LD 1907
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LR 2724
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limited to, the right to convert the coverage to an
individual policy, the right to timely notice of the
right to that conversion at the time that right accrues,
the right to make premium payments or take such other
action as may be necessary under the policy in order to
preserve the value of the coverage assigned, the right to
receive information concerning the coverage, the right to
receive notice of a lapse or discontinuation of coverage,
the exclusive right to exercise any options concerning
the assigned coverage during an open enrollment period
and all such other rights and privileges initially
granted to the insured a person under the terms of the
individual or group life insurance policy.

 
B. An insured A person has the right to exercise any option
for accelerated benefits under the terms of any individual
or group life insurance policy at any time for any
unassigned portion of that policy or certificate.

 
3. Failure to give notice under group life insurance policy.
If the rights under a group life insurance policy have been
assigned and the administrator of the policy fails to give notice
to the assignee that the insured a person is no longer a covered
person under the group and of the right to convert the policy to
an individual life insurance policy, the period of time during
which the assignee must make application for conversion under the
terms of the group life insurance policy begins from the date the
notice is given to the assignee.

 
4. Riders and postsettlement increases or additions. With
respect to policies containing a provision for double or
additional indemnity for accidental death or any other riders or
additional death benefits, including the increase in the death
benefit in excess of the amount of the death benefits of the date
the viatical settlement contract is effected at the time the
policy is assigned, transferred, sold, devised or bequeathed,
unless otherwise mutually agreed to in writing by the viator and
the viatical settlement provider, the additional amount remains
payable to the beneficiary last named by the viator prior to
entering into the viatical settlement contract or to such other
beneficiary other than the viatical settlement provider as the
viator may thereafter designate or, in the absence of a
designation, to the estate of the viator.

 
5.__Prohibition on settlements.__It is a violation of this
chapter for any person to enter into a settlement contract within
a 2-year period commencing with the date of issuance of the
insurance policy or certificate unless the viator certifies to


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