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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="16-119" title_number="16" title_name="Life Insurance and Annuities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A life insurer may refuse an application for a policy of life insurance on the life of a minor only if the refusal is consistent with § 27–501(a)(2) of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An application for a policy of life insurance on the life of a minor that is submitted for underwriting shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the signature of the applicant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>unless the minor is emancipated or married, the consent and signature of the parent or legal guardian with whom the minor resides.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The life insurer shall include on the first page of the application for a policy of life insurance on the life of a minor, on a disclosure provided to the applicant at the time of application, or on an endorsement to the policy the following statement in 12 point bold type:</text>
      <text>“A person who feloniously and intentionally kills, conspires to kill, or procures the killing of the insured and who is a named beneficiary of a life insurance policy on the insured is not entitled to a benefit under the policy.”.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>As part of the life insurer’s written standards and procedures for policy application and acceptance, the life insurer shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>request that the applicant for a policy of life insurance on the life of a minor identify the amount of other life insurance coverage on the life of the minor that is in force or pending at the time of the application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>document the applicant’s response on the application; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>take reasonable steps to verify the amount of other life insurance in force or pending.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If an application for a life insurance policy on the life of a minor is for a policy that has a benefit of $50,000 or less and is issued without underwriting, the life insurer shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>request that the applicant for a policy of life insurance on the life of a minor identify the amount, if any, of other life insurance coverage on the life of the minor that is in force or pending at the time of the application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>document the applicant’s response on the application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>take reasonable steps to verify the total amount of life insurance in force or pending; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>document the steps taken on a particular application to verify the total amount of life insurance in force or pending.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For each application for a policy of life insurance on the life of a minor that is rejected by a life insurer, the life insurer shall maintain at the life insurer’s home or principal office, for at least 3 years after the date the application was signed by the applicant, a complete file containing:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the original signed application;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the life insurer’s underwriting analysis;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any correspondence with the applicant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any other documents pertinent to the decision to reject the application.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The life insurer shall obtain and keep records sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant for a policy of life insurance on the life of a minor has an insurable interest in the life of the minor in accordance with § 12–201 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
