South Dakota § 58-15-43.1 - Adjusted premiums--Calculation on annual basis.

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§ 58-15-43.1. Adjusted premiums--Calculation on annual basis.

Sections 58-15-43.1 to 58-15-43.11, inclusive, apply to all policies issued on or after July 1, 1982. Except as provided in § 58-15-43.7, the adjusted premiums for any policy shall be calculated on an annual basis and shall be such uniform percentage of the respective premiums specified in the policy for each policy year, excluding amounts payable as extra premiums to cover impairments or special hazards and also excluding any uniform annual contract charge or policy fee specified in the policy in a statement of the method to be used in calculating the cash surrender values and paid up nonforfeiture benefits, that the present value, at the date of issue of the policy, of all adjusted premiums is equal to the sum of the then present value of the future guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy; one percent of either the amount of insurance, if the insurance be uniform in amount, or the average amount of insurance at the beginning of each of the first ten policy years; and one hundred twenty-five percent of the nonforfeiture net level premium as hereinafter defined. However, in applying the above percentage, no nonforfeiture net level premium may be deemed to exceed four percent of either the amount of insurance, if the insurance be uniform in amount, or the average amount of insurance at the beginning of each of the first ten policy years. The date of issue of a policy for the purpose of this section is the date as of which the rated age of the insured is determined.

Source: SL 1982, ch 357, § 5.

Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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