Indiana Code 27-1-12-42. Group life insurance; conversion rights; notice; time to exercise rights
(1) is insured under a group life insurance policy delivered in Indiana; and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-12-42
- 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
is not given notice of the existence of the conversion right referred to in subdivision (2) at least fifteen (15) days before the expiration of the period during which the application and payment of the first premium must be made under the terms of the policy, the person has an additional period within which to exercise the conversion right.
(b) The additional period created under subsection (a) for exercise of a right of conversion expires fifteen (15) days after the person is given notice of the conversion right. However, irrespective of the date on which notice is given or of the absence of any notice, the additional period may not extend beyond sixty (60) days after the expiration date of the period within which application and payment of the first premium were to be made under the terms of the policy.
(c) For purposes of this section, notice of the right of conversion may be given to the person in a writing:
(1) presented to the person;
(2) mailed by the policyholder to the last known address of the person; or
(3) mailed by the insurer to the last known address of the person as furnished by the policyholder.
As added by P.L.254-1985, SEC.6.