Sec. 34.1. (a) No policy of wholesale, franchise, or employee life insurance, as defined in this section, shall be issued or delivered in this state unless it conforms to the requirements of this section.
(b) Wholesale, franchise, or employee life insurance is defined as a term life insurance plan under which a number of individual term insurance policies are issued at special rates to a selected group. A special rate is any rate lower than the rate shown in the issuing insurance company's manual for individually issued policies of the same type and to insureds of the same class.
(c) Wholesale, franchise, or employee life insurance may be issued to:
(1) three (3) or more employees of any corporation, copartnership, or individual employer, or any governmental corporation, agency, or department thereof; or
(2) ten (10) or more members, employees, or employees of members of any trade or professional association, or of a labor union, or of any association of members in the same or related occupations, profession, or industry having been in existence for at least two (2) years, where such association or union has a constitution or bylaws and is formed in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance. Evidence of individual insurability satisfactory to the insurer may be required by the insurer as a condition to coverage.
(d) The premiums on such policies may be paid to the insurer periodically by the employer, with or without payroll deductions, or by the insured or association or union for its members, or by some designated person acting on behalf of such employer, association, or union. The term "employees" as used in this chapter refers to officers, managers, employees, and retired employees of the employer and the individual proprietor or partners if the employer is an individual or partnership.
(e) Each policy issued under this section shall provide that, if the insured person ceases to qualify for the policy he may convert the policy, without evidence of insurability, to an individual policy of life insurance, provided application for such conversion is made within thirty-one (31) days of the date the insured person ceases to qualify for coverage under this section. The individual policy shall be issued on any one (1) of the forms, except term insurance, then customarily issued by the insurer at the age and in the amount applied for. The premium on this individual policy is to be at the insurer's then customary rate applicable to the form and amount of such individual policy, the class of risk to which the insured person then belongs, and his age attained on the effective date of such individual policy.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.6, SEC.17.