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 ________________________________________________________________________ 4061 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2011 ___________ 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