§ 3357. Insurance policies and similar contracts
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a trustee shall allocate to principal the proceeds of a life insurance policy or other contract in which the trust or its trustee is named as beneficiary, including a contract that insures the trust or its trustee against loss for damage to, destruction of, or loss of title to a trust asset. The trustee shall allocate dividends on an insurance policy to income if the premiums on the policy are paid from income, and to principal if the premiums are paid from principal.
(b) A trustee shall allocate to income proceeds of a contract that insures the trustee against loss of occupancy or other use by an income beneficiary, loss of income, or, subject to section 3353 of this title, loss of profits from a business.
(c) This section does not apply to a contract to which section 3359 of this title applies. (Added 2011, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 118 - Uniform Principal and Income Act
§ 3323. Fiduciary duties; general principles
§ 3324. Trustee’s power to adjust
§ 3325. Judicial control of discretionary power
§ 3326. Uniformity of application and construction
§ 3331. Determination and distribution of net income
§ 3332. Distribution to residuary and remainder beneficiaries
§ 3341. When right to income begins and ends
§ 3342. Apportionment of receipts and disbursements when decedent dies or income interest begins
§ 3343. Apportionment when income interest ends
§ 3352. Distribution from trust or estate
§ 3353. Business and other activities conducted by trustee
§ 3356. Obligation to pay money
§ 3357. Insurance policies and similar contracts
§ 3358. Insubstantial allocations not required
§ 3359. Deferred compensation, annuities, and similar payments
§ 3361. Minerals, water, and other natural resources
§ 3363. Property not productive of income
§ 3364. Derivatives and options
§ 3365. Asset-backed securities
§ 3371. Disbursements from income
§ 3372. Disbursements from principal
§ 3373. Transfers from income to principal for depreciation
§ 3374. Transfers from income to reimburse principal
§ 3376. Adjustments between principal and income because of taxes