District of Columbia Code
Chapter 47 - Provisions Relating to All Life Insurance Companies
§ 31–4708. Filing and approval of life policy forms

A policy of life insurance shall not be issued or delivered in the District until the form of the same has been filed with the Commissioner, nor if the Commissioner gives written notice, within 30 days of such filing, to the company proposing to issue it, showing wherein the form of such policy does not comply with the requirements of the laws of the District, provided that such action of the Commissioner shall be subject to review by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(June 19, 1934, 48 Stat. 1164, ch. 672, ch. V, § 8; May 21, 1997, D.C. Law 11-268, § 10, 44 DCR 1730; Mar. 24, 1998, D.C. Law 12-81, § 23(c), 45 DCR 745.)
1981 Ed., § 35-512.
1973 Ed., § 35-708.

Structure District of Columbia Code

District of Columbia Code

Title 31 - Insurance and Securities

Chapter 47 - Provisions Relating to All Life Insurance Companies

§ 31–4701. Valuation of reserves by Commissioner

§ 31–4702. Companies issuing both participating and nonparticipating policies

§ 31–4703. Life policies — Required provisions

§ 31–4704. Life policies — Prohibited provisions

§ 31–4705. Annuity and pure endowment contracts; forms to be filed and approved; required provisions; applications, riders and endorsements

§ 31–4705.01. Nonforfeiture benefits and cash surrender values

§ 31–4705.02. Standard nonforfeiture law — In general

§ 31–4705.03. Standard nonforfeiture law — Individual deferred annuities

§ 31–4705.04. Loan provisions in policies

§ 31–4706. Extension of time for payment of premiums

§ 31–4707. Ascertainment of loan indebtedness

§ 31–4708. Filing and approval of life policy forms

§ 31–4709. Policy provisions required by foreign government entities

§ 31–4710. Group policies — General requirements. [Repealed]

§ 31–4711. Group policies — Required provisions

§ 31–4711.01. Group policies — Right to, and notice of, issuance of individual policy

§ 31–4712. Accident and sickness policies

§ 31–4713. Prohibited activities — Securities operations. [Repealed]

§ 31–4714. Prohibited activities—Misrepresentations. [Repealed]

§ 31–4715. Prohibited activities—Discriminations. [Repealed]

§ 31–4716. Rights of parties under life policies

§ 31–4716.01. Exemption from legal process — Disability benefits

§ 31–4717. Exemption from legal process — Group life policy or proceeds

§ 31–4718. Fraudulent statements or representations against companies. [Repealed]

§ 31–4719. Authority to hold proceeds under trust or agreement

§ 31–4720. Calculations of premiums and reserves

§ 31–4721. Acceptance and recordation of premiums on industrial life or sick-benefit policies

§ 31–4722. Industrial life policies — Required provisions

§ 31–4723. Industrial life policies — Prohibited provisions

§ 31–4724. Access to psychologists or optometrists under group health insurance policy

§ 31–4725. Policy language simplification standards

§ 31–4726. Commissioner’s review of test

§ 31–4727. Applicability of §§ 31-4725 through 31-4730

§ 31–4728. Regulations

§ 31–4729. Construction of §§ 31-4725 through 31-4730

§ 31–4730. Operative dates of §§ 31-4725 through 31-4730

§ 31–4731. Duty of insurers to compare names of insureds with death master file and to locate beneficiaries