26.1-33.4-04. Contract requirements

26.1-33.4-04. Contract requirements

1. A person may not use any form of life settlement contract in this state unless the

contract has been filed with and approved, if required, by the commissioner in a

manner that conforms with the filing procedures and any time restrictions or deeming

provisions, if any, for life insurance forms, policies, and contracts.

2. An insurer may not require, as a condition of responding to a request for verification of

coverage or in connection with the transfer of a policy pursuant to a life settlement

contract, that the owner, insured, provider, or broker sign any form, disclosure,

consent, waiver, or acknowledgment that has not been expressly approved by the

commissioner for use in connection with life settlement contracts in this state.

3. A person may not use a life settlement contract form or provide to an owner a

disclosure statement form in this state unless first filed with and approved by the

commissioner. The commissioner shall disapprove a life settlement contract form or

disclosure statement form if, in the commissioner's opinion, the contract or provisions

contained therein fail to meet the requirements of sections 26.1-33.4-07, 26.1-33.4-08,

and 26.1-33.4-10 and subsection 2 of section 26.1-33.4-14 or are unreasonable,

contrary to the interests of the public, or otherwise misleading or unfair to the owner.

The commissioner may require the submission of advertising material.