§ 17:35-30 — Reserve on policies or certificates granting natural death benefits

Every assessment insurance company or association authorized to transact business in this State shall maintain a reserve on every policy or certificate granting natural death benefits issued by such company or association after the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight. The minimum standard for such reserve shall be the American Experience Table of Mortality with interest at the rate of three and one-half per centum (3 1/2 %) per annum calculated according to the modified preliminary term method permitted by law for the valuation of life insurance policies issued by stock or mutual life insurance companies. Every company or association shall file annually in the department with its annual statement, the certification of a competent actuary as to the amount of all the reserves required to be held by the association on its policies or certificates. This section shall not apply to any policy or certificate containing a natural death benefit not exceeding one hundred dollars when the policy or certificate also provides benefits in the event of sickness or bodily injury or death by accident. L.1938, c. 232, p. 534, s. 5.