Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 1.djvu/63

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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 66 -FEB . 19, 1948 the amount of insurance, if the insurance be uniform in amount, or of the equivalent uniform amount, as hereinafter defined, if the amount of insurance varies with duration of the policy; (iii) 40 per centum of the adjusted premium for the first policy year; (iv) 25 per centum of either the adjusted premium for the first policy year or the adjusted premium for a whole life policy of the same uniform or equivalent uniform amount with uniform premiums for the whole of life issued at the same age for the same amount of insurance, which- ever is less: Provided, however, That in applying the percentages specified in (iii) and (iv) above, no adjusted premium shall be deemed to exceed 4 per centum of the amount of insurance or level amount equivalent thereto. "In the case of a policy providing an amount of insurance varying with duration of the policy, the equivalent level amount thereof for the purpose of this subsection shall be deemed to be the level amount of insurance provided by an otherwise similar policy, containing the same endowment benefit or benefits, if any, issued at the same age and for the same term, the amount of which does not vary with duration and the benefits under which have the same present value at the date of issue as the benefits under the policy. "All adjusted premiums and present values referred to in this section shall be calculated on the basis of the Commissioners 1941 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table for Ordinary Insurance and the 1941 Stand- ard Industrial Mortality Table for Industrial Insurance and the rate of interest, not exceeding 31/2 per centum per annum, specified in the policy for calculating cash surrender values, if any, and paid-up non- forfeiture benefits: Provided, however, That in calculating the present value of any paid-up term insurance with accompanying pure endow- ment, if any, offered as a nonforfeiture benefit, the rates of mortality assumed may be not more than 130 per centum of the rates of mortality according to such applicable table: Provided,further, That for insur- ance issued on a substandard basis, the calculation of any such adjusted premiums and present values may be based on such other table of mortality as may be specified by the company and approved by the Superintendent. "(e) Any cash surrender value and any paid-up nonforfeiture bene- fit, available under any such policy in the event of default in the payment of any premium due at any time other than on the policy anniversary, shall be calculated with allowance for the lapse of time and the payment of fractional premiums beyond the last preceding policy anniversary. All values referred to in subsections (b), (c), and (d) may be calculated upon the assumption that any death benefit is payable at the end of the policy or contract year of death. The net value of any paid-up additions, other than paid-up term additions, shall be not less than the dividends used to provide such additions. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), additional benefits payable (i) in the event of death or dismemberment by accident or accidental means, (ii) in the event of total and permanent disability, (iii) as reversionary annuity or deferred reversionary annuity benefits, (iv) as decreasing term insurance benefits provided by a rider or sup- plemental policy provision to which, if issued as a separate policy, this section would not apply, and (v) as other policy benefits additional to life insurance and endowment benefits, and premiums for all such additional benefits, shall be disregarded in ascertaining cash surrender values and nonforfeiture benefits required by this section, and no such additional benefits shall be required to be included in any paid-up nonforfeiture benefits. "(f) This section shall not apply to any reinsurance, group insur- ance, pure endowment, annuity or reversionary annuity contract, nor 68706°-49-pt. 1- --3 Restriction. Basis. Rates of mortality. Substandard basis. Calculation of bone- fits, etc. Ante, p. 32 . Net value. Additional benefits. Nonappllcability. 33