Section 26-16-205 - Section Applicability; Adjusted Premiums.

WY Stat § 26-16-205 (2019) (N/A)
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26-16-205. Section applicability; adjusted premiums.

(a) This section does not apply to policies issued on or after the operative date of W.S. 26-16-209.

(b) Except as provided in W.S. 26-16-207, the adjusted premiums for any policy shall be calculated on an annual basis and shall be such uniform percentage of the premiums specified in the policy for each policy year, excluding any extra premiums charged because of impairment or special hazards, that the present value, at the date of issue of the policy, of all the adjusted premiums shall be equal to the sum of:

(i) The then present value of the future guaranteed benefits provided by the policy;

(ii) Two percent (2%) of the amount of insurance, if the insurance is uniform in amount, or of the equivalent uniform amount, as otherwise defined in this article, if the amount of insurance varies with duration of the policy;

(iii) Forty percent (40%) of the adjusted premium for the first policy year;

(iv) Twenty-five percent (25%) of either the adjusted premium for the first policy year or the adjusted premium for a whole life policy of the same uniform or equivalent uniform amount with uniform premiums for the whole of life issued at the same age for the same amount of insurance, whichever is less, except that in applying the percentages specified in paragraph (iii) of this subsection and this paragraph, no adjusted premium is deemed to exceed four percent (4%) of the amount of insurance or uniform amount equivalent thereto.