(a) Effective July 1, 1976, all insurers, and their employees and agents, shall, when presenting any disability insurance policy for examination or sale to an individual prospective insured or individual prospective subscriber, provide such individual with a properly completed disclosure form, as prescribed by the commissioner pursuant to Sections 10603 and 10604, for each disability insurance policy so examined or sold.
(b) In the case of group disability insurance contracts, the completed disclosure form shall be presented to the contract holder upon delivery of the group policy or contract.
(c) Group insurance contract holders shall disseminate copies of the completed disclosure form to all persons or family units eligible under the group contract. Where the individual members of the group are offered a choice of policies, separate disclosure forms shall be supplied for each policy available.
(d) Disability insurance issued in connection with an employees’ welfare plan subject to the Federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-406) is exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1208.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018