2.3 a list of investments held by the separate account as of a date not earlier than the end of the last year for which an annual statement was filed with the Commissioner;

9.1.2.4 any charges levied against the separate account during the previous years;

9.1.2.5 a statement of any change, since the last report, in the investment objective and orientation of the separate account, in any investment restriction or material quantitative or qualitative investment requirement applicable to the separate account or in the investment adviser of the separate account.

9.1.3 For flexible premium policies, a report must be sent to the policyholder if the amounts available under the policy on any policy processing day to pay the charges authorized by the policy are less than the amount necessary to keep the policy in force until the next following policy processing day. The report must indicate the minimum payment required under the terms of the policy to keep it in force and the length of the grace period for payment of such amount.

18 Del. Admin. Code § 1205-9.0