Reduces the minimum nonforfeiture interest rate for annuities from one percent to one half of one percent for annuities during the surrender charge period, and from one percent to fifteen hundredths of one percent during any contract period with no surrender charge.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5315
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 20, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to modifying the interest
rate within the standard nonforfeiture law for annuities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Item (iii) of subparagraph (F) of paragraph 2 of subsection
2 (c) of section 4223 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 170 of
3 the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
4 (iii) where the resulting minimum guaranteed interest rate is not less
5 than one half of one percent for any contract with a premium charge and
6 for contracts without premium charges during any contract period with a
7 surrender charge, and not less than fifteen hundredths of one percent
8 during any contract period with no surrender charge. The minimum annual
9 effective rate of interest at issue shall be specified in the contract.
10 The basis and calculation for setting the minimum annual effective rate
11 of interest at issue of a contract shall be filed with the superinten-
12 dent. If the contract provides that the minimum annual effective rate of
13 interest may be redetermined, the redetermination date, basis, calcu-
14 lation and period shall be stated in the contract. The basis is the date
15 or average over a specified period that produces the values of the five-
16 year constant maturity treasury rate to be used at each redetermination
17 date or at issue.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05801-01-5
