ORS 733.308: Computation of minimum standard for annuities and pure endowment contracts; rules.

Except as provided in ORS 733.310, the minimum standard for the valuation of all individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued on or after January 1, 1979, and for all annuities and pure endowments purchased on or after January 1, 1979, under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, shall be the commissioner’s reserve valuation methods defined in ORS 733.312 and 733.314 and the following tables and interest rates: (1) For individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued prior to January 1, 1979, excluding any disability and accidental death benefit in such contracts, the 1971 Individual Annuity Mortality Table, or any modification of that table approved by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, and six percent interest for single premium immediate annuity contracts, and four percent interest for all other individual annuity and pure endowment contracts. (2) For individual single premium immediate annuity contracts issued on or after January 1, 1979, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in such contracts, the 1971 Individual Annuity Mortality Table or any individual annuity mortality table, adopted after 1980 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners that is approved by rule adopted by the director for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such contracts, or any modification of these tables approved by the director, and seven and one-half percent interest. (3) For individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued on or after January 1, 1979, other than single premium immediate annuity contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in such contracts, the 1971 Individual Annuity Mortality Table or any individual annuity mortality table adopted after 1980 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners that is approved by rule adopted by the director for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such contracts, or any modification of these tables approved by the director, and five and one-half percent interest for single premium deferred annuity and pure endowment contracts and four and one-half percent interest for all other such individual annuity and pure endowment contracts. (4) For all annuities and pure endowments purchased prior to January 1, 1979, under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits purchased under such contracts, the 1971 Group Annuity Mortality Table or any modification of this table approved by the director, and six percent interest. (5) For all annuities and pure endowments purchased on or after January 1, 1979, under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits purchased under such contracts, the 1971 Group Annuity Mortality Table, or any group annuity mortality table adopted after 1980 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, that is approved by the director by rule for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such annuities and pure endowments, or any modification of these tables approved by the director, and seven and one-half percent interest. [1991 c.401 §21]