The ASB recently approved an exposure draft of a revision of ASOP No. 2, now titled Nonguaranteed Elements for Life Insurance and Annuity Products. The standard applies to actuaries when performing actuarial services with respect to the determination and, if applicable, illustration of nonguaranteed elements (NGEs), except where noted in the standard, for life insurance and annuity products written on individual policy forms where NGEs may vary at the discretion of the insurer. The standard also applies to group master contracts with individual certificates where NGEs are determined in a similar manner to products written on individual life and annuity policy forms. Examples of products within the scope of the standard include universal life, indeterminate premium life, and deferred annuity products. Such products may be fixed, variable, or indexed. Notable changes from the existing ASOP include clarification to the scope, expansion and clarification of definitions and guidance, and the introduction of the concept of an insurer’s NGE framework, which includes the determination policy, how policy classes are established, and the practices used to determine NGE scales. The comment deadline for the exposure draft, which can be viewed under the “Drafts” tab in “Current Exposure Drafts,” is June 1, 2019. is July 15, 2019. Information on how to submit comments can be found in the draft.
