Minnesota Statutes 64B.16 – Benefits
Subdivision 1.Scope.
A society may provide the following contractual benefits on an individual or nongroup basis:
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 64B.16
- Adult: means an individual 18 years of age or older. See Minnesota Statutes 645.451
- 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.
- children: includes children by birth or adoption;
(9) "day" comprises the time from midnight to the next midnight;
(10) "fiscal year" means the year by or for which accounts are reckoned;
(11) "hereafter" means a reference to the time after the time when the law containing such word takes effect;
(12) "heretofore" means a reference to the time previous to the time when the law containing such word takes effect;
(13) "judicial sale" means a sale conducted by an officer or person authorized for the purpose by some competent tribunal;
(14) "minor" means an individual under the age of 18 years;
(15) "money" means lawful money of the United States;
(16) "night time" means the time from sunset to sunrise;
(17) "non compos mentis" refers to an individual of unsound mind;
(18) "notary" means a notary public;
(19) "now" in any provision of a law referring to other laws in force, or to persons in office, or to any facts or circumstances as existing, relates to the laws in force, or to the persons in office, or to the facts or circumstances existing, respectively, on the effective date of such provision;
(20) "verified" when used in reference to writings, means supported by oath or affirmation. See Minnesota Statutes 645.45
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
(1) death benefits;
(2) endowment benefits;
(3) annuity benefits;
(4) temporary or permanent disability benefits;
(5) hospital, medical, or nursing benefits;
(6) monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members; and
(7) such other benefits as authorized for life insurers and which are not inconsistent with this chapter.
Subd. 2.Persons eligible for benefits; children‘s benefits.
A society shall specify in its rules those persons who may be issued, or covered by, the contractual benefits in subdivision 1, consistent with providing benefits to members and their dependents. A society may provide benefits on the lives of children under the minimum age for adult membership upon application of an adult person.
Subd. 3.Benefit authority continued.
Subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (6), continues the benefit authority provided in Minnesota Statutes 1984, chapter 64A. Subdivision 1, clause (7), provides that the current parity between the types of products that fraternals and other life insurers can provide be maintained in the future. Under this provision, any new product authorities granted to life insurers will also be available to fraternals if the new products are not inconsistent with fraternal code provisions, such as membership, and representative forms of government.