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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 284. Insurance Commissioner, Office of |
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Chapter 284-30. Trade practices. |
Section 284-30-860. Exemptions.
Latest version.
- (1) The following life insurance solicitations or sales are exempt from the requirements of WAC 284-30-850 through 284-30-872:(a) Credit life insurance.(b) Group life insurance where there is no in-person face-to-face solicitation of individuals by a licensed insurance producer or where the policy or certificate does not include a side fund.(c) An application to the insurer that issued the existing policy or certificate when a contractual change or a conversion privilege is being exercised; or when the existing insurance policy or certificate is being replaced by the same insurer pursuant to a program filed with and approved by the commissioner; or, when a term life conversion privilege is exercised among corporate affiliates.(d) Individual, stand-alone policies of health or disability income insurance.(e) Contracts offered by Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI) or Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI), as authorized by 38 U.S.C. section 1965 et seq., and contracts offered by State Sponsored Life Insurance (SSLI) as authorized by 37 U.S.C. Section 707 et seq.(f) Life insurance policies or certificates offered through or by a nonprofit military association, qualifying under section 501(c)(23) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), and which are not underwritten by an insurer.(g) Contracts used to fund any of the following:(i) An employee pension or welfare benefit plan that is covered by the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (ERISA);(ii) A plan described by sections 401(a), 401(k), 403(b), 408(k), or 408(p) of the IRC, as amended, if established or maintained by an employer;(iii) A government or church plan defined in section 414 of the IRC, a government or church welfare benefit plan, or a deferred compensation plan of a state or local government or tax exempt organization under section 457 of the IRC;(iv) A nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement established or maintained by an employer or plan sponsor;(v) Settlements of or assumptions of liabilities associated with personal injury litigation or any dispute or claim resolution process; or(vi) Prearranged funeral contracts.(2) Nothing in WAC 284-30-850 through 284-30-872 shall be construed to restrict the ability of nonprofit organizations or other organizations to educate members of the United States armed forces in accordance with federal Department of Defense Instruction 1344.07 "Personal Commercial Solicitation on DOD Installations," or any successor directive.(3)(a) For purposes of the military sales practices rules, general advertisements, direct mail and internet marketing do not constitute "solicitation." Telephone marketing does not constitute "solicitation" only if the caller explicitly and conspicuously discloses that the product being solicited is life insurance and the caller makes no statements that avoid a clear and unequivocal statement that life insurance is the subject matter of the solicitation.(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt an insurer, or insurance producer from the military sales practices rules in any in-person face-to-face meeting established as a result of the solicitation exemptions listed in this section.
Rules
284-30-850,284-30-872,284-30-850,284-30-872,