Title 31 — Insurance and Securities.
94 chapters · 1,236 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 31-4701 Valuation of reserves by Commissioner
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(a)(1) The Commissioner shall annually value, or cause to be valued, the reserve liabilities (hereinafter called reserves) for all outstanding life insurance policies and annuity and pure endowment contracts of every life insurance company doing business in the District, except t…
D.C. Code § 31-4702 Companies issuing both participating and nonparticipating policies
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Every life company doing business in the District which issues both participating and nonparticipating policies shall keep the 2 classes of business separate and shall make, and include in the annual statement to be filed with the Commissioner each year, a separate statement of t…
D.C. Code § 31-4703 Life policies — Required provisions
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(a) No life insurance policy other than industrial insurance, annuities, and pure endowments shall be issued or delivered in the District or shall be issued by a life company organized under District laws after the 1st day of January, 1935, unless the policy has the following fea…
D.C. Code § 31-4704 Life policies — Prohibited provisions
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No policy of life insurance other than industrial insurance, annuities, and pure endowments, with or without return of premiums or of premiums and interest, shall be issued or delivered in the District or be issued by a life company organized under the laws of the District after …
D.C. Code § 31-4705 Annuity and pure endowment contracts; forms to be filed and approved; required provisions; applications, riders and endorsements
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(a) On and after January 1, 1935, no annuity or pure endowment contract shall be issued or delivered in the District unless and until a copy of the form thereof has been filed with the Commissioner and formally approved by him. (b) Except in the case of a reversionary annuity, ot…
D.C. Code § 31-4705.01 Nonforfeiture benefits and cash surrender values
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(a) This section shall apply only to policies of life insurance issued prior to the operative date of § 31-4705.02 (the standard nonforfeiture law). (b) The nonforfeiture benefits referred to in paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of § 31-4703 shall be available to the insured in eve…
D.C. Code § 31-4705.02 Standard nonforfeiture law — In general
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(a)(1) Except as provided in subsections (i) and (j) of this section and for policies issued after the operative date of this section, no life insurance policy shall be issued or delivered in the District of Columbia unless it contains the following provisions or corresponding pr…
D.C. Code § 31-4705.03 Standard nonforfeiture law — Individual deferred annuities
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(a) This section shall not apply to any reinsurance, group annuity purchased under a retirement plan or plan of deferred compensation established or maintained by an employer (including a partnership or sole proprietorship) or by an employee organization, or by both, other than a…
D.C. Code § 31-4705.04 Loan provisions in policies
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(a) In the case of ordinary policies issued prior to the operative date of § 31-4705.02 (the standard nonforfeiture law) the loan value referred to in paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of § 31-4703 shall be the reserve at the end of the current policy year on the policy and on the …
D.C. Code § 31-4706 Extension of time for payment of premiums
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A life company may enter into subsequent agreements in writing with the insured, which need not be attached to the policy, to extend the time for the payment of any premium, or part thereof, upon condition that failure to comply with the terms of such agreement shall lapse the po…
D.C. Code § 31-4707 Ascertainment of loan indebtedness
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In ascertaining the indebtedness due upon policy or premium loans the interest, if not paid when due, shall be added to the principal of such loans and shall bear interest at the rate specified in the note or loan agreement.
