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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:914

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.

Except for La. Rev. Stat. 22:951(A)(1), (6), and (7) in the case of a variable annuity contract and La. Rev. Stat. 22:931(A)(1), (7), and (9), La. Rev. Stat. 22:933, 934, 935, and 936 in the case of an individual variable life insurance contract, and La. Rev. Stat. 22:942(3) in the case of a group variable life insurance contract and except as otherwise provided in Subpart C of Part IV of Chapter 2 of this Title, all pertinent provisions of the insurance laws of this state shall apply to separate accounts and contracts relating thereto.  Any individual variable life insurance contract, delivered or issued for delivery in this state shall contain grace, reinstatement and nonforfeiture provisions appropriate to the contract; any group variable life insurance contract shall contain a grace provision appropriate to the contract and any such variable annuity contract shall contain grace, reinstatement, and nonforfeiture provisions appropriate to that contract.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 332, §§1, 2.  Amended by Acts 1968, No. 61, §1; Acts 1976, No. 288, §1; Acts 1993, No. 785, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 22:1500(K) by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2011, No. 94, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.