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27-15-13
Section 27-15-13 Life insurance policy provisions - Settlement of claims. (a) There shall be
a provision that when a life insurance policy shall become a claim by the death of the insured,
settlement shall be made upon receipt of due proof of death and, at the insurer's option,
surrender of the policy and proof of the interest of the claimant. If an insurer shall specify
a particular period prior to the expiration of which settlement shall be made, such period
shall not exceed two months from the receipt of such proofs. (b) Notwithstanding any other
provision of law regarding payment of interest on contracts, if an insurer fails to pay the
proceeds of or make payment under a policy pursuant to a death claim within 30 days after
receipt of satisfactory proof of death and of the interest of the claimant, and if the beneficiary
of the policy elects to receive a lump-sum payment through a retained asset account or otherwise,
the insurer shall pay interest on any money due and unpaid after...
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27-17A-3
Section 27-17A-3 Funding of preneed contracts; premium payments; commissions; preneed seller
as beneficiary or assignee. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the
funding of preneed contracts with multiple insurance or annuity contracts. Life insurance
and annuity contracts used to fund preneed contracts shall conform with the provisions of
this title as they relate to life insurance and annuities and shall cover not less than the
initial retail price of the preneed contract. (b) The initial premium payment for a life insurance
policy or annuity contract shall be made payable to the issuing insurance company and the
preneed seller shall remit the payment to the insurance company within 10 business days after
the insurance application is signed by the parties. If a preneed contract provides for installment
payments, each premium payment shall be made payable to the insurance company and, if collected
by the preneed seller, shall be remitted to the insurance company...
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27-12-12
Section 27-12-12 Life, annuity, and disability insurance - Agreements not expressed in contract,
rebates, and other inducements. (a) No person shall knowingly permit or offer to make, or
make, any contract of life insurance, annuity or disability insurance or agreement as to such
contract other than as plainly expressed in the contract issued thereon, or pay or allow,
or give or offer to pay, allow or give, directly or indirectly, as an inducement to such insurance
or annuity any rebate of premiums payable on the contract, or any special favor or advantage
in the dividends or other benefits thereon, or any paid employment or contract for services
of any kind, or any valuable consideration or inducement whatever not specified in the contract,
or, directly or indirectly, give, or sell, or purchase, or offer, or agree to give, sell,
purchase, or allow as inducement to such insurance or annuity or in connection therewith,
and whether or not to be specified in the policy or contract, any...
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27-15-26
Section 27-15-26 Power of life insurer to hold proceeds of policy. Any life insurer shall have
the power to hold under agreement the proceeds of any policy issued by it upon such terms
and restrictions as to revocation by the policyholder and control by beneficiaries and with
such exemptions from the claims of creditors of beneficiaries other than the policyholder
as set forth in the policy or as agreed to in writing by the insurer and the policyholder.
Upon maturity of a policy, in the event the policyholder has made no such agreement, the insurer
shall have the power to hold the proceeds of the policy under an agreement with the beneficiaries.
The insurer shall not be required to segregate the funds so held but may hold them as part
of its general assets. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, ยง371.)...
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27-15-52
Section 27-15-52 Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMERCIALLY
REASONABLE EFFORT. The plans, processes, or procedures necessary to confirm the death of the
insured, contract owner or annuitant, or retained asset account holder against other available
records and information and, as applicable, to locate the beneficiary or beneficiaries or
other person entitled to payment pursuant to the terms of the policy or contract which have
been developed by each insurer and submitted to and approved by the department. (2) CONTRACT.
An annuity contract. The term contract shall not include an annuity used to fund an employment-based
retirement plan or program where the insurer is not committed by terms of the annuity contract
to pay death benefits to the beneficiaries of specific plan participants. (3) DEATH MASTER
FILE. The United States Social Security Administration's Death Master File or any other database
or service that is at least as comprehensive as...
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27-15-82
Section 27-15-82 Exceptions. This article shall not apply to any of the following: (1) Reinsurance.
