Section 20. Definitions  


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  • The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

    "1983 Group Annuity Mortality Table" and "1983 GAM Table" mean that mortality table developed by the Society of Actuaries Committee on Annuities and adopted as a recognized mortality table for annuities in December 1983 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).

    "1983 Table 'a'" means that mortality table developed by the Society of Actuaries Committee to Recommend a New Mortality Basis for Individual Annuity Valuation and adopted as a recognized mortality table for annuities in June 1982 by the NAIC.

    "1994 Group Annuity Reserving Table" and "1994 GAR Table" mean that mortality table developed by the Society of Actuaries Group Annuity Valuation Table Task Force and adopted as a recognized mortality table for annuities in December 1996 by the NAIC.

    "2012 Individual Annuity Mortality Period Life Table" and "2012 IAM Period Table" mean the Period Table containing loaded mortality rates for calendar year 2012. This table contains rates, qx2012, developed by the Society of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Research.

    "2012 Individual Annuity Reserving Mortality Table" and "2012 IAR Mortality Table" mean that Generational Mortality Table developed by the Society of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Research and containing rates, qx2012+n, derived from a combination of the 2012 IAM Period Table and Projection Scale G2, using the methodology stated in 14VAC5-50-35, and adopted as a recognized mortality table for annuities in December 2012 by the NAIC.

    "Annuity 2000 Mortality Table" means that mortality table developed by the Society of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Research and adopted as a recognized mortality table for annuities in December 1996 by the NAIC.

    "Generational Mortality Table" means a mortality table containing a set of mortality rates that decrease for a given age from one year to the next based on a combination of a Period Table and a projection scale containing rates of mortality improvement.

    "Period Table" means a table of mortality rates applicable to a given calendar year (the Period).

    "Projection Scale G2" and "Scale G2" mean a table of annual rates, G2x, of mortality improvement by age for projecting future mortality rates beyond calendar year 2012. This table was developed by the Society of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Research.

Historical Notes

Derived from Regulation No. 27, Case No. INS850208 § 3, eff. December 31, 1985; amended, Volume 14, Issue 03, eff. October 15, 1997; Volume 30, Issue 05, eff. January 1, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§§ 12.1-13 and 38.2-223 of the Code of Virginia.