Cal. INS § 10509.941
This is the official text of Cal. INS § 10509.941, part of California’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the insurance policies sold in California.
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Official statutory text
The purpose of this article is to provide standards for:
(a) Identifying a deceased individual whose death may require an insurer to pay benefits or proceeds to beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of a life insurance policy, annuity contract, or retained asset account.
(b) Locating beneficiaries of a deceased individual and providing appropriate claims forms or instructions to the beneficiaries to make a claim.
(a) Identifying a deceased individual whose death may require an insurer to pay benefits or proceeds to beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of a life insurance policy, annuity contract, or retained asset account.
(b) Locating beneficiaries of a deceased individual and providing appropriate claims forms or instructions to the beneficiaries to make a claim.
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