6.__Submission of certification.__If the settlement provider submits to the insurer a copy of the owner's or insured's certification described in subsection 5 when the settlement provider submits a request to the insurer to effect the transfer of the policy or certificate to the settlement provider, the copy is deemed to conclusively establish that the settlement contract satisfies the requirements of this section and the insurer shall timely respond to the request.

§6812. Insurance company practices

1. Duty to provide information. An In addition to the provisions in section 6809, an insurance company that is licensed to do business in this State shall promptly respond to reasonable requests for policy information from a viatical settlement provider, viatical or settlement producer or independent viatical producer upon the receipt of the following documents in the office of the insurance company:

A. An authorization signed by the viator to release specified information regarding the policy or certificate to a named licensed viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement agent or viatical settlement broker producer; and

B. A request in writing from the named licensed viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement agent or viatical settlement broker producer for the specified policy or certificate information.

Requests for the following items related to the policy or certificate being viaticated that is the subject of a settlement transaction are deemed to be reasonable: ownership of and death benefits under the policy or certificate; premium information on the policy or certificate; liens, assignments and additional benefits; waiver of premium; and ownership and assignment provisions. The information provided must be the most recent information on file. By rule, the superintendent may specify additional criteria for information requests deemed reasonable under this section by a viatical settlement provider or an independent viatical producer.

2. Conversion of group insurance. An issuer or 3rd-party administrator of a group life insurance policy shall promptly issue an individual conversion policy if the conversion is being requested for the purpose of entering into a viatical settlement contract. For the purposes of this section, issuance of such a