LD 1907
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been assigned and the administrator of the policy fails to give
notice to the assignee that the insured a person is no longer a
covered person under the group and of the right to convert the
policy to an individual life insurance policy, the period of time
during which the assignee must make application for conversion
under the terms of the group life insurance policy begins from
the date the notice is given to the assignee.

 
4. Riders and postsettlement increases or additions. With
respect to policies containing a provision for double or
additional indemnity for accidental death or any other riders or
additional death benefits, including the increase in the death
benefit in excess of the amount of the death benefits of the date
the viatical settlement contract is effected at the time the
policy is assigned, transferred, sold, devised or bequeathed,
unless otherwise mutually agreed to in writing by the viator and
the viatical settlement provider, the additional amount remains
payable to the beneficiary last named by the viator prior to
entering into the viatical settlement contract or to such other
beneficiary other than the viatical settlement provider as the
viator may thereafter designate or, in the absence of a
designation, to the estate of the viator.

 
5.__Prohibition on settlements.__It is a violation of this
chapter for any person to enter into a settlement contract within
a 2-year period commencing with the date of issuance of the
insurance policy or certificate unless the viator certifies to
the settlement provider that one or more of the following
conditions have been met within the 2-year period:

 
A.__The policy was issued upon the viator's exercise of
conversion rights arising out of a group or individual
policy, as long as the total of the time covered under the
conversion policy plus the time covered under the prior
policy is at least 24 months. The time covered under a group
policy must be calculated without regard to any change in
insurance carriers, as long as the coverage has been
continuous and under the same group sponsorship; and

 
B.__The viator submits independent evidence to the
settlement provider that one or more of the following
conditions have been met within the 2-year period:

 
(1) The viator or insured is terminally ill or
chronically ill; or

 
(2) The viator or insured disposes of the viator's
entire ownership interest in a closely held corporation
pursuant to the terms of a buyout or other similar


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