Insurance Code
Contracts in Specific Lines
Section 411
Insurance policies providing variable benefits.
     31A-22-411.   Insurance policies providing variable benefits.
     (1) An insurance policy that provides for payment of a benefit in a variable amount shall contain a statement of the essential features of the procedure to be followed by the insurer in determining the dollar amount of the variable benefits.
     (2) A variable insurance policy shall contain:
     (a) an appropriate nonforfeiture benefit in lieu of those required by either Section 31A-22-408 or 31A-22-409;
     (b) an appropriate reinstatement provision in lieu of those required by Section 31A-22-407; and
     (c) a grace period provision appropriate to that type of insurance policy in lieu of those required by Section 31A-22-402.
     (3) An individual insurance policy and a certificate issued under a group insurance policy shall conspicuously state on its first page that:
     (a) the dollar amount may decrease or increase according to investment experience; and
     (b) a benefit under the insurance policy is payable on a variable basis.
     (4) A life insurance or annuity policy with a variable benefit issued under a separate account shall, on either the application or the insurance policy, state that the insurer's liabilities with respect to a variable benefit under the insurance policy are subject to satisfaction only out of the insurer's variable account assets.
     (5)(a) A variable insurance policy shall state whether it may be amended as to:
     (i) investment policy;
     (ii) voting rights; and
     (iii) conduct of the business and affairs of a separate account.
     (b) Subject to any preemptive provision of federal law, an amendment of the type described in this Subsection (5) is subject to:
     (i) filing under Section 31A-21-201; and
     (ii) approval by a majority of the policyholders in the separate account.

Amended by Chapter 10, 2010 General Session
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