2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 26 - INSURANCE CODE
CHAPTER 16 - LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CONTRACTS
ARTICLE 5 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 26-16-504 - Policy plans prohibited.
26-16-504. Policy plans prohibited.
(a) No life insurer shall deliver or issue for delivery in this state:
(i) As part of or in combination with any life insurance, endowment or annuity contract, any agreement or plan, additional to the rights, dividends and benefits arising out of the contract, which provides for the accumulation of profits over a period of years and for payment of any of the accumulated profits only to members or policyholders of a designated group or class who continue as members or policyholders until the end of a specified or ascertainable period of years;
(ii) Any policy purporting to be "registered" or otherwise specially recorded with any agency of the state of Wyoming, or of any other state, or with any bank, trust company, escrow company or other institution other than the insurer or purporting that any reserves, assets or deposits are held for the special benefit or protection of the holder of the policy by or through the agency or institution;
(iii) Any policy or contract under which any part of the premium or of funds or values arising from the policy or contract or from investment of reserves, mortality savings, lapses or surrenders, in excess of the normal reserves or amounts required to pay death, endowment and nonforfeiture benefits in amounts as specified in or pursuant to the policy or contract, are on a basis not involving insurance or life contingency features to be placed in special funds, segregated accounts or specially designated places or to be invested in specially designated investments or types thereof, and the funds or earnings thereon to be divided among the holders of the policies or contracts, or their beneficiaries or assignees;
(iv) Any policy providing for the segregation of policyholders into mathematical groups and providing benefits for a surviving policyholder arising out of the death of another policyholder of the group, or under any other similar plan;
(v) Any policy providing benefits or values for surviving or continuing policyholders contingent upon the lapse or termination, for any reason, of the policies of other policyholders;
(vi) Any policy containing or referring to:
(A) Investment returns or profit-sharing, other than as a participation in the insurer's divisible surplus under a regular participation provision as provided for in W.S. 26-16-107;
(B) Special treatment in the determination of any dividend that may be paid as to the policy;
(C) Premiums as "deposits";
(D) Policyholder interest or returns to those of stockholders;
(E) The policyholder as a member of a select group who is entitled to extra benefits or extra dividends not available to policyholders generally;
(F) Any label, name or description of the policy as a "founders", "charter" or "coupon" policy, or name of similar connotation.
(vii) Any policy which in addition to basic life insurance benefits provides for or is combined with a series of coupons, or with a passbook or other device generally associated with securities investments, or with savings, banking or investment institutions.
(b) This section does not prohibit the provision, payment, allowance or apportionment of dividends or "savings" under regular participating forms of policies or contracts.
