In the case of any plan of life insurance which provides for future premium determination, the amounts of which are to be determined by the insurer based on then estimates of future experience or, in the case of any plan of life insurance which is of such a nature that minimum values cannot be determined by the methods described in Sections 38-63-520 to 38-63-600, then:
(a) The director or his designee must be satisfied that the benefits provided under the plan are substantially as favorable to policyholders and insureds as the minimum benefits otherwise required by Sections 38-63-520 to 38-63-600.
(b) The director or his designee must be satisfied that the benefits and the pattern of premiums of that plan are not misleading to prospective policyholders or insureds.
(c) The cash surrender values and paid-up nonforfeiture benefits provided by the plan may not be less than the minimum values and benefits required for the plan computed by a method consistent with the principles of this article, as determined by regulations promulgated by the department.
HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-7-92 [1982 Act No. 403, Section 7] recodified as Section 38-63-610 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 732.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 63 - Individual Life Insurance
Section 38-63-10. Circulation of false or misleading information by life insurers.
Section 38-63-20. Misrepresentations to induce termination or conversion of life insurance policies.
Section 38-63-30. Lower life insurance rates for females lawful.
Section 38-63-50. Spendthrift provisions in settlement agreements are valid.
Section 38-63-60. Industrial life insurance.
Section 38-63-80. Interest on lump sum payment of life insurance proceeds.
Section 38-63-90. Attorneys' fees authorized.
Section 38-63-210. Whole contract, including application, must appear in policy; oral applications.
Section 38-63-220. Required policy provisions.
Section 38-63-225. Suicide and death exclusions.
Section 38-63-230. Methods of rescission by insurer.
Section 38-63-240. Interest rate on insurance policy loans.
Section 38-63-250. Alternative adjustable interest rate.
Section 38-63-260. Policies with face value less than five thousand dollars.
Section 38-63-270. Applicability to policies issued before effective date.
Section 38-63-280. Written disclosures.
Section 38-63-510. Short title; operative date of valuation manual defined.
Section 38-63-530. Minimum cash surrender values.
Section 38-63-540. Minimum paid-up nonforfeiture benefits.
Section 38-63-560. Additional benefits and premiums must be disregarded.
Section 38-63-570. Calculation of adjusted premiums and present values.
Section 38-63-630. Cash surrender value of policies issued on or after January 1, 1986.
Section 38-63-640. Excepted policies.