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§ 23-83-101. Group contracts must meet group requirements

(a) Except when specifically provided otherwise, “policy” as used in this chapter shall include both life insurance and annuities. (b) (1) No policy shall be delivered in this state insuring the lives of more than one (1) individual with or without one (1) or more members of the family or one (1) or more dependents, […]

§ 23-83-102. Employee groups

A policy issued to an employer or to the trustees of a fund established by an employer, which employer or trustees shall be deemed the policyholder, to insure employees of the employer for the benefit of persons other than the employer, shall be subject to the following requirements: (1) (A) The employees eligible for insurance […]

§ 23-83-103. Labor union groups

A policy issued to a labor union or similar employer organization, which shall be deemed to be the policyholder, to insure members of the union or organization for the benefit of persons other than the union or organization or any of its officials, representatives, or agents, subject to the following requirements: (1) The members eligible […]

§ 23-83-104. Trustee groups

A policy issued to a trust or to the trustee of a fund established by two (2) or more employers, or by one (1) or more labor unions or similar employee organizations, or by one (1) or more employers and one (1) or more labor unions or similar employee organizations, which trust or trustee shall […]

§ 23-83-105. Debtor groups and credit union groups

(a) Excluding an annuity policy, a policy issued to a creditor or its parent holding company or to a trustee or agent designated by two (2) or more creditors, which creditor, holding company, affiliate, trustee, or agent shall be deemed the policyholder, to insure debtors of the creditor, or creditors, subject to the following requirements: […]

§ 23-83-106. Association groups

(a) A policy can be issued to an association or to a trust or to the trustee or trustees of a fund established, created, or maintained for the benefit of members of one (1) or more associations. (b) The association shall have: (1) At the outset a minimum of one hundred (100) persons; (2) Been […]

§ 23-83-107. Restrictions on coverage of other groups

Group insurance offered to a resident of this state under a group policy issued to a group other than one described in §§ 23-83-102 — 23-83-106 shall be subject to the following requirements: (1) No group policy or certificate shall be delivered in this state unless the Insurance Commissioner finds that: (A) The issuance of […]

§ 23-83-109. Provisions required in policy

(a) No policy shall be delivered in this state unless it contains in substance the following provisions, or provisions which in the opinion of the Insurance Commissioner are more favorable to the persons insured, or at least as favorable to the persons insured and more favorable to the policyholder. (b) However: (1) Provisions in §§ […]

§ 23-83-110. Grace period for payment of premium provision

(a) Excluding an annuity policy, the group policy shall contain a provision that the policyholder is entitled to a grace period of thirty-one (31) days for the payment of any premium due except the first, during which grace period the death benefit coverage shall continue in force unless the policyholder shall have given the insurer […]

§ 23-83-111. Incontestability provision

(a) The group policy shall contain a provision that the validity of the policy shall not be contested, except for fraud in the procurement or nonpayment of premiums after it has been in force for two (2) years from its date of issue, and that no statement made by any person insured under the policy […]

§ 23-83-113. Insurability provision

The group policy shall contain a provision setting forth the conditions, if any, under which the insurer reserves the right to require a person eligible for insurance to furnish evidence of individual insurability satisfactory to the insurer as a condition to part or all of his or her coverage.

§ 23-83-114. Misstatement of age provision

A group policy shall contain a provision specifying an equitable adjustment of premiums or of benefits, or of both, to be made in the event the age of a person insured has been misstated. The provision shall contain a clear statement of the method of adjustment to be used.

§ 23-83-115. Payment of benefits provision

A group policy shall contain a provision that any sum becoming due by reason of the death of the person insured shall be payable to the beneficiary designated by the person insured. However, when the policy contains conditions pertaining to family status, the beneficiary may be the family member specified by the policy terms, as […]

§ 23-83-116. Issuance of certificate to policyholder provision

A group policy shall contain a provision that the insurer will issue to the policyholder for delivery to each person insured a certificate setting forth a statement as to the insurance protection to which he or she is entitled, to whom the insurance benefits are payable, as to any dependent’s coverage included in such a […]

§ 23-83-117. Conversion on termination of eligibility provision

Excluding an annuity policy, a group policy shall contain a provision that if the insurance or any portion of it on a person covered under the policy or on the dependent of a person covered ceases because of termination of employment or of membership in the classes eligible for coverage under the policy, the persons […]

§ 23-83-118. Conversion on termination of policy provision

(a) Excluding an annuity policy, a group policy shall contain a provision that if the group policy terminates or is amended so as to terminate the insurance of any class of insured persons, every person insured thereunder at the date of the termination whose insurance terminates, including the insured dependent of a covered person, and […]

§ 23-83-119. Death pending conversion provision

Excluding an annuity policy, a group policy shall contain a provision that if a person insured under the group policy, or the insured dependent of a covered person, dies during the period within which the individual would have been entitled to have an individual policy issued to him or her in accordance with §§ 23-83-117 […]

§ 23-83-120. Continuation of coverage during insured’s total disability provision

(a) Excluding an annuity policy, a group policy shall contain a provision that when active employment is a condition of insurance, a provision that an insured may continue coverage during the insured’s total disability by timely payment to the policyholder of that portion, if any, of the premium that would have been required from the […]