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Scheduled Premium Section 15. Schedule Premium Policy. The definition of a “scheduled premium policy” was added by the 1983 amendments to the Model Regulation. It is intended and to establish the perimeters of contemporary “traditional” variable life insurance policies. Specifically, a variable life insurance policy is classified as a “scheduled premium” policy if the insurer…

Generic Name Proposed Revision of NAIC Life Insurance Solicitation Model Regulation (ACLI) – October 22, 1982 A Generic Name means a short title which is descriptive of the premium and benefit patterns of a policy or a rider. NAIC Proceedings

Retrospective Retrospective vs Prospective Mr. Carroll: Retrospective and prospective, if everything fits and works nicely, as Doug pointed out, it doesn’t matter. You get the same answer looking both ways. It only matters when things are out of sync and something has gone wrong or gone better than has been reflected. That’s how we come…

MSRV – Mandatory Securities Valuation Reserve Impact of Economic Changes on Common Stock Values When the MSVR was first established in 1951, common stocks represented only 1.2 percent of the assets of U.S. life insurance companies. However, the sharp rise in common stock prices during the 1950s and early 1960s, combined with the stimulus of…

Language Semantics Words and Concepts Insurance policies may be balm for the afflicted but they are murder on the English language. 1976 0811 – NYT – New Policy Arises In Insurance Field Readable Language, By Israel Shenker – [link] We cannot play word games with policyholder money. (p74) — Karl L. Rubenstein, Special Deputy Insurance Commissioner, State…

Vanishing Premium Vanishing Premium – Legal Cases Robert Beck, Prudential, Chairman and Chief Executive Office RE: Vanishing Premium (p6069) – Under some permanent insurance, contracts being sold today, the chances are you could stop paying after 7, 8, or 9 years and the insurance would remain in force for the rest of your life without…

Manipulation Manipulation, Lapsation, Dividend Practices and Annuity Disclosure (A) Task Force 1981 – DETECTING POSSIBLE MANIPULATION: THE PEER REVIEW APPROACH – SOA – Moderator: JULIUS VOGEL. Panelist: WALTER N. MILLER – 12p Ms. Edwards requested the wishes of the subcommittee as to whether the task force should address the question of manipulation with inforce policies. Upon…

Annual Report The flexibility of Universal Life that initially appealed to the policyholder which allowed him to change premium payments, coverages, etc., will make this annual report of the condition of his “account” an unanticipated shock. — Dale W. Hotze, is President of Hotze & Associates Inc., Jacksonville, Florida. 1983 – SOA – Universal Life (rsa83v9n32),…

Replacements 1035 Exchange Churning Disintermediation Twisting Agency Problems: Policy Replacements A. What information is available on the extent of policy replacement abuses? What steps have individual companies taken to control replacements of existing policies? What procedures have companies adopted to meet the several state regulations regarding replacements? 1961 – SOA – Agency Problems: Policy Replacements, Society…

Charges 198x – NAIC LIBG – ACLI = Scribe, vs 199x NAIC LIBG – Cude, Kite, Regulators = Scribes Legal Cases Walker vs LSW Per Thousand NAIC – Universal Life Model Regulation (MDL-585) – (p4) The benefit charges shall include the charges made for mortality and any charges made for riders or supplementary benefits for…