New Jersey Statutes 17B:25-33. Effective date, applicability
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17B:25-33
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
a. Before the second anniversary of the effective date of this act, on a contract form-by-contract form basis, to those annuity contracts for which the company has filed a notice of election of applicability with the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance. A company that elects not to file using the “Indexed Standard Forfeiture Law for Individual Deferred Annuities,” P.L.2005, c.194 (C. 17B:25-21 et al.), may continue to use contract forms which use the interest rate of 1 1/2% per annum for minimum nonforfeiture values as specified by paragraph (4) of subsection g. of section 5 of P.L.1981, c.285 (C. 17B:25-20).
b. In all other instances, to all annuity contracts issued by the company on or after the second anniversary of the effective date.
L.2005,c.194,s.14.