Section 733.320 - Minimum required reserve for certain policies(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, if in any contract year the gross premium charged by an insurer on any life insurance policy or contract is less than the valuation net premium for the policy or contract calculated by the method used in calculating the reserve thereon but using the minimum valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest, the minimum reserve required for the policy or contract shall be the greater of either the reserve calculated according to the mortality table, rate of interest, and method actually used for the policy or contract, or the reserve calculated by the method actually used for the policy or contract but using the minimum valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest and replacing the valuation net premium by the actual gross premium in each contract year for which the valuation net premium exceeds the actual gross premium. The minimum valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest referred to in this subsection are the standards stated in ORS 733.306 and 733.310.(2) For any life insurance policy issued on or after January 1, 1986, for which the gross premium in the first policy year exceeds that of the second year and for which no comparable additional benefit is provided in the first year for the excess and which provides an endowment benefit or a cash surrender value or a combination thereof in an amount greater than the excess premium, subsection (1) of this section shall apply as if the method actually used in calculating the reserve for the policy were the method described in ORS 733.312(1). The minimum reserve at each policy anniversary of such a policy shall be the greater of the minimum reserve calculated in accordance with ORS 733.312, and the minimum reserve calculated in accordance with this section.