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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77891</law_id><section_number>38.2-3203</section_number><catch_line>Same; cash surrender value in case of default</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-3204</reference><reference>38.2-3211</reference><reference>38.2-3212</reference><reference>38.2-3213</reference><reference>38.2-3309</reference><reference>38.2-3347</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="32">Standard Nonforfeiture Provisions for Life Insurance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any cash surrender value available under any life <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy issued on or after the operative date stated in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Same; operative date" href="/38.2-3214/">38.2-3214</a> in the event of <span class="dictionary">default</span> in a premium payment due on any policy anniversary, whether or not required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Standard nonforfeiture law; required policy provisions" href="/38.2-3202/">38.2-3202</a>, shall at least equal any excess of the present value, on that anniversary, of the future guaranteed benefits that would have been provided for by the policy, including any existing paid-up additions had there been no <span class="dictionary">default</span>, over the sum of (i) the then present value of the adjusted premiums as defined in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Same; calculation of adjusted premiums" href="/38.2-3205/">38.2-3205</a> through <a class="law" title="Same; adjusted premiums for policies" href="/38.2-3209/">38.2-3209</a>, corresponding to premiums that would have fallen due on and after that anniversary, and (ii) the amount of any indebtedness to the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> on the policy. <a id="paragraph-279319" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3203/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> For any policy 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> and providing at the option of the insured supplemental life <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> or annuity benefits for an identifiable additional premium by rider or supplemental policy provision, the cash surrender value referred to in subsection A of this section shall at least equal the sum of (i) the cash surrender value defined in subsection A for an otherwise similar policy issued at the same age without the rider or supplemental policy provision and (ii) the cash surrender value defined in subsection A for a policy providing only the benefits provided by the rider or supplemental policy provision. <a id="paragraph-279320" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3203/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> For any family policy 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>, defining a primary insured and providing term <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> on the life of the spouse of the primary insured expiring before the spouse achieves the age of seventy-one, the cash surrender value referred to in subsection A of this section shall at least equal the sum of (i) the cash surrender value defined in subsection A for an otherwise similar policy issued at the same age without the term <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> on the life of the spouse and (ii) the cash surrender value defined in subsection A for a policy providing only the benefits provided by the term <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> on the life of the spouse. <a id="paragraph-279321" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3203/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any cash surrender value available within thirty days after any policy anniversary under any policy paid-up by completion of all premium payments or any policy continued under any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit, whether or not required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Standard nonforfeiture law; required policy provisions" href="/38.2-3202/">38.2-3202</a>, shall at least equal the present value, on that anniversary, of the future guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy, including any existing paid-up additions, decreased by any indebtedness to the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> on the policy. <a id="paragraph-279322" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3203/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 38-377; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-462; 1982, c. 228; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
