(a) A society may provide the following contractual benefits in any form:
(1) Death benefits;
(2) Endowment benefits;
(3) Annuity benefits;
(4) Temporary or permanent disability benefits;
(5) Hospital, medical, or nursing benefits;
(6) Monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members; and
(7) Such other benefits as authorized for life insurers and which are not inconsistent with this chapter.
(b) A society shall specify in its rules those persons who may be issued, or covered by, the contractual benefits in subsection (a) of this section, consistent with providing benefits to members and their dependents. A society may provide benefits on the lives of children under the minimum age for adult membership upon application of an adult person.
(Apr. 29, 1998, D.C. Law 12-86, § 1214, 45 DCR 1172.)
1981 Ed., § 35-1243.
This section is referenced in § 31-5301 and § 31-5302.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 31 - Insurance and Securities
Chapter 53 - Fraternal Benefit Societies
§ 31–5302. Operation for benefit of members and their beneficiaries; bylaws
§ 31–5303. Qualifications for membership
§ 31–5305. Liability of officers and members
§ 31–5307. Organization of societies
§ 31–5309. Operations of nonprofit institutions
§ 31–5311. Consolidations and mergers
§ 31–5312. Conversion of fraternal benefit society into a mutual life insurance company
§ 31–5315. Benefits not attachable
§ 31–5317. Nonforfeiture benefits, cash surrender values, certificate loans, and other options
§ 31–5321. Applicability of provisions
§ 31–5322. Valuation standards for certificates
§ 31–5325. Examination of societies; no adverse publications
§ 31–5326. Foreign or alien society; admission
§ 31–5327. Injunction; liquidation; receivership of domestic society
§ 31–5328. Suspension; revocation or refusal of license of foreign or alien society
§ 31–5330. Licensing of agents
§ 31–5331. Unfair methods of competition; unfair and deceptive acts and practices