New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 11 - INSURANCE
Chapter 4 - ACTUARIAL SERVICES
Subchapter 46 - SYNTHETIC GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CONTRACT FORMS
Section 11:4-46.6 - General requirements

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 11:4-46.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) The insurer shall monitor the market value record for each contract. Upon each recalculation of the crediting rate, but no less frequently than quarterly, the insurer shall update the market value record to reflect the market value of the segregated portfolio.

(b) No contract shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this State unless the assets which it supports and for which a contract value is established are maintained in a segregated portfolio of a custodian.

(c) The investment guidelines shall be submitted to the insurer for underwriting review prior to the effective date of the contract.

(d) The investment guidelines shall permit investments of the segregated portfolio to be only in instruments for which market values are ascertainable pursuant to 17B:28-10.

(e) No contract shall obligate the insurer to purchase any assets at greater than market value or assets that would not be permitted investments pursuant to 17B:20-1 et seq.

(f) For group annuity contracts that make available to the contractholder the purchase of immediate or deferred annuities for the benefit of individual members of the group, no annuity shall be purchased without the delivery of the agreed consideration to the insurer for allocation to the insurer's general account or separate account as appropriate.

(g) In the case of unilateral termination of a contract pursuant to 11:4-46.5(a)9, the insurer shall refund any unearned risk premium or investment management fees, which shall terminate all future liability of the insurer or obligation to provide further benefits.

(h) In the case of an insurer's waiver of its right to terminate a contract when a termination event occurs, the Department shall require the insurer to submit a report describing the corrective action taken by the insurer.

(i) The insurer shall acknowledge in its submission that it shall maintain adequate reserves and collect adequate consideration for the cost of annuities purchased under contract option by transfer from the segregated portfolio.

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