Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-2725.1
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Standard of valuation
Official statutory text
A. Standards of valuation for certificates issued prior to one
(1) year after the effective date of this act shall be those
provided by the laws applicable immediately prior to the effective
date of this act.
B. The minimum standards of valuation for certificates issued
on or after one (1) year from the effective date of this act shall
be based on the following tables:
1. For certificates of life insurance - the Insurance
Commissioner's 1941 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table, the
Commissioner's 1941 Standard Industrial Mortality Table, the
Commissioner's 1958 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table, the
Commissioner's 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table or any more
recent table made applicable to life insurers; and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 36. Insurance Page 728
2. For annuity and pure endowment certificates, for total and
permanent disability benefits, for accidental death benefits and for
noncancellable accident and health benefits - such tables as are
authorized for use by life insurers in this state.
All of the above shall be under valuation methods and standards,
including interest assumptions, in accordance with the laws of this
state applicable to life insurers issuing policies containing like
benefits.
C. The Insurance Commissioner may, in his or her discretion,
accept other standards for valuation if the Commissioner finds that
the reserves produced thereby will not be less in the aggregate than
reserves computed in accordance with the minimum valuation standard
herein prescribed. The Commissioner may, in his or her discretion,
vary the standards of mortality applicable to all benefit contracts
on substandard lives or other extrahazardous lives by any society
authorized to do business in this state.
D. Any society, with the consent of the commissioner of
insurance of the state of domicile of the society and under such
conditions, if any, which such commissioner may impose, may
establish and maintain reserves on its certificates in excess of the
reserves required thereunder, but the contractual rights of any
benefit member shall not be affected thereby.
(1) year after the effective date of this act shall be those
provided by the laws applicable immediately prior to the effective
date of this act.
B. The minimum standards of valuation for certificates issued
on or after one (1) year from the effective date of this act shall
be based on the following tables:
1. For certificates of life insurance - the Insurance
Commissioner's 1941 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table, the
Commissioner's 1941 Standard Industrial Mortality Table, the
Commissioner's 1958 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table, the
Commissioner's 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table or any more
recent table made applicable to life insurers; and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 36. Insurance Page 728
2. For annuity and pure endowment certificates, for total and
permanent disability benefits, for accidental death benefits and for
noncancellable accident and health benefits - such tables as are
authorized for use by life insurers in this state.
All of the above shall be under valuation methods and standards,
including interest assumptions, in accordance with the laws of this
state applicable to life insurers issuing policies containing like
benefits.
C. The Insurance Commissioner may, in his or her discretion,
accept other standards for valuation if the Commissioner finds that
the reserves produced thereby will not be less in the aggregate than
reserves computed in accordance with the minimum valuation standard
herein prescribed. The Commissioner may, in his or her discretion,
vary the standards of mortality applicable to all benefit contracts
on substandard lives or other extrahazardous lives by any society
authorized to do business in this state.
D. Any society, with the consent of the commissioner of
insurance of the state of domicile of the society and under such
conditions, if any, which such commissioner may impose, may
establish and maintain reserves on its certificates in excess of the
reserves required thereunder, but the contractual rights of any
benefit member shall not be affected thereby.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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