(a) Fraternal benefit organizations.--The following shall apply:
(1) Section 2451(b) of The Insurance Company Law of 1921 shall apply to the minimum reserves for certificates issued after February 11, 1994 and prior to the effective date of this chapter.
(2) The minimum reserves for certificates issued on or after the effective date of this chapter shall be governed by this chapter.
(b) Standard nonforfeiture law for life insurance.--Notwithstanding any provision of The Insurance Company Law of 1921:
(1) For policies issued prior to the operative date of the valuation manual, any commissioners standard ordinary mortality table that was adopted after 1980 by NAIC and is approved by regulation for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard may be substituted for the Commissioners 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table with or without Ten-Year Select Mortality Factors or for the Commissioners 1980 Extended Term Insurance Table.
(2) For policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, the valuation manual shall provide the commissioners standard mortality table for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard that may be substituted for the Commissioners 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table with or without Ten-Year Select Mortality Factors or for the Commissioners 1980 Extended Term Insurance Table. If the commissioner approves by regulation any commissioners standard ordinary mortality table adopted by NAIC for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard for policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, that minimum nonforfeiture standard shall supersede the minimum nonforfeiture standard provided by the valuation manual.
(3) For policies issued prior to the operative date of the valuation manual, any commissioners standard industrial mortality table that was adopted after 1980 by NAIC and that is approved by regulation for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard may be substituted for the Commissioners 1961 Standard Industrial Mortality Table or the Commissioners 1961 Industrial Extended Term Insurance Table.
(4) For policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, the valuation manual shall provide the commissioners standard mortality table for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard that may be substituted for the Commissioners 1961 Standard Industrial Mortality Table or the Commissioners 1961 Industrial Extended Term Insurance Table. If the commissioner approves by regulation any commissioners standard industrial mortality table adopted by the NAIC for use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture standard for policies issued on or after the operative date of the valuation manual, that minimum nonforfeiture standard shall supersede the minimum nonforfeiture standard provided by the valuation manual.
(c) Nonforfeiture interest rate.--Notwithstanding any provision of The Insurance Company Law of 1921, the nonforfeiture rate shall be as follows:
(1) For policies issued prior to the operative date of the valuation manual, the nonforfeiture interest rate per year for any policy issued in a particular calendar year shall be equal to 125% of the calendar year statutory valuation interest rate for the policy as defined in section 7117 (relating to computation of minimum standard by calendar year of issue) rounded to the nearest 0.25%, but the nonforfeiture interest rate shall not be less than 4%.
(2) For policies issued on and after the operative date of the valuation manual, the nonforfeiture interest rate per year for any policy issued in a particular calendar year shall be provided by the valuation manual.
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