A. This article [Chapter 59A, Article 21 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Group Life Insurance Law”. B. The purpose of this article is to define group life insurance and to prescribe standard provisions required in policies of group life insurance, in order to promote the peace, health and safety of the inhabitants of […]
Insurance under any group life insurance policy issued pursuant to Sections 59A-21-4 and 59A-21-6 through 59A-21-8 NMSA 1978 may be extended to insure the dependents, or any class or classes thereof, of each employee or member who so elects. The term “dependent” means the spouse of the employee or member and an employee’s or member’s […]
A. No policy of group life insurance shall be delivered in this state unless it contains in substance the provisions as required by Sections 409 through 419 [59A-21-12 to 59A-21-22 NMSA 1978] of this article or provisions which, in the superintendent’s opinion, are more favorable to the persons insured, or at least as favorable to […]
A group life insurance policy shall contain in substance 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 written […]
A group life insurance policy shall contain in substance 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 (2) years from its date of issue; and that no statement made by any person insured under the policy relating to […]
A group life insurance policy shall contain in substance a provision that a copy of the application, if any, of the policyholder shall be attached to the policy when issued, that all statements made by the policyholder or by the persons insured shall be deemed representations and not warranties and that no statement made by […]
A group life insurance policy shall contain in substance 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. History: Laws 1984, ch. […]
A group life insurance policy shall contain in substance 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. History: Laws […]
A group life insurance policy shall contain in substance 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, except that where the policy contains conditions pertaining to family status the beneficiary may be the family member specified […]
A. A group life insurance policy shall contain in substance 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 […]
A group life insurance policy shall contain in substance a provision that if the insurance, or any portion of it, on a person covered under the policy or on the dependent of such person ceases because of termination of employment or of membership in the class or classes eligible for coverage under the policy, such […]
A. No life insurance policy shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state insuring the lives of more than one individual unless to a group defined in this article and otherwise in compliance with this article. B. Subsection A hereof does not apply to life insurance policies insuring only individuals: (1) related by […]
A group life insurance policy shall contain in substance 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 whose insurance terminates, including the insured dependent of a covered person, and who […]
A group life insurance policy shall contain in substance 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 he would have been entitled to have an individual policy issued to him in accordance with Sections 416 or 417 [59A-21-19 […]
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 […]
Where active employment is a condition of insurance, a group life insurance policy shall contain a provision in substance 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 insured had total disability […]
A. Subject to the terms of the policy relating to assignment of incidents of ownership, a person whose life is insured under any policy of group life insurance can assign all or any part of his incidents of ownership under the policy including any right to designate a beneficiary under the policy and any right […]
A. No group life insurance coverage shall be offered in this state by an insurer under a policy issued in another state if the superintendent, or the appropriate insurance supervisory public official of another state, has determined that: (1) issuance of the group policy was contrary to the best interests of the public; (2) issuance […]
The purpose of this act [59A-21-26 to 59A-21-28 NMSA 1978] is to permit and set guidelines for life insurers to include in life insurance policies issued after the effective date of this act a provision for periodic adjustment of policy loan interest rates. History: 1978 Comp., § 59-16-44, enacted by Laws 1983, ch. 283, § […]
For the purposes of this act [59A-21-26 to 59A-21-28 NMSA 1978], “published monthly average” means “Moody’s corporate bond yield average-monthly average corporates” as published by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto or in the event that “Moody’s corporate bond yield average-monthly average corporates” is no longer published, a substantially similar average as established […]
