Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-4024
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Limit of liability - Life insurance policy application
Official statutory text
denial.
A. No policy of life insurance shall be delivered or issued for
delivery in this state if it contains a provision which excludes or
restricts liability for death caused in a certain specified manner
or occurring while the insured has a specified status, except that a
policy may contain provisions excluding or restricting coverage as
specified therein in the event of death under any one or more of the
following circumstances:
1. Death as a result of a declared war or military action.
2. Death resulting from violations of the conditions of the
policy relating to service, travel, or flight in any species of
aircraft, other than as a fare-paying passenger in a licensed
passenger aircraft, piloted by a licensed passenger pilot on a
regular passenger route between definitely established airports.
3. Death within two (2) years from the date of issue of the
policy as a result of suicide, while sane or insane; provided, that
in the event of death as a result of suicide within two (2) years
from the date of issue of the policy the insurer shall return the
amount of all premiums paid.
B. A policy which contains any exclusion or restriction
pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection A of this section shall
also provide that in the event of death under the circumstances to
which any such exclusion or restriction is applicable, the insurer
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will pay an amount not less than a reserve determined according to
the reserve valuation method and upon the basis of the mortality
table and interest rate specified in the policy for the calculation
of nonforfeiture benefits (or if the policy provides for no such
benefits, computed according to a mortality table and interest rate
determined by the insurer and specified in the policy) with
adjustment for indebtedness or dividend credit.
C. A life insurance company doing business within this state
shall not deny or refuse to accept an application for life insurance
or refuse to renew, cancel, restrict, or otherwise terminate a
policy of life insurance, or charge a different rate for the same
life insurance coverage, based upon the lawful travel destinations
of the applicant or the insured. Nothing in this subsection shall
prohibit a life insurance company from denying an application for
life insurance, or restricting or charging a different premium or
rate for coverage under such a policy based on a specific travel
destination where the denial, restriction, or rate differential is
based upon sound actuarial principles or is related to actual or
anticipated experience. A violation of this subsection shall be an
unfair trade practice pursuant to Section 1250.5 of this title. The
provisions of this subsection shall apply to any life insurance
policy issued on or after the effective date of this act.
D. This section shall not apply to group life insurance,
accident and health insurance, reinsurance, or annuities, or to any
provision in a life insurance policy relating to disability benefits
or to additional benefits in the event of death by accident or
accidental means, except as provided in subsection C of this
section.
A. No policy of life insurance shall be delivered or issued for
delivery in this state if it contains a provision which excludes or
restricts liability for death caused in a certain specified manner
or occurring while the insured has a specified status, except that a
policy may contain provisions excluding or restricting coverage as
specified therein in the event of death under any one or more of the
following circumstances:
1. Death as a result of a declared war or military action.
2. Death resulting from violations of the conditions of the
policy relating to service, travel, or flight in any species of
aircraft, other than as a fare-paying passenger in a licensed
passenger aircraft, piloted by a licensed passenger pilot on a
regular passenger route between definitely established airports.
3. Death within two (2) years from the date of issue of the
policy as a result of suicide, while sane or insane; provided, that
in the event of death as a result of suicide within two (2) years
from the date of issue of the policy the insurer shall return the
amount of all premiums paid.
B. A policy which contains any exclusion or restriction
pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection A of this section shall
also provide that in the event of death under the circumstances to
which any such exclusion or restriction is applicable, the insurer
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will pay an amount not less than a reserve determined according to
the reserve valuation method and upon the basis of the mortality
table and interest rate specified in the policy for the calculation
of nonforfeiture benefits (or if the policy provides for no such
benefits, computed according to a mortality table and interest rate
determined by the insurer and specified in the policy) with
adjustment for indebtedness or dividend credit.
C. A life insurance company doing business within this state
shall not deny or refuse to accept an application for life insurance
or refuse to renew, cancel, restrict, or otherwise terminate a
policy of life insurance, or charge a different rate for the same
life insurance coverage, based upon the lawful travel destinations
of the applicant or the insured. Nothing in this subsection shall
prohibit a life insurance company from denying an application for
life insurance, or restricting or charging a different premium or
rate for coverage under such a policy based on a specific travel
destination where the denial, restriction, or rate differential is
based upon sound actuarial principles or is related to actual or
anticipated experience. A violation of this subsection shall be an
unfair trade practice pursuant to Section 1250.5 of this title. The
provisions of this subsection shall apply to any life insurance
policy issued on or after the effective date of this act.
D. This section shall not apply to group life insurance,
accident and health insurance, reinsurance, or annuities, or to any
provision in a life insurance policy relating to disability benefits
or to additional benefits in the event of death by accident or
accidental means, except as provided in subsection C of this
section.
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