2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 26 - INSURANCE CODE
CHAPTER 17 - GROUP LIFE INSURANCE
SECTION 26-17-106 - Trustee groups.
26-17-106. Trustee groups.
(a) The lives of a group of individuals may be insured under a policy issued to a trust or the trustees of a fund established or adopted by two (2) or more employers, by one (1) or more labor unions or similar employee organizations, or by one (1) or more employers and one (1) or more labor unions or similar employee organizations, which trust or trustees are deemed the policyholder, to insure employees of the employers or members of the unions or organizations, for the benefit of persons other than the employers, unions or organizations, subject to the following requirements:
(i) No policy shall be issued to insure employees of any employer whose eligibility to participate in the fund as an employer arises out of considerations directly related to the employer being a commercial correspondent or business client or patron of another employer, except if the other employer exercises substantial control over the business operations of the participating employers;
(ii) All employees of the employers, members of the unions or organizations, or any classes of the employers, union members or organization members are eligible for insurance under the terms of the policy;
(iii) The policy may define "employees" to include:
(A) Retired or former employees;
(B) The individual proprietor or partners, if an employer is an individual proprietor or a partnership;
(C) The trustees, trustees' employees, or both, if their duties are principally connected with the trusteeship;
(D) Employees of one (1) or more subsidiary corporations and the employees, individual proprietors and partners of one (1) or more affiliated corporations, proprietorships or partnerships if the business of the employer and of the affiliated corporations, proprietorships or partnerships is under common control;
(E) Directors of a corporate employer.
(iv) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 3, § 3.
(v) Policy premiums shall be paid by the trustees subject to the following requirements:
(A) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 3, §§ 2, 3.
(B) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 3, § 3.
(C) If the covered person does not pay any part of the premium for his insurance, the policy shall insure all eligible persons, except those who reject the coverage in writing and those who do not present evidence of individual insurability satisfactory to the insurer.
(vi) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 3, § 3.
(vii) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 3, § 3.