D.C. Code § 31-4708 Filing and approval of life policy forms
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A policy of life insurance shall not be issued or delivered in the District until the form of the same has been filed with the Commissioner, nor if the Commissioner gives written notice, within 30 days of such filing, to the company proposing to issue it, showing wherein the form…
D.C. Code § 31-4709 Policy provisions required by foreign government entities
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The policies of a life company, not organized under the laws of the District, may contain any provisions prescribed by the laws of the state, territory, district, or country, under which the company is organized. The policies of a life company, organized under the laws of the Dis…
D.C. Code § 31-4710 Group policies — General requirements
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 31-4711 Group policies — Required provisions
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No policy of group life insurance shall be delivered in the District unless it contains in substance the following provisions, or provisions which in the opinion of the Commissioner are more favorable to the persons insured, or at least as favorable to the persons insured and mor…
D.C. Code § 31-4711.01 Group policies — Right to, and notice of, issuance of individual policy
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(a) If any individual insured under a group life insurance policy hereafter delivered in the District becomes entitled under the terms of such policy to have an individual policy of life insurance issued to him without evidence of insurability, subject to making of application an…
D.C. Code § 31-4712 Accident and sickness policies
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No policy of insurance against loss resulting from sickness or from bodily injury or death by accident, or both, shall be issued or delivered to any person in the District by any company organized under this or any other law of the District, or, if a foreign or alien company, aut…
D.C. Code § 31-4713 Prohibited activities — Securities operations
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D.C. Code § 31-4714 Prohibited activities—Misrepresentations
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D.C. Code § 31-4715 Prohibited activities—Discriminations
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D.C. Code § 31-4716 Rights of parties under life policies
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(a) When a policy of insurance, whether heretofore or hereafter issued, is effected by any person on his own life or on another life in favor of some person other than himself having an insurable interest therein, or, except in cases of transfer with intent to defraud creditors, …
D.C. Code § 31-4716.01 Exemption from legal process — Disability benefits
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No money or other benefit paid, provided, allowed, or agreed to be paid by any company on account of the disability from injury or sickness of any insured person shall be liable to execution, attachment, garnishment, or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated or appli…
D.C. Code § 31-4717 Exemption from legal process — Group life policy or proceeds
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No policy of group life insurance, nor the proceeds thereof when paid to any employee or employees thereunder, shall be liable to attachment, garnishment, or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated, or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law, to …
D.C. Code § 31-4718 Fraudulent statements or representations against companies
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 31-4719 Authority to hold proceeds under trust or agreement
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Any life company licensed under the laws of the District shall have power to hold the proceeds of any policy issued by it under a trust or other agreement upon such terms and restrictions as to revocation by the policyholder and control by beneficiaries and with such exemptions f…
D.C. Code § 31-4720 Calculations of premiums and reserves
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If in any contract year the gross premium charged by any life insurance company on any policy or contract is less than the valuation net premium for the policy or contract calculated by the method used in calculating the reserve thereon but using the minimum valuation standards o…
D.C. Code § 31-4721 Acceptance and recordation of premiums on industrial life or sick-benefit policies
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(a) No industrial insurance company or agent thereof shall accept any money in payment of premiums which are in arrears on any industrial life or industrial sick-benefit insurance policy which has lapsed and which the insured seeks to reinstate, unless such payment shall amount a…
D.C. Code § 31-4722 Industrial life policies — Required provisions
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(a) No policy of industrial life insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in the District unless it contains in substance the following provisions, or provisions which in the opinion of the Commissioner are more favorable to the policyholders: (1) A provision that all …
D.C. Code § 31-4723 Industrial life policies — Prohibited provisions
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No policy of industrial life insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery, in the District, if it contains any of the following provisions: (1) A provision limiting the time within which any action at law or in equity may be commenced to less than 3 years after the cause o…
D.C. Code § 31-4724 Access to psychologists or optometrists under group health insurance policy
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(a) No policy of group health insurance shall be delivered or issued in the District of Columbia or be issued or amended to cover any resident of the District of Columbia if it contains a provision which would restrict access to psychologists or optometrists. When a policy relati…
D.C. Code § 31-4725 Policy language simplification standards
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(a) Except as provided under § 31-4727, no policy forms shall be delivered or issued for delivery in the District of Columbia after the operative date of this section, unless the forms qualify under the following standards; (1) The text of the form scores at least 40 on the Flesc…
D.C. Code § 31-4726 Commissioner’s review of test
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(a) The Commissioner, in his discretion, may, under subsection (b) of this section, permit the use of a form that scores inadequately under § 31-4725(a)(1). (b) Before the Commissioner permits the use of inadequately scoring forms, the Commissioner shall find that: (1) A lower sc…
D.C. Code § 31-4727 Applicability of §§ 31-4725 through 31-4730
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, §§ 31-4725 through 31-4730 shall apply to all policies used in the District of Columbia. (b) Sections 31-4725 through 31-4730 shall not apply to the following: (1) A policy which is a security under federal legislative jur…
D.C. Code § 31-4728 Regulations
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The Mayor shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2.
D.C. Code § 31-4729 Construction of §§ 31-4725 through 31-4730
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Sections 31-4725 through 31-4730 shall not be construed to invalidate a law permitting the use of a policy form which has been filed for the period required by local legislation governing the forms of policies.
D.C. Code § 31-4730 Operative dates of §§ 31-4725 through 31-4730
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(a)(1) Except as described in § 31-4727, §§ 31-4725 through 31-4730 apply to policy forms filed 2 years after March 14, 1985. (2) No form shall be used in the District of Columbia 5 years after March 14, 1985, unless the form complies with § 31-4725 or unless the Commissioner app…