45-37-123.01
Section 45-37-123.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACT. The act adding this part, to be called the General Retirement
System for Employees of Jefferson County Act. (2) ACTIVE MEMBER. An individual who currently
is employed by the county or other entities set forth in subdivision (20) and is making employee
contributions to the system. (3) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. Effective July 30, 1984, or such other
dates as set forth in Exhibit A, which is maintained in the office of the pension board, a
form of benefit differing in time, period, or manner of payment from a specific benefit provided
under the plan but having the same value when computed using the mortality tables, the interest
rate, and any other assumptions last adopted by the pension board, which assumptions shall
clearly preclude any discretion in the determination of the amount of a member's benefit.
(4) ACTUARIAL GAIN. As defined in Section...
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27-15-8.1
Section 27-15-8.1 Life insurance policy provisions - Maximum rates of interest on policy loans.
(a) For purposes of this section the "published monthly average" means: (1) The
Monthly Average of the Composite Yield on Seasoned Corporate Bonds as published by Moody's
Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto; or (2) In the event that the Monthly Average
of the Composite Yield on Seasoned Corporate Bonds is no longer published, a substantially
similar average, established by regulation issued by the commissioner. (b)(1) Policies issued
on or after May 15, 1981, shall provide for policy loan interest rates as follows: a. A provision
permitting a maximum interest rate of not more than eight percent per annum; or b. A provision
permitting an adjustable maximum interest rate established from time to time by the life insurer
as permitted by law. (2) The rate of interest charged on a policy loan made under subdivision
(1) of this subsection shall not exceed the higher of the following:...
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27-15-3
Section 27-15-3 Life insurance policy provisions - Grace period. There shall be a provision
that a grace period of 30 days or, at the option of the insurer, of one month of not less
than 30 days shall be allowed within which the payment of any premium after the first may
be made, during which period of grace the policy shall continue in full force; but if a claim
arises under the policy during such period of grace, the amount of any premium due or overdue
may be deducted from the policy proceeds. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §348.)...
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27-15-4
Section 27-15-4 Life insurance policy provisions - Incontestability. There shall be a provision
that the policy, exclusive, at the option of the insurer, of provisions relating to disability
benefits or to additional benefits in the event of death by accident or accidental means,
shall be incontestable, except for nonpayment of premiums, after it has been in force during
the lifetime of the insured for a period of two years from its date of issue. (Acts 1967,
No. 181, p. 543; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §349.)...
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27-18-9
Section 27-18-9 Policy provisions - Payment of benefits. The group life insurance 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, subject to the provisions
of the policy in the event there is no designated beneficiary as to all, or any part, of such
sum living at the death of the person insured, and subject to any right reserved by the insurer
in the policy and set forth in the certificate to pay at its option a part of such sum not
exceeding $500.00 to any person appearing to the insurer to be equitably entitled thereto
by reason of having incurred funeral or other expenses incident to the last illness or death
of the person insured. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §415.)...
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27-15-7
Section 27-15-7 Life insurance policy provisions - Dividends. There shall be a provision in
participating policies that, beginning not later than the end of the third policy year, the
insurer shall annually ascertain and apportion the divisible surplus, if any, that will accrue
on the policy anniversary or other dividend date specified in the policy, provided the policy
is in force and all premiums to that date are paid. Except as provided in this section, any
dividend becoming payable shall, at the option of the party entitled to elect such option,
be either: (1) Payable in cash; or (2) Applied to any one of such other dividend options as
may be provided by the policy. If any such other dividend options are provided, the policy
shall further state which option shall be automatically effective if such party shall not
have elected some other option. If the policy specifies a period within which such other dividend
option may be elected, such period shall be not less than 30 days...
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27-15-8
Section 27-15-8 Life insurance policy provisions - Loans on policy. (a) In case of policies
issued on and after the operative date of Section 21-15-28, there shall be a provision that
after the policy has a cash surrender value and while no premium is in default beyond the
grace period for payment the insurer will advance, on proper assignment or pledge of the policy
and on the sole security thereof, at a specified rate of interest not exceeding eight percent
per annum, payable in advance, an amount equal to or, at the option of the party entitled
thereto, less than the loan value of the policy. The loan value of the policy shall be at
least equal to the cash surrender value at the end of the then current policy year, provided
that the insurer may deduct, either from such loan value or from the proceeds of the loan,
any existing indebtedness not already deducted in determining such cash surrender value including
any interest then accrued but not due, any unpaid balance of the premium...
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27-18-3
Section 27-18-3 Policy provisions - Grace period. The group life insurance policy shall contain
a provision that the policyholder is entitled to a grace period of not less than 30 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
notice of discontinuance in advance of the date of discontinuance and in accordance with the
terms of the policy. The policy may provide that the policyholder shall be liable to the insurer
for the payment of a pro rata premium for the time the policy was in force during such grace
period. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §409.)...
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27-15-11
Section 27-15-11 Life insurance policy provisions - Reinstatement. There shall be a provision
that unless the policy has been surrendered for its cash value, or its cash surrender value
has been exhausted or the period of any extended insurance provided by the policy has expired,
the policy will be reinstated at any time within three years after the date of premium default
upon written application therefor, the production of evidence of insurability satisfactory
to the insurer, the payment of all overdue premiums and payment, or, within the limits permitted
by the then cash value of the policy, reinstatement, of any other indebtedness to the insurer
upon the policy, with interest as to both premiums and indebtedness at a rate not exceeding
the rate of interest on policy loans specified in the policy in accordance with the provisions
of Section 27-15-8, as may be amended from time to time. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §356;
Acts 1981, No. 81-381, p. 564, §1.)...
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27-16-16
Section 27-16-16 Policy provisions - Conversion to life insurance with less frequent premium
payments. There may be a provision in the case of industrial policies granting to the insured,
upon proper written request and upon presentation of evidence of insurability satisfactory
to the insurer, the privilege of converting any industrial insurance policy to any form of
life insurance with less frequent premium payments regularly issued by the insurer, in accordance
with terms and conditions agreed upon with the insurer. The privilege of making such conversion
need be granted only if the insurer's industrial policies on the life insured, in force as
premium-paying insurance and on which conversion is requested, grant benefits in event of
death, exclusive of additional accidental death benefits and exclusive of any dividend additions,
in an amount not less than the minimum amount of such insurance, with less frequent premium
payments issued by the insurer at the age of the insured on the...
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