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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66783</law_id><section_number>38.2-1369</section_number><catch_line>Computation of minimum standard</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1372</reference><reference>38.2-1376</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="13">Reports, Reserves and Examinations, Insurance Holding Companies, Reinsurance Intermediaries, and Managing General Agents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Standard Valuation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except as otherwise provided in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Computation of minimum standard for annuities" href="/38.2-1370/">38.2-1370</a>, <a class="law" title="Computation of minimum standard by calendar year of issue" href="/38.2-1371/">38.2-1371</a>, and <a class="law" title="Minimum standard for accident and health insurance contracts" href="/38.2-1378/">38.2-1378</a>, the minimum standard for the valuation of all policies and <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> issued on or after the operative date stated in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Same; operative date" href="/38.2-3214/">38.2-3214</a> shall be the <span class="dictionary">Commissioners</span> reserve valuation methods defined in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Reserve valuation method; life insurance and endowment benefits" href="/38.2-1372/">38.2-1372</a>, <a class="law" title="Reserve valuation method; annuity and pure endowment benefits" href="/38.2-1373/">38.2-1373</a>, <a class="law" title="Reserve calculation; valuation net premium exceeding the gross premium charged" href="/38.2-1376/">38.2-1376</a>, and <a class="law" title="Minimum standard for accident and health insurance contracts" href="/38.2-1378/">38.2-1378</a>, three and one-half percent interest, or in the case of life <span class="dictionary">insurance policies</span> and <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>, other than annuity and pure endowment <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>, issued on or after July 1, 1975, four percent interest for policies issued prior to July 1, 1979, five and one-half percent interest for single premium life <span class="dictionary">insurance policies</span> and four and one-half percent interest for all other policies issued on and after July 1, 1979, and the following tables:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> For ordinary policies of <span class="dictionary">life insurance</span> issued on the standard basis, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in the policies: The <span class="dictionary">Commissioners</span> 1941 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table for policies issued prior to the operative date of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Same; operative date for &#xA7; 38.2-3207" href="/38.2-3215/">38.2-3215</a>; the <span class="dictionary">Commissioners</span> 1958 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table for policies issued on or after the operative date of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Same; operative date for &#xA7; 38.2-3207" href="/38.2-3215/">38.2-3215</a> and prior to the operative date of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Same; adjusted premiums for policies" href="/38.2-3209/">38.2-3209</a>, provided that for any category of policies issued on female risks, all modified net premiums and present values referred to in this article may be calculated according to an age not more than six years younger than the actual age of the insured; and for policies issued on or after the operative date of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Same; adjusted premiums for policies" href="/38.2-3209/">38.2-3209</a>:
			a. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioners</span> 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table;
			b. At the election of the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> for any one or more specified plans of <span class="dictionary">life insurance</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioners</span> 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table with Ten-Year Select Mortality Factors; or
			c. Any ordinary mortality table, adopted after 1980 by the <span class="dictionary">NAIC</span>, that is approved by regulation adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for those policies; <a id="paragraph-242210" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1369/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> For industrial life <span class="dictionary">insurance policies</span> issued on the standard basis, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in those policies: The 1941 Standard Industrial Mortality Table for policies issued prior to the operative date of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Same; operative date for &#xA7; 38.2-3208" href="/38.2-3216/">38.2-3216</a>, and for policies issued on or after the operative date of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Same; operative date for &#xA7; 38.2-3208" href="/38.2-3216/">38.2-3216</a>, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioners</span> 1961 Standard Industrial Mortality Table or any industrial mortality table adopted after 1980 by the <span class="dictionary">NAIC</span> and approved by regulation adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for the policies; <a id="paragraph-242211" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1369/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> For individual annuity and pure endowment <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in those <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>: The 1937 Standard Annuity Mortality Table or, at the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s option, the Annuity Mortality Table for 1949 Ultimate, or any modification of either of these tables approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>; <a id="paragraph-242212" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1369/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> For group annuity and pure endowment <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in those <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>: The Group Annuity Mortality Table for 1951, any modification of that table approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, or, at the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s option, any of the tables or modifications of tables specified for individual annuity and pure endowment <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>; <a id="paragraph-242213" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1369/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> For total and permanent disability benefits in or supplementary to ordinary policies or <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>: For policies or <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> issued on or after January 1, 1966, the tables of Period 2 disablement <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span> and the 1930 to 1950 termination <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span> of the 1952 Disability Study of the Society of Actuaries, with due regard to the type of benefit or any tables of disablement <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span> and termination <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span> adopted after 1980 by the <span class="dictionary">NAIC</span>, and approved by regulation adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for those policies; for policies or <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> issued on or after January 1, 1961, and prior to January 1, 1966, either those tables or, at the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s option, the Class (3) Disability Table (1926); and for policies issued prior to January 1, 1961, the Class (3) Disability Table (1926). Any such table shall, for active lives, be combined with a mortality table permitted for calculating the reserves for life <span class="dictionary">insurance policies</span>; <a id="paragraph-242214" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1369/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> For accidental death benefits in or supplementary to policies issued on or after January 1, 1966: The 1959 Accidental Death Benefits Table or any accidental death benefits table adopted after 1980 by the <span class="dictionary">NAIC</span> and approved by regulation adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for those policies; for policies issued on or after January 1, 1961, and prior to January 1, 1966, either that table or, at the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span>&#x2019;s option, the Inter-<span class="dictionary">Company</span> Double Indemnity Mortality Table; and for policies issued prior to January 1, 1961, the Inter-<span class="dictionary">Company</span> Double Indemnity Mortality Table. Either table shall be combined with a mortality table for calculating the reserves for life <span class="dictionary">insurance policies</span>; and <a id="paragraph-242215" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1369/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> For group <span class="dictionary">life insurance</span>, <span class="dictionary">life insurance</span> issued on the substandard basis, and other special benefits: Any table approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-242216" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1369/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2014, c. 571.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
