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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Committee on Insurance (Senators Padilla (Chair), Becker, Jones, Menjivar, Niello, Richardson, and Rubio)</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 10168.25 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Annuity minimum nonforfeiture amount. </ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law generally regulates insurance in the state, including annuity contracts. Existing law establishes formulas for the minimum nonforfeiture amount for specified annuity contracts and the interest rate used to determine that minimum nonforfeiture amount.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Section 10168.25 of the
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(a)
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This section shall apply to contracts issued on and after January 1, 2006, and may be applied by a company, on a contract-form-by-contract-form basis, to a contract issued on or after January 1, 2004, and before January 1, 2006.
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(b)
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The minimum values as specified in Sections 10168.3, 10168.4, 10168.5, 10168.6, and 10168.8 of a paid-up annuity, cash surrender, or death benefits available under an annuity contract shall be based upon minimum
nonforfeiture amounts as defined in this section.
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(c)
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(1)
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The minimum nonforfeiture amount at the time of or before the commencement of any annuity payments shall be equal to an accumulation up to that time, at the rates of interest indicated in subdivision (d), of the net considerations (as hereafter defined) paid before that time, decreased by the sum of all of the following:
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(A)
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Any prior withdrawals from, or partial surrenders
of, the contract, accumulated at the rates of interest indicated in subdivision (d).
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(B)
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An annual contract charge of fifty dollars ($50), accumulated at the rates of interest indicated in subdivision (d).
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(C)
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Any state premium tax paid by the company for the contract, accumulated at the rates of interest indicated in subdivision (d). However, the minimum nonforfeiture amount shall not be decreased by this amount if the premium tax is subsequently credited back to the company.
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(D)
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The amount of any indebtedness to the company on the contract, including interest due and accrued.
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(2)
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The net considerations for a given contract year used to define the minimum nonforfeiture amount
shall be an amount equal to 87.5 percent of the gross considerations credited to the contract during that contract year.
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(d)
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The interest rate used to determine minimum nonforfeiture amounts shall be an annual rate of interest determined as the lesser of 3 percent per annum and the following, which shall be specified in the contract if the interest rate will be reset:
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(1)
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The five-year Constant Maturity Treasury Rate reported by the Federal Reserve as of a date, or averaged over a period, rounded to the nearest one-twentieth of 1 percent, specified in the contract no longer than 15 months prior to the contract issue date or redetermination date under paragraph (2), reduced by 125 basis points, if, for contracts issued before January 1, 2022, the
resulting rate is not less than 1 percent or 100 basis points, and, for contracts issued on or after January 1, 2022, the resulting rate is not less than 0.15 percent or 15 basis points.
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(2)
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The interest rate shall apply for an initial period and may be redetermined for additional periods. The redetermination date, basis, and period, if any, shall be stated in the contract. The basis is the date, or average over a specified period, that produces the value of the five-year Constant Maturity Treasury Rate to be used at each redetermination date.
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(e)
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During the period or term that a contract provides substantive participation in an equity indexed benefit, it may increase the reduction described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) by up to an additional 100 basis points to reflect the value of the equity index benefit. The present value at the contract issue date, and at each redetermination date thereafter, of the additional reduction shall not exceed the
market value of the benefit. The commissioner may require a demonstration that the present value of the additional reduction does not exceed the market value of the benefit. Lacking a demonstration that is acceptable to the commissioner, the commissioner may disallow or limit the additional reduction.
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(f)
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The commissioner may adopt regulations to implement subdivision (e) and to provide for further adjustments to the calculation of minimum nonforfeiture amounts for contracts that provide substantive participation in an equity index benefit and for other contracts if the commissioner determines adjustments are justified.
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