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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 33. Insurance » Article 14. Group Life Insurance

§33-14-1. Requirements

(a) No life insurance policy or certificate shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state insuring the lives of more than one individual unless to one of the groups as provided for in sections two to five-a, inclusive, of this article, and unless in compliance with the other applicable provisions of those sections. […]

§33-14-10. Incontestability

In group life policies there shall be a provision that the validity of the policy shall not be contested, except for nonpayment of premiums, after it has been in force for two years from its date of issue; and that no statement made by any person insured under the policy relating to his insurability shall […]

§33-14-12. Insurability

In group life policies there shall be 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 coverage.

§33-14-13. Misstatement of Age

In group life policies there shall be 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, such provision to contain a clear statement of the method of adjustment to be used.

§33-14-14. Beneficiary

In group life policies there shall be 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, subject to the provisions of the policy in the event there is no designated beneficiary, as to all or any part […]

§33-14-15. Certificates

In group life policies there shall be a provision that the insurer will issue to the policyholder for delivery to each person insured an individual certificate setting forth a statement as to the insurance protection to which he is entitled, to whom the insurance benefits are payable, and the rights and conditions set forth in […]

§33-14-17. Conversion on Termination of Policy

In group life policies there shall be 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 such termination, other than a child of an employee insured pursuant to section seven of this article, […]

§33-14-18. Death Pending Conversion

In group life policies there shall be a provision that if a person insured under the group policy dies during the period within which he would have been entitled to have an individual policy issued to him in accordance with sections sixteen and seventeen of this article and before such an individual policy shall have […]

§33-14-19. Certificate or Statement of Coverage to Debtor

In the case of a group life policy issued to a creditor to insure debtors of such creditor, there shall be a provision in such policy that the insurer will furnish to the policyholder for delivery to each debtor insured under the policy a certificate or statement of coverage form which shall contain a statement […]

§33-14-2. Employee Groups

The lives of a group of individuals may be insured under 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, subject to the […]

§33-14-20. Notice of Conversion Rights

If any individual insured under a group life insurance policy hereafter delivered in this state becomes entitled under the terms of such policy to have an individual policy of life insurance issued to him without evidence of insurability, subject to making of application and payment of the first premium within the period specified in such […]

§33-14-21. Application of Dividends and Rate Reductions to Cost of Insurance

Any policy dividends hereafter declared, or reduction in rate of premiums hereafter made or continued for the first or any subsequent year of insurance, under any policy of group life insurance heretofore or hereafter issued to any policyholder may be applied to reduce the policyholder's part of the cost of such insurance, except that if […]

§33-14-22. Group Annuity Contracts — Standard Provisions

No group annuity contract shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state and no certificate shall be used in connection therewith unless it contains in substance the provisions set forth in sections twenty-three to twenty-seven, inclusive, of this article, to the extent that such provisions are applicable to such contract or to such […]

§33-14-23. Same — Grace Period

In group annuity contracts there shall be a provision that there shall be a period of grace of thirty-one days within which any stipulated payment to be remitted by the holder to the insurer, falling due after one year from date of issue, may be made, subject, at the option of the insurer, to an […]

§33-14-24. Same — Entire Contract

In group annuity contracts there shall be a provision specifying the document or documents which shall constitute the entire contract between parties. The document or documents so specified shall be only (a) the contract, (b) the contract together with the application of the holder of which a copy is attached thereto, or (c) the contract […]

§33-14-25. Same — Misstatements

In group annuity contracts there shall be a provision, with an appropriate reference thereto in the certificate, for the equitable adjustment of the benefits payable under the contract or the stipulated payments thereunder, if it be found that the sex, age, service, salary or any other fact determining the amount of any stipulated payment or […]

§33-14-26. Same — Termination Benefits

In group annuity contracts there shall be a provision or provisions, with an appropriate reference thereto in the certificate, specifying the nature and basis of ascertainment of the benefits which will be available to an annuitant who contributes to the cost of the annuity and the conditions of payment thereof in the event of either […]

§33-14-27. Same — Group Annuity Certificates

In group annuity contracts there shall be a provision that the insurer will issue to the holder of the contract for delivery to each annuitant who contributes thereunder an individual certificate setting forth a statement in substance of the benefits to which he is entitled under such contract.