2011 California Code
Insurance Code
DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE [1880 - 12865]
ARTICLE 5. Inflation Escalator and Benefit Increases
Section 10237.5
(a) An inflation protection provision that increases benefit levels annually in a manner so that the increases are compounded annually at a rate not less than 5 percent shall be included in a long-term care insurance policy unless an insurer obtains a rejection of inflation protection signed by the policyholder.
(b) The rejection, to be included in the application or on a separate form, shall state: I have reviewed the outline of coverage and the graphs that compare the benefits and premiums of this policy with and without inflation protection. Specifically, I have reviewed the plan, and I reject 5 percent annual compound inflation protection.
Signature of Applicant | Date |
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 947, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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