Bill Text: NY A04061 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the reserve valuation method for certain life insurance policies and contracts issued after December 31, 2010 which provide certain death benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to insurance [A04061 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04061-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4061
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 1, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Insurance
       AN ACT to amend the insurance law,  in  relation  to  the  valuation  of
         certain policies and contracts
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subparagraph (D)  of  paragraph  6  of  subsection  (c)  of
    2  section  4217  of the insurance law is relettered subparagraph (E) and a
    3  new subparagraph (D) is added to read as follows:
    4    (D) RESERVES ACCORDING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RESERVE VALUATION METH-
    5  OD FOR INDIVIDUAL LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION  (B)  OF
    6  SECTION  FOUR  THOUSAND  TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE THAT ARE
    7  ISSUED AFTER DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN  AND  THAT  PROVIDE
    8  FOR  DEATH BENEFITS THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO REMAIN IN EFFECT IF SPECIFIED
    9  CONDITIONS, AS DEFINED IN THE LIFE INSURANCE  POLICY,  ARE  MET  BY  THE
   10  POLICY OWNER, THE VALUE OF THE GUARANTEE SHALL BE CALCULATED BY A METHOD
   11  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  PRINCIPLES  OF  THIS SECTION AND THE USE OF LAPSE
   12  RATES NOT TO EXCEED TWO PERCENT PER ANNUM.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05382-01-1
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