RI Insurance Bulletin 2018-18
Annuity Disclosure Forms
Department of Business Regulation
Insurance Division
1511 Pontiac Avenue, Bldg. 69-2
Cranston, Rhode Island 02920
Insurance Bulletin Number 2018-18
Annuity Disclosures Forms
The following form is designated for use in compliance with 230-RICR-20-25-6
Annuity Illustration Example
[The following illustration is an example only
And does not reflect specific characteristics of any actual product for sale by any company]
ABC Life Insurance Company
Company Product Name
Flexible Premium Fixed Deferred Annuity with a Market Value Adjustment (MVA)
An Illustration Prepared for John Doe by John Agent on mm/dd/yyyy
(Contact us a Policyhownerservice@ABCLife.com or 555-555-5555)
ABC Life Insurance Company
Company Product Name
Flexible Premium Fixed Deferred Annuity with a Market Value Adjustment (MVA)
An Illustration Prepared for John Doe by John Agent on mm/dd/yyyy
(Contact us a Policyhownerservice@ABCLife.com or 555-555-5555)
Column Descriptions
(1)
Ages shown are measured from the Annuitant's age at issue
(2)
Premium Payments are assumed to be made at the beginning of the Contract Year shown
Values Based on Guaranteed Rates
(3)
Interest Crediting Rates shown are annual rates; however, interest is credited daily. During the Initial Interest
Guarantee Period, values developed from the Initial Premium Payment are illustrated using the Initial Guaranteed Interest
Rate(s) declared by the insurance company, which include an additional first year only interest bonus credit of 0.75%.
The interest rates will be guaranteed for the Initial Interest Guarantee Period, subject to an MVA. After the Initial Interest
Guarantee Period, a new renewal interest rate will be declared annually, but can never be less than the Minimum
Guaranteed Interest Rate shown.
(4)
Account Value is the amount you have at the end of each year if you leave your money in the contract until you start
receiving annuity payments. It is also the amount available upon the Annuitant's death if it occurs before annuity
payments begin. The death benefit is not affected by surrender charges or the MVA.
(5)
Cash Surrender Value Before MVA is the amount available at the end of each year if you surrender the contract (after
deduction of any Surrender Charge) but before the application of any MVA. Surrender charges are applied to the Account
Value according to the schedule below until the surrender charge period ends, which may be after the Initial Interest
Guarantee Period has ended.
Years Measured from Premium Payment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8+
Surrender Charges: 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 0%
(6)
Minimum Cash Surrender Value After MVA is the minimum amount available at the end of each year if you surrender
your contract before the end of five years, no matter what the MVA is. The minimum is set by law. The amount you
receive may be higher or lower than the cash surrender value due to the application of the MVA, but never lower than this
minimum. Otherwise the MVA works as follows: If the interest rate available on new contracts offered by the company is
LOWER than your Initial Guaranteed Interest Rate, the MVA will INCREASE the amount you receive. If the interest
rate available on new contracts offered by the company is HIGHER than your initial guaranteed interest rate, the MVA
will DECREASE the amount you receive. Page 4 of this illustration provides additional information concerning the
MVA.
Values Based on Assumption that Initial Guaranteed Rates Continue
(7)
Interest Crediting Rates are the same as in Column (3) for the Initial Interest Guarantee Period.
After the Initial Interest Guarantee Period, a new renewal interest rate will be declared annually. For the purposes of
calculating the values in this column, it is assumed that the Initial Guaranteed Interest Rate (without the bonus) will
continue as the new renewal interest rate in all years. The actual renewal interest rates are not subject to an MVA and will
very likely NOT be the same as the illustrated renewal interest rates.
(8)
Account Value is calculated the same way as column (4).
(9)
Cash Surrender Value Before and After MVA is the Cash Surrender Value at the end of each year assuming that Initial
Guaranteed Interest Rates continue, and that the continuing rates are the rates offered by the company on new contracts.
In this case the MVA would be zero, and Cash Surrender Values before and after the MVA would be the same.
Important Note: This illustration assumes you will take no withdrawals from your annuity before you begin to receive periodic
income payments. Withdrawals will reduce both the annuity Account Value and the Cash Surrender Value. You may make
partial withdrawals of up to 10% of your account value each contract year without paying surrender charges. Excess withdrawals
(above 10%) and full withdrawals will be subject to surrender charges.
This illustration assumes the annuity’s current interest crediting rates will not change. It is likely that they will change and
actual values may be higher or lower than those in the illustration.
The values in this illustration are not guarantees or even estimates of the amounts you can expect from your annuity. For
more information, read the annuity disclosure and annuity buyer’s guide.
Initial Guaranteed Interest Rate on New
Contracts is 3% LOWER
90,000
100,000
110,000
120,000
0
1
2
3
4
5
Year Since Beginning of MVA Period
MVA Adjusted CSV
CSV if guaranteed interest rate on
new contracts stays at 3.40%
(Column 9 on Page 2)
CSV if guaranteed interest rate on
new contracts is 3% LOWER
MVA-adjusted Cash Surrender Values (CSVs) Under Sample Scenarios
The graphs below shows MVA-adjusted Cash Surrender Values (CSVs) during the first five years of the contract, as illustrated on page 2
($100,000 single premium, a 5-year MVA Period) under two sample scenarios, as described below.
Graph #1 shows if the interest rate on new contracts is 3% LOWER than your Initial Guaranteed Interest Rate, the MVA will increase the
amount you receive (green line). The pink line shows the Cash Surrender Values if the Initial Guaranteed Interest Rates continue (from
Column (9) on Page 2).
Graph #2 shows if the interest rate on new contracts is 3% HIGHER than your Initial Guaranteed Interest Rate, the MVA will decrease the
amount you receive, but not below the minimum set by law (Column (6) on Page 2), which in this scenario limits the decrease for the first 2
years (yellow line). The pink line shows the Cash Surrender Values if the Initial Guaranteed Interest Rates continue (from Column (9) on
Page 2).
These graphs and the sample guaranteed interest rates on new contracts used are for demonstration purposes only and are not intended to be a
projection of how guaranteed interest rates on new contracts are likely to behave.