FIFTH AMENDMENT TO GENERAL AGENT SALES AGREEMENT
FIFTH AMENDMENT
TO
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO GENERAL AGENT SALES AGREEMENT dated as of November 1, 2006 by and between AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (formerly known as The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States) (“AXA Equitable”), a New York stock life insurance company, having offices at 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, and AXA NETWORK, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company having offices at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 and the AXA Network subsidiaries executing this Agreement below (collectively, the “General Agent”).
AXA Equitable and the General Agent hereby modify and amend the General Agent Sales Agreement dated as of January 1, 2000 between them, as previously amended (the “Sales Agreement”) as follows:
1. Section 5.5 of the Sales Agreement is restated in its entirety as follows:
§5.5 Replacements. The General Agent shall not, and shall not permit any Agent to, encourage any customer to surrender or replace life insurance policy or annuity contract issued by AXA Equitable or any affiliate thereof in order to purchase a Contract or, conversely, to surrender or exchange a Contract in order to purchase another life insurance policy or annuity contract issued by AXA Equitable or any affiliate thereof, except to the extent such surrenders or exchanges are permitted pursuant to and made in accordance with AXA Equitable’s Policies and Procedures. No compensation will be paid on Replacement Contracts (as hereinafter defined) sold hereunder, except as expressly provided in Schedule 5 of Exhibit A. As used herein, a “Replacement Contract” means any permanent or term life insurance policy or annuity contract sold pursuant to this Agreement prior to or following the lapse surrender, policy change or exchange of any other policy or annuity on the same insured issued by AXA Equitable or any affiliate thereof or any policy which is continued in force using the non-forfeiture benefits of the policy or by use of dividends for payment of premiums. The conversion of a term policy to a permanent policy is not a Replacement Contract for the purpose of this Section.
2. Section 5.8 of the Sales Agreement is restated in its entirety as follows:
§5.8 Delivery of Contracts. The General Agent will deliver Contracts, in accordance with AXA Equitable’s Policies and Procedures, to the persons named thereon as the owners of such Contracts as soon as reasonably possible, but in no event more than then (10) days after receipt from AXA Equitable. Any compensation paid will be recovered in full if all delivery requirements are not received at AXA Equitable’s administrative office by the due date. The General Agent will advise the owner of a newly issued variable Contract that AXA Equitable cannot honor investment instructions from the owner unless a signed application or a receipt for the Contract has previously been received from the owner or the instructions are signed by the owner and accompanied by a signature guaranty in a form acceptable to AXA Equitable.
3. Section 5.9 of the Sales Agreement is restated in its entirety as follows:
§5.9 Refunds of Premiums. In the event that AXA Equitable rejects an Application or a customer exercises his or her free look right under a Contract in a timely manner, AXA Equitable will refund any Premium received by AXA Equitable on account of such Application or Contract, less any loans and accrued loan interest, to the person designated in the Application as the Contract owner. In states that permit a return of the Policy Account Value, AXA Equitable will refund the Policy Account Value plus any monthly deductions plus any charges deducted from premium less any loan and accrued loan interest on account of such Application or Contract to the person designated in the Application as the Contract owner.
4. Exhibit A of the Sales Agreement is modified and amended by adding Schedule 5 as attached hereto to such Exhibit with respect to compensation on Replacement Contracts.
5. Schedule 1 of Exhibit A of the Sales Agreement is modified and amended by revising the compensation schedule on COLI ’04 as more particularly set forth on the restated Schedule I attached hereto to reduce the compensation on first year premiums in excess of target from 10% to 8.5%.
Except as modified and amended hereby, the Sales Agreement is in full force and affect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fifth Amendment to General Agent Sales Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
| AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | AXA NETWORK, LLC AXA NETWORK OF CONNECTICUT, | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
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| Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | AXA NETWORK OF PUERTO RICO, INC. | |||||||
| Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer | AXA NETWORK INSURANCE AGENCY | |||||||
| By: |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||||
| Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||||
| President – Retail Division | ||||||||
EXHIBIT A
AMENDED AND RESTATED SCHEDULE 1
EFFECTIVE AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2006
General Agent Compensation for Life Insurance Sales and Servicing
This Amended and Restated Schedule 1 of Exhibit A is effective as of November 1, 2006 and is attached to and made part of the General Agent Sales Agreement dated January 1, 2000 by and between AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and AXA Network, LLC.
