2021 Tennessee Code
Part 4 - Standard Nonforfeiture Law
§ 56-7-401. Standard Nonforfeiture Law

provided, that in applying the percentages specified in subdivisions (e)(1)(C) and (D), no adjusted premium shall be deemed to exceed four percent (4%) of the amount of insurance or level amount equivalent thereto. The date of issue of a policy for the purpose of this subsection (e) shall be the date as of which the rated age of the insured is determined.
Subdivisions (e)(3)(A) and (B) being calculated separately and as specified in subdivisions (e)(1) and (2), except that, for the purposes of subdivisions (e)(1)(B), (C) and (D), the amount of insurance or equivalent uniform amount of insurance used in the calculation of the adjusted premiums referred to in subdivision (e)(3)(B) shall be equal to the excess of the corresponding amount determined for the entire policy over the amount used in the calculation of the adjusted premiums in subdivision (e)(3)(A).
provided, that in applying the percentage specified in subdivision (h)(1)(C), no nonforfeiture net level premium shall be deemed to exceed four percent (4%) of either the amount of insurance, if the insurance is uniform in amount, or the average amount of insurance at the beginning of each of the first ten (10) policy years. The date of issue of a policy for the purpose of this subsection (h) is the date as of which the rated age of the insured is determined.
provided, that no basic cash value may be less than the value that would be obtained if the adjusted premiums for the policy, as defined in subsection (e) or (h), whichever is applicable, were substituted for the nonforfeiture factors in the calculation of the basic cash value.
The additional expense allowance, if any; over
The then cash surrender value, if any, or present value of any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit under the policy.
The additional expense allowance, at the time of the change to the newly defined benefits or premiums, shall be the sum of:
One percent (1%) of the excess, if positive, of the average amount of insurance at the beginning of each of the first ten (10) policy years subsequent to the change over the average amount of insurance prior to the change at the beginning of each of the first ten (10) policy years subsequent to the time of the most recent previous change, or, if there has been no previous change, the date of issue of the policy; and
One hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the increase, if positive, in the nonforfeiture net level premium.
The recalculated nonforfeiture net level premium shall be equal to the result obtained by dividing A by B, where A equals the sum of the nonforfeiture net level premium applicable prior to the change times the present value of an annuity of one (1) per annum payable on each anniversary of the policy on or subsequent to the date of the change on which a premium would have fallen due had the change not occurred; and the present value of the increase in future guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy; and B equals the present value of an annuity of one (1) per annum payable on each anniversary of the policy on or subsequent to the date of change on which a premium falls due.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subsection (h) to the contrary, in the case of a policy issued on a substandard basis that provides reduced graded amounts of insurance so that, in each policy year, the policy has the same tabular mortality cost as an otherwise similar policy issued on the standard basis that provides higher uniform amounts of insurance, adjusted premiums and present values for the substandard policy may be calculated as if it were issued to provide the higher uniform amounts of insurance on the standard basis.
(A)  Subject to subdivision (h)(8)(B), all adjusted premiums and present values referred to in this section shall:
For all policies of ordinary insurance be calculated on the basis of:
The Commissioners 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table; or
At the election of the company for any one (1) or more specified plans of life insurance, the Commissioners 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table with Ten-Year Select Mortality Factors;
For all policies of industrial insurance be calculated on the basis of the Commissioners 1961 Standard Industrial Mortality Table; and
For all policies issued in a particular calendar year be calculated on the basis of a rate of interest not exceeding the nonforfeiture interest rate as defined in this subsection (h) for policies issued in that calendar year.
(i)  At the option of the company, calculations for all policies issued in a particular calendar year may be made on the basis of a rate of interest not exceeding the nonforfeiture interest rate, as defined in this subsection (h), for policies issued in the immediately preceding calendar year.
Under any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit, including any paid-up dividend additions, any cash surrender value available, whether or not required by subsection (a), shall be calculated on the basis of the mortality table and rate of interest used in determining the amount of the paid-up nonforfeiture benefit and paid-up dividend additions, if any.
A company may calculate the amount of any guaranteed paid-up nonforfeiture benefit, including any paid-up additions under the policy, on the basis of an interest rate no lower than that specified in the policy for calculating cash surrender values.
In calculating the present value of any paid-up term insurance with accompanying pure endowment, if any, offered as a nonforfeiture benefit, the rates of mortality assumed may be not more than those shown in the Commissioners 1980 Extended Term Insurance Table for policies of ordinary insurance and not more than the Commissioners 1961 Industrial Extended Term Insurance Table for policies of industrial insurance.
For insurance issued on a substandard basis, the calculation of any adjusted premiums and present values may be based on appropriate modifications of the tables mentioned in subdivision (h)(8)(B)(iv).
For policies issued prior to the operative date of the valuation manual, any commissioners' standard ordinary mortality tables, adopted after 1980 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, that are approved by regulation promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard may be substituted for the Commissioners 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table with or without Ten-Year Select Mortality Factors or for the Commissioners 1980 Extended Term Insurance Table. For policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual the valuation manual shall provide the commissioners' standard mortality table for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard that may be substituted for the Commissioners 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table with or without Ten-Year Select Mortality Factors or for the Commissioners 1980 Extended Term Insurance Table. If the commissioner approves by regulation any commissioners' standard ordinary mortality table adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard for policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual then that minimum nonforfeiture standard supersedes the minimum nonforfeiture standard provided by the valuation manual.
For policies issued prior to the operative date of the valuation manual, any commissioners' standard industrial mortality tables, adopted after 1980 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, that are approved by regulation promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard may be substituted for the Commissioners 1961 Standard Industrial Mortality Table or the Commissioners 1961 Industrial Extended Term Insurance Table. For policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual the valuation manual shall provide the commissioners' standard mortality table for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard that may be substituted for the Commissioners 1961 Standard Industrial Mortality Table or the Commissioners 1961 Industrial Extended Term Insurance Table. If the commissioner approves by regulation any commissioners' standard industrial mortality table adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard for policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual then that minimum nonforfeiture standard supersedes the minimum nonforfeiture standard provided by the valuation manual.
(A)  For policies issued prior to the operative date of the valuation manual, the nonforfeiture interest rate per annum for any policy issued in a particular calendar year shall be equal to one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the calendar year statutory valuation interest rate for such policy as defined in the Standard Valuation Law, rounded to the nearer one quarter of one percent (0.25%).
For policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual the nonforfeiture interest rate per annum for any policy issued in a particular calendar year shall be provided by the valuation manual.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this code to the contrary, any refiling of nonforfeiture values or their methods of computation for any previously approved policy form that involves only a change in the interest rate or mortality table used to compute nonforfeiture values shall not require refiling of any other provisions of that policy form.
After April 1, 1982, any company may file with the commissioner a written notice of its election to comply, with respect to any plan of insurance, with this subsection (h) after a specified date before January 1, 1989, which shall be the operative date of this subsection (h) for that plan of insurance for the company. If a company makes no election with respect to any plan of insurance, the operative date of this subsection (h) for that plan of insurance issued by the company shall be January 1, 1989.
In the case of any plan of life insurance that provides for future premium determination, the amounts of which are to be determined by the insurance company based on then estimates of future experience, or in the case of any plan of life insurance that is of such a nature that minimum values cannot be determined by the methods described in subsections (a)-(h), then: