Nonforfeiture benefit provisions which may be omitted--Deferred payment of cash surrender value--Private placement policies

Any of the provisions or portions thereof set forth in § 58-15-31 which are not applicable by reason of the plan of insurance may, to the extent inapplicable, be omitted from the policy. Except for a private placement policy, the insurer shall reserve the right to defer the payment of any cash surrender value for a period of six months after demand therefor with surrender of the policy. In the case of a private placement policy, the insurer may reserve the right to defer the payment of cash surrender value until the separate account assets comprising such cash surrender value can be, by their respective terms, converted to cash, which may be greater than six months after the surrender of the policy and demand for payment of such cash surrender value. Source: SL 1966, ch 111 , ch 23, § 28 (2); SL 2006, ch 252 , § 6. 58-15-33 . Cash surrender value--Amount available under policy on default of premium--Paid - up policy. Any cash surrender value available under the policy in the event of default in a premium payment due on any policy anniversary, whether or not required by § 58-15-31 shall be an amount not less than the excess, if any, of the present value on such anniversary, of the future guaranteed benefits which would have been provided for by the policy, including any existing paid - up additions, if there had been no default, over the sum of the then present value of the adjusted premiums as defined in §§ 58-15-35 to 58-15-38 , inclusive, and §§ 58-15-43.1 to 58-15-43.11 , inclusive, corresponding to premiums which would have fallen due on and after such anniversary, and the amount of any indebtedness to the insurer on the policy. Any cash surrender value available within thirty days after any policy anniversary under any policy paid up by completion of all premium payments or any policy continued under any paid - up nonforfeiture benefit, whether or not required by § 58-15-31 , shall be an amount not less than the present value, on such anniversary, of the future guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy, including any existing paid - up additions, decreased by any indebtedness to the insurer on the policy. However, for any policy issued on or after the operative date of §§ 58-15-43.1 to 58-15-43.11 , inclusive, which provides supplemental life insurance or annuity benefits at the option of the insured and for an identifiable additional premium by rider or supplemental policy provision, the cash surrender value referred to in the first paragraph of this section shall be an amount not less than the sum of the cash surrender value as defined in that paragraph for an otherwise similar policy issued at the same age without a rider or supplemental policy provision and the cash surrender value as defined in that paragraph for a policy which provides only the benefits otherwise provided by a rider or supplemental policy provision. Further, for any family policy issued on or after the operative date of §§ 58-15-43.1 to 58-15-43.11 , inclusive, which defines a primary insured and provides term insurance on the life of the spouse of the primary insured expiring before the spouse's age seventy - one, the cash surrender value referred to in the first paragraph of this section shall be an amount not less than the sum of the cash surrender value as defined in that paragraph for an otherwise similar policy issued at the same age without term insurance on the life of the spouse and the cash surrender value as defined in that paragraph for a policy which provides only the benefits otherwise provided by term insurance on the life of the spouse. Any cash surrender value available within thirty days after any policy anniversary under any policy paid - up by completion of all premium payments or any policy continued under any paid - up nonforfeiture benefit, whether or not required by § 58-15-31 , shall be an amount not less than the present value, on such anniversary of the future guaranteed benefits provided for by the policy, including any existing paid - up additions, decreased by any indebtedness to the insurer on the policy. If the cash surrender value is in excess of one million dollars, the term, cash surrender value, may include payment of assets to the policyholder as well as payment of cash, if allowed under the policy, with the consent of the policyholder. Source: SL 1966, ch 111 , ch 23, § 28 (3); SL 1982, ch 357 , § 2; SL 2001, ch 54 , § 6; SL 2003, ch 245 , § 6. 58-15-34 . Paid - up nonforfeiture benefits--Default in payment of premium. Any paid - up nonforfeiture benefit available under the policy in the event of default in a premium payment due on any policy anniversary shall be such that its present value as of such anniversary shall be at least equal to the cash surrender value then provided for by the policy or, if none is provided for, that cash surrender value which would have been required by § 58-15-33 in the absence of the condition that premiums shall have been paid for at least a specified period. Source: SL 1966, ch 111 , ch 23, § 28 (4).