Compensation to the General Agent in connection with the sale and servicing of life insurance policies will be calculated on a policy by policy basis. Compensation paid hereunder will be allocated to commissions and expense allowances as the parties may from time to time agree consistent with the provisions of Section 4228 of the New York State Insurance Law. Total compensation to the General Agent in respect of the sale and servicing of each life insurance policy will be a percentage of the premiums received by Equitable in respect of such policy as more particularly set forth in the following tables:
Compensation on Variable Life Insurance Products other than COLI ’04 and VUL (PHI Code: 6550)
| Type of Premium |
Percentage | |||
| First Policy Year |
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| Qualifying First Year Premiums up to Target |
99.0 | % | ||
| Excess Premiums |
8.5 | % | ||
| Renewals |
11.0 | % | ||
Compensation on COLI ’04
| Type of Premium |
Percentage | |||
| First Policy Year |
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| Qualifying First Year Premiums up to Target |
50.0 | % | ||
| Excess Premiums |
8.5 | % | ||
| Renewals |
11.0 | % | ||
Exhibit A
Amended and Restated Schedule 1 (cont.)
Effective as of November 1, 2006
Compensation on VUL (PHI Code: 6550)
| Type of Premium |
Percentage | |||
| First Policy Year |
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| Qualifying First Year Premiums up to Target |
40.0 | % | ||
| Excess Premiums |
0.0 | % | ||
| Renewals |
11.0 | % | ||
Compensation on Non-Variable Life Insurance Products
| Type of Premium |
Percentage | |||
| First Policy Year |
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| Scheduled Premiums |
99.0 | % | ||
| Qualifying First Year Premiums up to Target |
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| Athena Universal Life |
90.0 | % | ||
| Other non-variable life insurance products |
99.0 | % | ||
| Excess Premiums |
8.5 | % | ||
| Renewals – Policy Years 2-5 |
8.0 | % | ||
| Renewals –Years 6 et seq. |
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| Athena Universal Life products |
3.0 | % | ||
| Equitable Universal Life products |
3.0 | % | ||
| Other non-variable life insurance products |
8.0 | % | ||
EXHIBIT A
SCHEDULE 5
EFFECTIVE AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2006
General Agent Compensation on Replacements
This Schedule 5 of Exhibit A is effective as of November 1, 2006 and is attached to and made part of the General Agent Sales Agreement dated January 1, 2000 by and between AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and AXA Network, LLC.
Compensation to the General Agent in connection with the sale and servicing of Replacement Contracts will be calculated on a policy by policy, contract by contract and certificate by certificate basis as a percentage of the premiums or consideration received by AXA Equitable in respect of such policy, contract or certificate as more particularly set forth in the following table. As used herein, “Replacement Value” with respect to life insurance mean (a) if a permanent product is replaced by another permanent product, the amount due and payable to or for the benefit of the named insured under the terms of the policy being replaced upon its lapse, surrender, conversion or exchange, as the case may be, less any loans and accrued loan interest and (b) if a term product is replaced by a term product, the amount of the first year premium paid under the terms of the product being replaced. In calculating compensation, the Replacement Value will be applied first to the Qualifying First Year Premiums up to Target, then to the Excess Premiums, before any new money is applied. “Replacement Value” with respect to annuities means the amount transferred from the replaced policy or contract to the new annuity contract.
Life Insurance Replacement
Policies
| Qualifying First Year Premiums up to Target |
25% up to the Replacement Value, Schedule 1 compensation on new money. | |
| Excess Premiums | 3% up to the Replacement Value, Schedule 1 compensation on new money. | |
| Renewals | Schedule 1 compensation | |
| Individual Qualified and Non-Qualified Annuity Replacement Policies other than Seven Pay SPIA (PHI Code 6551) | 2.5% of first year and renewal consideration up to Replacement Value, Schedule 2 or 3 compensation, as applicable, on new money. | |
| Momentum Solutions, Momentum Strategy and Momentum Select | 0% of first year and renewal year consideration up to the Replacement Value, Schedule 2 or 3 compensation, as applicable, on new money. | |
