Any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit available under a life insurance policy issued on or after the operative date stated in § 38.2-3214 in the event of default in a premium payment due on any policy anniversary shall be such that its present value as of that anniversary shall at least equal the cash surrender value then provided for by the policy or, if none is provided for, shall equal the cash surrender value that would have been required by § 38.2-3203 in the absence of the condition that premiums have been paid for a specified period.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 38.2-3204

  • Life insurance: includes policies that also provide (i) endowment benefits; (ii) additional benefits incidental to a loss in the event of death, dismemberment, or loss by accident or accidental means; (iii) additional benefits to safeguard the contract from lapse or to provide a special surrender value, a special benefit or an annuity, in the event of total and permanent disability of the insured; and (iv) optional modes of settlement of proceeds. See Virginia Code 38.2-102

Code 1950, § 38-378; 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-463; 1986, c. 562.