1. (a) Except as provided in Section 27-36A-7, the minimum standard of valuation for individual and group annuity and pure endowment contracts issued on or after May 28, 1996, shall be the commissioners reserve valuation methods defined in Sections 27-36A-8 and 27-36A-9 and the following tables and interest rates:

   1. (1) For individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued prior to July 30, 1979, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in the contracts: The 1971 Individual Annuity Mortality Table, or any modification of this table approved by the commissioner, and six percent interest for single premium immediate annuity contracts and four percent interest for all other individual annuity and pure endowment contracts.
   2. (2) For individual single premium immediate annuity contracts issued on or after July 30, 1979, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in the contracts: The 1971 Individual Annuity Mortality Table or any individual annuity mortality table adopted after 1980 by the NAIC that is approved by regulation promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for the contracts, or any modification of these tables approved by the commissioner, and seven and one-half percent interest.
   3. (3) For individual annuity and pure endowment contracts issued on or after July 30, 1979, other than single premium immediate annuity contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits in the contracts: The 1971 Individual Annuity Mortality Table or any individual annuity mortality table adopted after 1980 by the NAIC that is approved by regulation promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for the contracts, or any modification of these tables approved by the commissioner, and five and one-half percent interest for single premium deferred annuity and pure endowment contracts and four and one-half percent interest for all other individual annuity and pure endowment contracts.
   4. (4) For annuities and pure endowments purchased prior to July 30, 1979, under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits purchased under the contracts: The 1971 Group Annuity Mortality Table or any modification of this table approved by the commissioner, and six percent interest.
   5. (5) For annuities and pure endowments purchased on or after July 30, 1979, under group annuity and pure endowment contracts, excluding any disability and accidental death benefits purchased under the contracts: The 1971 Group Annuity Mortality Table or any group annuity mortality table adopted after 1980 by the NAIC that is approved by regulation promulgated by the commissioner for use in determining the minimum standard of valuation for such annuities and pure endowments, or any modification of these tables approved by the commissioner, and seven and one-half percent interest.
2. (b) After August 23, 1976, any company may file with the commissioner a written notice of its election to comply with this section after a specified date but before January 1, 1980, which shall be the operative date of this section for that company. If a company makes no election, the operative date of this section for that company shall be January 1, 1980.

(Act 2016-411, §2.)