Cal. INS § 11067
This is the official text of Cal. INS § 11067, part of California’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the insurance policies sold in California.
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Official statutory text
After September 21, 1952, no life insurance benefit certificate shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this State containing in substance any of the following provisions:
(a) Any provision limiting the time within which any action at law or in equity may be commenced to less than 18 months after the cause of action shall accrue.
(b) Any provision by which the certificate shall purport to be issued or take effect more than six months before the original application for the certificate was made, except in case of transfer from one form of certificate to another in connection with which the member is to receive credit for any reserve accumulation under the form of certificate from which the transfer is made.
(c) Any provision for forfeiture of the certificate for failure to repay any loan thereon or to pay interest on such loan while the total indebtedness, including interest, is less than the loan value of the certificate.
(d) Any provision whereby the suspension or expulsion of the member, or change of occupation, or any other violation of the terms and conditions of the contract shall result in the loss or reduction of the cash surrender value or other withdrawal equity, if any, available by the terms of such certificate.
(a) Any provision limiting the time within which any action at law or in equity may be commenced to less than 18 months after the cause of action shall accrue.
(b) Any provision by which the certificate shall purport to be issued or take effect more than six months before the original application for the certificate was made, except in case of transfer from one form of certificate to another in connection with which the member is to receive credit for any reserve accumulation under the form of certificate from which the transfer is made.
(c) Any provision for forfeiture of the certificate for failure to repay any loan thereon or to pay interest on such loan while the total indebtedness, including interest, is less than the loan value of the certificate.
(d) Any provision whereby the suspension or expulsion of the member, or change of occupation, or any other violation of the terms and conditions of the contract shall result in the loss or reduction of the cash surrender value or other withdrawal equity, if any, available by the terms of such certificate.
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