(a) If in any contract year the gross premium charged by a company on a policy or contract is less than the valuation net premium for the policy or contract calculated by the method used in calculating the reserve 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 section are those standards stated in §§ 1114 and 1114B of this title.
(b) Provided, that for a life insurance policy issued on or after January 1, 1987, 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 in an amount greater than the excess premium, the provisions of this section shall be applied as if the method actually used in calculating the reserve for the policy were the method described in § 1115 of this title, ignoring the second paragraph of § 1115 of this title. The minimum reserve at each policy anniversary of such a policy shall be the greater of the minimum reserve calculated in accordance with § 1115 of this title, including the second paragraph of that section, and the minimum reserve calculated in accordance with this section.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 11. ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Subchapter III. Life Insurance Reserves
§ 1111. Title and definitions.
§ 1113. Actuarial opinions of reserves.
§ 1114. Computation of minimum standard.
§ 1114A. Computation of minimum standards for annuities.
§ 1114B. Computation of minimum standard by calendar year of issue.
§ 1115. Reserve valuation method—Life insurance and endowment benefits.
§ 1115A. Reserve valuation method—Annuity and pure endowment benefits.
§ 1117. Optional reserve calculation.
§ 1118. Reserve calculation—Valuation net premium exceeding the gross premium charged.
§ 1119. Reserve calculation—Indeterminate premium plans.
§ 1120. Minimum standard for accident and health insurance contracts.
§ 1121. Valuation manual for policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual.
§ 1122. Requirements of a principle-based valuation.