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Home » US Law » 2022 Montana Code Annotated » Title 33. Insurance and Insurance Companies » Chapter 15. The Insurance Contract » Part 4. Application, Issuance, Renewal, Assignment, and Return

33-15-401. Application required — life and disability insurance

33-15-401. Application required — life and disability insurance. No life or disability insurance contract upon an individual, except a contract of group life insurance or of group or blanket disability insurance, shall be made or effectuated unless at the time of the making of the contract the individual insured, being of competent legal capacity to contract, […]

33-15-402. Application as evidence — copy to insured — alteration

33-15-402. Application as evidence — copy to insured — alteration. (1) An application for the issuance of any life or disability insurance policy or annuity contract may not be admissible in evidence in any action relative to the policy or contract unless a true copy of the application was attached to or otherwise made a part […]

33-15-403. Representations in applications — benefit precluded and rescission allowed if fraudulent or material

33-15-403. Representations in applications — benefit precluded and rescission allowed if fraudulent or material. (1) All statements and descriptions in any application for an insurance policy or annuity contract or in negotiations for an insurance policy or annuity contract by or on behalf of the insured or annuitant are considered representations and not warranties. (2) Misrepresentations, omissions, […]

33-15-411. Binders for temporary insurance

33-15-411. Binders for temporary insurance. (1) Binders or other contracts for temporary insurance may be made orally or in writing and shall be deemed to include all the usual terms of the policy as to which the binder was given, together with such applicable endorsements as are designated in the binder, except as superseded by the […]

33-15-412. Delivery of policy

33-15-412. Delivery of policy. (1) Subject to the insurer’s requirements as to payment of premium, every policy shall be mailed or delivered to the insured or to the person entitled thereto within a reasonable period of time after its issuance, except where a condition required by the insurer has not been met by the insured. (2) In […]

33-15-413. Renewal by certificate

33-15-413. Renewal by certificate. Any insurance policy terminating by its terms at a specified expiration date and not otherwise renewable may be renewed or extended at the option of the insurer and upon a currently authorized policy form and at the premium rate then required therefor, for a specific additional period or periods by certificate or […]

33-15-414. Assignment

33-15-414. Assignment. (1) A policy or group certificate issued under a policy may be assignable or not assignable, as provided by its terms. (2) Subject to its terms relating to the assignability, any life or disability policy or group certificate under either, under the terms of which the beneficiary may be changed upon the sole request of […]

33-15-415. Notice of right to return policy

33-15-415. Notice of right to return policy. Each individual life or disability insurance policy, except a single-premium nonrenewable disability policy, issued for delivery in this state or issued after January 1, 1996, must contain a notice stating in substance that if the person to whom the policy is issued is not satisfied for any reason, the […]

33-15-416. Dating of insurance applications — antedating prohibited

33-15-416. Dating of insurance applications — antedating prohibited. An application for issuance of an insurance policy may not be antedated by any person in order to obtain or provide coverage for losses or injuries incurred prior to the date of application. History: En. Sec. 77, Ch. 379, L. 1995.