(2) Group insurance. (3) Pure endowment. (4) Annuity or reversionary annuity contract. (5)
Variable life insurance contract. (6) A term policy of uniform amount, which provides no guaranteed
nonforfeiture or endowment benefits, or renewal thereof, of 20 years or less, expiring before
age 71, for which uniform premiums are payable during the entire term of the policy. (7) A
term policy of decreasing amount, which provides no guaranteed nonforfeiture or endowment
benefits, on which each adjusted premium, calculated as specified in Sections 27-15-75, 27-15-76,
27-15-77, and 27-15-78, is less than the adjusted premium so calculated on a term policy of
uniform amount, or renewal thereof, which provides no guaranteed nonforfeiture or endowment
benefits, issued at the same age and for the same initial amount of insurance and for a term
of 20 years or less, expiring before age 71, for which...
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8-36-2
Section 8-36-2 Cancellation of residential roofing contract; notice of cancellation; payments.
(a) A person who has entered into a written contract with a residential roofing contractor
to provide goods or services to be paid from the proceeds of a property and casualty insurance
policy may cancel the contract prior to midnight on the fifth business day if the insured
receives written notice from the insurer that all or any part of the claim or contract is
not a covered loss under the insurance policy or that the covered claim will not be sufficient
to cover the amount of the contract. Cancellation shall be evidenced by the insured giving
written notice of cancellation to the residential roofing contractor at the address stated
in the contract. Notice of cancellation, if given by mail, shall be effective upon deposit
into the United States mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the residential roofing
contractor and, if given by electronic mail, shall be effective if sent to...
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27-15-24
Section 27-15-24 Exclusions and restrictions in life insurance policies. (a) No policy of life
insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state if it contains any of the
following provisions: (1) A provision for a period shorter than that provided by statute within
which an action may be commenced on such a policy; and (2) A provision which excludes or restricts
liability for death caused in a certain specified manner or occurring while the insured has
a specified status; except, that a policy may contain provisions excluding or restricting
coverage as specified therein in the event of death under any one or more of the following
circumstances: a. Death as a result, directly or indirectly, of war, declared or undeclared,
or of action by military forces, or of any act or hazard of such war or action, or of service
in the military, naval, or air forces or in civilian forces auxiliary thereto, or from any
cause while a member of such military, naval, or air forces of any...
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27-14-25
Section 27-14-25 Receipt and giving of acquittance and discharge for payment by minors. (a)
Any minor domiciled in this state who has attained the age of 18 years shall be deemed competent
to receive and to give full acquittance and discharge for a payment, or payments, in aggregate
amount not exceeding $3,000.00 in any one year, made by a life insurer under the maturity,
death, or settlement agreement provisions in effect or elected by such minor under a life
insurance policy or annuity contract, provided such policy, contract, or agreement shall provide
for the payment, or payments, to such minor and if, prior to such payment, the insurer has
not received written notice of the appointment of a duly qualified guardian of the property
of such minor. No such minor shall be deemed competent to alienate the right to, or to anticipate,
such payments. This section shall not be deemed to restrict the rights of minors set forth
in Section 27-14-5. (b) This section shall not be deemed to...
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27-14-29
Section 27-14-29 Rights of beneficiaries, etc., under life insurance policies against creditors,
etc. (a) If a policy of insurance, whether heretofore or hereafter issued, is effected by
any person on his own life or on another life in favor of a person other than himself or,
except in cases of transfer with intent to defraud creditors, if a policy of life insurance
is assigned or in any way made payable to any such person, the lawful beneficiary, or assignee
thereof, other than the insured or the person so effecting such insurance or his executors
or administrators, shall be entitled to its proceeds and avails against the creditors, personal
representatives, trustees in bankruptcy, and receivers in state and federal courts of the
person insured and of the person effecting the insurance, whether or not the right to change
the beneficiary is reserved or permitted and whether or not the policy is made payable to
the person whose life is insured, if the beneficiary or assignee shall...
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