Sec. 38. (a) Group life insurance offered to a resident of Indiana under a group life insurance policy issued to a group other than one described in section 37(1)(A), (2)(A), (3)(A), (4)(A), (5)(A), or (6)(A) of this chapter is subject to the requirements set forth in subsections (b) through (e).

(b) A group life insurance policy described in subsection (a) may not be delivered in Indiana unless the commissioner finds that:

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-12-38

  • Commissioner: means the "insurance commissioner" of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Insurance: means a contract of insurance or an agreement by which one (1) party, for a consideration, promises to pay money or its equivalent or to do an act valuable to the insured upon the destruction, loss or injury of something in which the other party has a pecuniary interest, or in consideration of a price paid, adequate to the risk, becomes security to the other against loss by certain specified risks; to grant indemnity or security against loss for a consideration. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • insurer: means a company, firm, partnership, association, order, society or system making any kind or kinds of insurance and shall include associations operating as Lloyds, reciprocal or inter-insurers, or individual underwriters. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, and partnerships; personal pronoun includes all genders; the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • policyholder: means one who is a holder of a contract of insurance in an insurance company. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • premium: means money or any other thing of value paid or given in consideration to an insurer, insurance producer, or solicitor on account of or in connection with a contract of insurance and shall include as a part but not in limitation of the above, policy fees, admission fees, membership fees and regular or special assessments and payments made on account of annuities. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
(1) the issuance of the policy is not contrary to the best interest of the public;

(2) the issuance of the policy would result in economies of acquisition or administration; and

(3) the benefits of the policy are reasonable in relation to the premiums charged.

     (c) Group life insurance coverage may not be offered in Indiana by an insurer under a policy that was issued in another state unless Indiana or another state having requirements substantially similar to those contained in subsection (b) has made a determination that the policy meets those requirements.

     (d) The premium for a policy described in subsection (a) must be paid either from the policyholder‘s funds, from funds contributed by the covered persons, or from both sources of funds.

     (e) An insurer may exclude or limit the coverage under a policy described in subsection (a) on any person as to whom evidence of individual insurability is not satisfactory to the insurer.

As added by P.L.254-1985, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.268-1987, SEC.1.

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