2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 10 - Insurance
Life Insurance
Article 7 - Life Insurance
Part 1 - General
§ 10-7-105.5. Lapse of life insurance policy - notice - affidavit of mailing or electronic transmission - legislative declaration

(1) The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that it is beneficial to citizens of this state for life insurers, prior to the lapse of individual life insurance policies for nonpayment of premium, to provide written notice in a uniform manner to policy owners.

(2) A notice of lapse of an individual life insurance policy for nonpayment of premium is effective only if:

(a) The information is mailed along with the reason for the lapse by first-class United States mail to the last-known address of the policy owner at least twenty-five days before the effective date of lapse; or

(b) The information is transmitted along with the reason for the lapse by electronic mail, if the policy owner consents to receive information related to an individual life insurance policy in electronic form, to the last-known electronic mail address of the policy owner on file with the insurer at least twenty-five days before the effective date of lapse of the individual life insurance policy.

(3) The affidavit, executed under penalty of perjury, of any officer, clerk, or agent of the insurer or of anyone authorized to mail or electronically transmit notices required by subsection (2) of this section, constitutes proof of notice under this section.

(4) This section does not apply to individual life insurance policies upon which premiums are paid monthly or at more frequent intervals.

(5) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary for the administration of this section.