OAR 836-051-0910: Definitions

As used in OAR 836-051-0900 to 836-051-0925: (1) “Contract owner” means the owner named in the annuity contract or a certificate holder in the case of a group annuity contract. (2) “Determinable elements” means elements that are derived from processes or methods that are guaranteed at issue and not subject to insurer discretion, but in which the values or amounts cannot be determined until some point after issue. These elements include the premiums, credited interest rates (including any bonus), benefits, values, non-interest based credits, charges or elements of formulas used to determine any of these. These elements may be described as guaranteed but not determined at issue. An element is considered determinable if it was calculated from underlying determinable elements only, or from both determinable and guaranteed elements. (3) “Free look” means the number of days immediately after delivery of the contract in which the contract owner has to examine the contract and decide to return it to get the purchase payment returned penalty free. May also be referred to as “Right to Examine.” (4) “Funding agreement” means an agreement for an insurer to accept and accumulate funds and to make one or more payments at future dates in amounts that are not based on mortality or morbidity contingencies. (5) “Generic name” means a short title descriptive of the annuity contract being applied for or illustrated, such as “single premium deferred annuity.” (6) “Guaranteed elements” means the premiums, credited interest rates (including any bonus), benefits, values, non-interest based credits, charges or elements of formulas used to determine any of these, that are guaranteed and determined at issue. An element is considered guaranteed if all of the underlying elements that go into its calculation are guaranteed. (7) “Non-guaranteed elements” means the premiums, credited interest rates (including any bonus), benefits, values, non-interest based credits, charges or elements of formulas used to determine any of these, that are subject to company discretion and are not guaranteed at issue. An element is considered non-guaranteed if any of the underlying non-guaranteed elements are used in its calculation. (8) “Structured settlement annuity” means a “qualified funding asset” as defined in section 130(d) of the Internal Revenue Code or an annuity that, by its issue, would be a qualified funding asset under section 130(d) but for the fact that it is not owned by an assignee under a qualified assignment.