Idaho Admin. Code r. 18.07.03.010

Current through September 2, 2024
Section 18.07.03.010 - DEFINITIONS
01.Basic Reserves. Reserves calculated per Section 41-612(5), Idaho Code.
02.Contract Segmentation Method. Method of dividing the period from issue to mandatory expiration of a policy into successive segments, where each segment's length is the period from the end of the prior segment (from policy inception, for the first segment) to the end of the latest policy year as determined below. All calculations are made using the 1980 CSO Valuation Tables, and, if elected, the optional minimum mortality standard for deficiency reserves set forth in Subsection 011.02.
03.Deficiency Reserves. Excess, if greater than zero (0), of
a. Minimum reserves calculated per Section 41-612(10), Idaho Code, over
b. Basic reserves.
04.Guaranteed Gross Premiums. Life insurance policy premiums that are guaranteed and determined at issue.
05.Maximum Valuation Interest Rates. Interest rates defined in Section 41-612(4b), Idaho Code (Computation of Minimum Standard by Calendar Year of Issue), used to determine the minimum standard for valuating life insurance policies.
06.1980 CSO Valuation Tables. Commissioners' 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table (1980 CSO Table) without "ten year select factors," and variations of the 1980 CSO Table approved by the NAIC, such as the smoker and nonsmoker versions approved in December 1983.
07.Scheduled Gross Premium. Smallest illustrated gross premium at issue for other than universal life insurance policies. For universal life insurance policies, scheduled gross premium means the smallest specified premium described in Paragraph 013.01.c., if any, or else the minimum premium described in Paragraph 013.01.d.
08.Segmented Reserves.
a. Reserves calculated using segments produced by the contract segmentation method, equal to the present value of all future guaranteed benefits less the present value of all future net premiums to the policy's mandatory expiration, where the net premiums in each segment are a uniform percentage of the respective guaranteed gross premiums within the segment. The uniform percentage for each segment is such that, at the start of the segment, the present value of the net premiums within the segment equals:
i. The present value of the death benefits within the segment, plus
ii. The present value of any unusual, guaranteed cash value (see Subsection 012.04) occurring at the end of the segment, less
iii. Any unusual guaranteed cash value occurring at the start of the segment, plus
iv. For the first segment only, the excess of the Item one (1) over Item two (2), as follows:
(1) A net level annual premium equal to the present value, at the date of issue, of the benefits provided for in the first segment after the first policy year, divided by the present value, at the date of issue, of an annuity of one (1) per year payable on the first and each subsequent anniversary within the first segment on which a premium falls due. But the net level annual premium will not exceed the net level annual premium on the nineteen (19) year premium whole life plan of insurance of the same renewal year equivalent level amount at an age one (1) year higher than the age at issue of the policy.
(2) A net one (1) year term premium for the benefits provided for in the first policy year.
b. Each segment's length is determined by the "contract segmentation method."
c. The interest rates in a policy's present value calculations cannot exceed the maximum valuation interest rate, determined with a guarantee duration equal to the sum of the lengths of the policy's segments.
d. For both basic reserves and deficiency reserves computed by the contract segmentation method, present values will include future benefits and net premiums in the current segment and in all subsequent segments.
09.Tabular Cost of Insurance. The net single premium at the start of a policy year for one (1) year term insurance in the amount of the guaranteed death benefit in that policy year.
10.Ten Year Select Factors. The factors adopted with the 1980 amendments to the NAIC Standard Valuation Law.
11.Unitary Reserves.
a. The present value of all future guaranteed benefits less the present value of all future modified net premiums, where:
i. Guaranteed benefits and modified net premiums are considered to the mandatory expiration of the policy; and
ii. Modified net premiums are a uniform percentage of the respective guaranteed gross premiums, where the uniform percentage is such that, at issue, the present value of the net premiums equals the present value of all death benefits and pure endowments, plus the excess of Item one (1) over Item two (2), as follows:
(1) A net level annual premium equal to the present value, at the date of issue, of the benefits provided for after the first policy year, divided by the present value, at the date of issue, of an annuity of one (1) per year payable on the first and each subsequent anniversary of the policy on which a premium falls due. But the net level annual premium will not exceed the net level annual premium on the nineteen (19) year premium whole life plan of insurance of the same renewal year equivalent level amount at an age one (1) year higher than the age at issue of the policy.
(2) A net one (1) year term premium for the benefits provided for in the first policy year.
b. The interest rates used in the present value calculations for any policy will not exceed the maximum valuation interest rate, determined with a guarantee duration equal to the length from issue to the mandatory expiration of the policy.
12.Universal Life Insurance Policy. Any individual life insurance policy for which separately identified interest credits (other than in connection with dividend accumulations, premium deposit funds, or other supplementary accounts) and mortality or expense charges are made to the policy.

Idaho Admin. Code r. 18.07.03.010

Effective April 6, 2023