18A:66-177 - Purchase of group life insurance and disability benefit coverage;Ā alternate benefit group insurance premium fund
18A:66-177.Ā Purchase of group life insurance and disability benefit coverage;Ā alternate benefit group insurance premium fund
As of July 1, 1969 the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and permitted toĀ purchase from one or more insurance companies, as determined by him, group lifeĀ insurance and disability benefit coverage to provide for the death benefits andĀ disability benefits in the amounts specified in this act.Ā Such group lifeĀ insurance and disability benefit coverage may be provided under one or moreĀ policies issued to the State Treasurer specifically for this purpose or, in theĀ discretion of the State Treasurer, under one or more policies issued to theĀ State Treasurer which provide group life insurance coverage for members of oneĀ or more retirement systems of the State of New Jersey.Ā Any dividend orĀ retrospective rate credit allowed by an insurance company attributable to theĀ alternate benefit program shall be credited in an equitable manner to the fundsĀ available to meet the employers' obligations under the alternate benefitĀ program.
Premiums for such group insurance coverage shall be paid from a special fund, hereby created, called theĀ "Alternate Benefit Group Insurance Premium Fund." The State Treasurer shall estimate annually the amount which will be required for premiums for such benefits for the ensuing fiscal year and shall certify such amounts which shall be applied against the total employer contributions due for the participants from the several institutions where the alternate benefit programs are established, depositing such amounts in the Alternate Benefit Group Insurance Premium Fund.
During the period such group insurance policy or policies are in effect withĀ respect to participants in the alternate benefit programs the State TreasurerĀ shall in no way commingle moneys in this fund with any pension fundsĀ established under the alternate benefit programs.
All reserves and moneys held by the insurance carriers under the group lifeĀ insurance and disability benefit policies providing for employer and employeeĀ contributions pursuant to the provisions of chapters 64C and 65 of Title 18A ofĀ the New Jersey Statutes, chapters 278 and 281 of the laws of 1967 and chapterĀ 181 of the laws of 1968, and any amendments and supplements thereto, as well asĀ any accrued liabilities under such policies which may be terminated, shall beĀ transferred and merged with those group policies purchased by the StateĀ Treasurer.
L.1969, c. 242, s. 11, eff. July 1, 1969.
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As of July 1, 1969 the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and permitted toĀ purchase from one or more insurance companies, as determined by him, group lifeĀ insurance and disability benefit coverage to provide for the death benefits andĀ disability benefits in the amounts specified in this act.Ā Such group lifeĀ insurance and disability benefit coverage may be provided under one or moreĀ policies issued to the State Treasurer specifically for this purpose or, in theĀ discretion of the State Treasurer, under one or more policies issued to theĀ State Treasurer which provide group life insurance coverage for members of oneĀ or more retirement systems of the State of New Jersey.Ā Any dividend orĀ retrospective rate credit allowed by an insurance company attributable to theĀ alternate benefit program shall be credited in an equitable manner to the fundsĀ available to meet the employers' obligations under the alternate benefitĀ program.
Premiums for such group insurance coverage shall be paid from a special fund, hereby created, called theĀ "Alternate Benefit Group Insurance Premium Fund." The State Treasurer shall estimate annually the amount which will be required for premiums for such benefits for the ensuing fiscal year and shall certify such amounts which shall be applied against the total employer contributions due for the participants from the several institutions where the alternate benefit programs are established, depositing such amounts in the Alternate Benefit Group Insurance Premium Fund.
During the period such group insurance policy or policies are in effect withĀ respect to participants in the alternate benefit programs the State TreasurerĀ shall in no way commingle moneys in this fund with any pension fundsĀ established under the alternate benefit programs.
All reserves and moneys held by the insurance carriers under the group lifeĀ insurance and disability benefit policies providing for employer and employeeĀ contributions pursuant to the provisions of chapters 64C and 65 of Title 18A ofĀ the New Jersey Statutes, chapters 278 and 281 of the laws of 1967 and chapterĀ 181 of the laws of 1968, and any amendments and supplements thereto, as well asĀ any accrued liabilities under such policies which may be terminated, shall beĀ transferred and merged with those group policies purchased by the StateĀ Treasurer.
L.1969, c. 242, s. 11, eff. July 1, 1969.
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