Pennsylvania § 7119 - Reserve valuation method for annuity and pure endowment benefits.
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§ 7119. Reserve valuation method for annuity and pure endowment benefits.
(a) Applicability.--This section shall apply to all annuity and pure endowment contracts other than group annuity and pure endowment contracts purchased under a retirement plan or plan of deferred compensation, established or maintained by an employer, including a partnership or sole proprietorship, or by an employee organization, or by both, other than a plan providing individual retirement accounts or individual retirement annuities under section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 408).
(b) Calculation.--The following shall apply:
(1) Reserves according to the commissioners annuity reserve method for benefits under annuity or pure endowment contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in the contracts, shall be the greatest of the respective excesses of the present values, at the date of valuation, of the future guaranteed benefits, including guaranteed nonforfeiture benefits, provided for by the contracts at the end of each respective contract year, over the present value, at the date of valuation, of any future valuation considerations derived from future gross considerations, required by the terms of the contract, that become payable prior to the end of the respective contract year.
(2) The future guaranteed benefits shall be determined by using the mortality table, if any, and the interest rate or rates specified in the contracts for determining guaranteed benefits.
(3) The valuation considerations shall be the portions of the respective gross considerations applied under the terms of the contracts to determine nonforfeiture values.
Cross References. Section 7119 is referred to in sections 7103, 7115, 7116, 7118, 7120, 7123 of this title.
Source: official Pennsylvania text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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