20-1252. Employee groups
The lives of a group of individuals may be insured under a policy issued to an
employer, or to the trustees of a fund established by an employer, which employer or
trustees shall be deemed the policyholder, to insure employees of the employer for the
benefit of persons other than the employer, subject to the following requirements:
1. The employees eligible for insurance under the policy shall be all of the
employees of the employer, or all of any class or classes thereof determined by
conditions pertaining to their employment. The policy may provide that the term
"employees" shall include the employees of one or more subsidiary corporations, and the
employees, individual proprietors and partners of one or more affiliated corporations,
proprietors or partnerships if the business of the employer and of such affiliated
corporations, proprietors or partnerships is under common control through stock
ownership, contract or otherwise. The policy may provide that the term "employees" shall
include the individual proprietor or partners if the employer is an individual proprietor
or a partnership. The policy may provide that the term "employees" shall include retired
employees. No director of a corporate employer shall be eligible for insurance under the
policy unless such person is otherwise eligible as a bona fide employee of the
corporation by performing services other than the usual duties of a director. No
individual proprietor or partner shall be eligible for insurance under the policy unless
he is actively engaged in and devotes a substantial part of his time to the conduct of
the business of the proprietor or partnership. A policy issued to insure the employees of
a public body may provide that the term "employees" shall include elected or appointed
officials.
2. The premium for the policy shall be paid by the policyholder, either from the
employer's funds or funds contributed by him, or from funds contributed by the insured
employees, or from both. A policy on which no part of the premium is to be derived from
funds contributed by the insured employees shall insure all eligible employees, or all
except any as to whom evidence of individual insurability is not satisfactory to the
insurer.
3. The policy must cover at least two employees at date of issue.
4. The amounts of insurance under the policy must be based upon some plan
precluding individual selection either by the employees or by the employer or trustees.
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