LD 1907
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company acting in good faith and reliance on the
presentation of the absolute assignment, acts in a
ministerial capacity and may exhibit no discretion as to
whether an assignor may make the assignment or whether the
assignment conforms with applicable law.

 
2. Rights under an assignment. The following provisions
apply to an assignment.

 
A. For life insurance contracts that permit assignment:

 
(1) An insured A person has the right to assign,
transfer, sell or bequeath the ownership of or death
benefit payable under a life insurance policy or
certificate at any time for any remaining portion of
that coverage after exercising any option for
accelerated benefits;

 
(2) An insured A person also has the right to assign,
transfer, sell, devise or bequeath the ownership of or
death benefit payable under a life insurance policy or
certificate if that coverage is on disability waiver of
premium at any time; and

 
(3) The absolute assignee of an individual life
insurance policy or of all rights under a group life
insurance policy has all rights at law or in equity as
the assignor held under that policy, including, but not
limited to, the right to convert the coverage to an
individual policy, the right to timely notice of the
right to that conversion at the time that right
accrues, the right to make premium payments or take
such other action as may be necessary under the policy
in order to preserve the value of the coverage
assigned, the right to receive information concerning
the coverage, the right to receive notice of a lapse or
discontinuation of coverage, the exclusive right to
exercise any options concerning the assigned coverage
during an open enrollment period and all such other
rights and privileges initially granted to the insured
a person under the terms of the individual or group
life insurance policy.

 
B. An insured A person has the right to exercise any option
for accelerated benefits under the terms of any individual
or group life insurance policy at any time for any
unassigned portion of that policy or certificate.

 
3. Failure to give notice under group life insurance policy.
If the rights under a group life insurance policy have


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