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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 4076

  • 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.
  • insured: as used in this chapter , shall not be construed as preventing a person other than the insured with proper insurable interest from making application for and owning a policy covering the insured or from being entitled under such a policy to any indemnities, benefits, and rights provided therein. See

§ 4076. Policies not affected

Nothing in sections 4063-4075 of this title shall apply to or affect:

(1) any policy of workers’ compensation insurance or any policy of liability insurance with or without supplementary coverage therein;

(2) any policy or contract of reinsurance;

(3) any blanket or group policy of insurance enumerated in sections 4079-4082 of this title, except to the extent provided therein; or

(4) life insurance, endowment or annuity contracts, or contracts supplemental thereto which contain only such provisions relating to accident and sickness insurance as:

(A) provide additional benefits in case of death or dismemberment or loss of sight by accident; or

(B) operate to safeguard such contracts against lapse, or to give a special surrender value or special benefit or an annuity in the event that the insured or annuitant shall become totally and permanently disabled, as defined by the contract or supplemental contract. (Amended 1981, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)