The non-forfeiture benefit referred to in clause (g) of section 224 shall be available to the insured in event of default in premium payments, after premiums shall have been paid for three years, and shall be a stipulated form of insurance, effective from the due date of the defaulted premium, the net value of which shall not be less than the reserve at the date of default on the policy and on dividend additions thereto, if any, exclusive of the reserve on account of total and permanent disability and additional accidental death benefits (the policy to specify the mortality table, rate of interest and method of valuation adopted for computing such reserve), less a specified maximum percentage (not more than two and one-half) of the amount insured by the policy and of existing dividend additions thereto, if any, and less any existing indebtedness to the company on or secured by the policy, the exact percentage to be specified for each year for which required values are not included in the policy; if more than one option is provided, the policy to specify which of such options shall apply in the event of the insured's failure to notify the company of his selection of an option. The policy shall provide that it may be surrendered to the company at its home office within the period of grace after the due date of the defaulted premium for a specified cash value not less than the above prescribed minimum value of the stipulated form of insurance; and any policy may also provide that the company may defer payment for not more than six months after the application therefor is made. Provided that any policy may also contain a provision that in event of default in a premium payment before such options become available the reserve on any dividend additions then in force may at the option of the company be paid in cash or applied as a net premium to the purchase of paid-up term insurance for any amount not in excess of the face of the original policy. This subsection shall not apply to term insurance of twenty years or less, but such term policy shall specify the mortality table, rate of interest and method of valuation adopted for computing reserves.
The non-forfeiture benefit referred to in clause (f) of section 229, shall be available in event of default in premium payments after premiums shall have been paid for five full years, and shall be a stipulated form of insurance effective from the due date of the defaulted premium, the net value of which shall not be less than the reserve on the policy at the end of the last completed quarter of the policy year for which premiums have been paid, and all dividend additions thereto, if any, exclusive of any reserve on total and permanent disability and additional accidental death benefits, (the policy to specify the mortality table, rate of interest and method of valuation adopted for computing such reserve), less a maximum percentage (not more than two and one-half per centum) of the amount insured by the policy and of existing dividend additions thereto, if any, and less any existing indebtedness to the company on or secured by the policy. The policy shall also specify said percentage, or other rule of calculation so as to permit determination of the values, to be specified for each year for which required values are not included in the policy. The cash surrender value referred to in clause (h) of section 229, shall be available upon surrender of the policy to the company at its home office within the period of grace after the due date of the defaulted premium and shall be not less than the above prescribed minimum value of the stipulated form of insurance; provided that the company may defer payment for not more than six months after the application therefor is made. This subsection shall not apply to term insurance of twenty years or less but such term policy shall specify the mortality table, rate of interest and method of valuation adopted for computing reserves.
215 ILCS 5/229.1