33-20-150. Life insurance policy and sales illustrations -- annuity disclosure -- rules. (1) (a) The commissioner shall adopt rules providing for and regulating life insurance policy illustrations, annuity disclosure, and sales illustrations that are marketed, issued, or issued for delivery to Montana residents.
(b) The rules must specify any types of life insurance or annuities that are exempt from the provisions of the rules.
(2) The rules must be designed to:
(a) protect life insurance and annuity consumers;
(b) foster consumer education;
(c) improve consumers' ability to understand the basic features of life insurance policies and annuities; and
(d) improve consumers' ability to select the most appropriate plan of life insurance or annuity.
(3) Rules that are adopted by the commissioner may not go beyond the scope of, or contain material differences from, the national association of insurance commissioners' life insurance illustrations, annuity disclosure, and sales model regulations.
(4) After the effective date of rules that are adopted pursuant to this section, a group or individual life insurance policy, certificate, or annuity may not be marketed, issued, or issued for delivery to a Montana resident unless the policy, certificate, or annuity conforms to the rules that are adopted pursuant to this section.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 76, L. 1999.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 33. Insurance and Insurance Companies
33-20-102. Industrial life insurance defined
33-20-103. Standard provisions required -- exceptions
33-20-107. Misstatement of age
33-20-109. Renumbered 33-20-131
33-20-111. Table of installments
33-20-113. Payment of premiums
33-20-114. Payment of claims -- interest
33-20-115. Beneficiary -- industrial policies
33-20-117. Nonforfeiture rights -- policies issued before operative date
33-20-118. Contestability -- excluded or restricted coverage
33-20-120. Policy settlements -- holding proceeds -- indebtedness deducted from proceeds
33-20-121. Prohibited provisions -- limitations on liability
33-20-122. Prohibited provisions -- industrial life insurance
33-20-123. Prohibited policy plans -- life insurance policies or annuity contracts
33-20-124. Policy provisions -- conformity with state statutes
33-20-125. and 33-20-126 reserved
33-20-128. Life insurance policy paying long-term benefits -- monthly report
33-20-129. and 33-20-130 reserved
33-20-131. Policy loan or certificate loan
33-20-132. Variable policy loan interest rates -- purpose
33-20-133. Variable interest rates -- exclusions from application
33-20-134. Variable interest rates -- published monthly average defined
33-20-135. Variable interest rates on policy loans
33-20-136. Variable interest rates -- applicability to policies issued before October 1985
33-20-137. through 33-20-140 reserved
33-20-141. Notice required for cancellation
33-20-142. Contents of notice -- proof -- limitation on recovery -- exemptions
33-20-143. through 33-20-149 reserved
33-20-150. Life insurance policy and sales illustrations -- annuity disclosure -- rules