632.57 History
History: 1975 c. 375,
421;
2001 a. 103.
632.60
632.60
Limitation on credit life insurance. Nothing in
chs. 600 to
646 authorizes licensees under
s. 138.09 to require or accept insurance not permitted under
s. 138.09 (7) (h).
632.60 History
History: 1975 c. 375;
1979 c. 89.
632.62
632.62
Participating and nonparticipating policies. 632.62(1)(a)(a)
Stock insurers. A stock insurer may issue both participating and nonparticipating life insurance policies and annuity contracts, subject to this section.
632.62(1)(b)
(b)
Fraternals and mutual insurers. A fraternal or mutual insurer issuing life insurance policies may issue only participating policies, except for the following situations in which it may issue nonparticipating policies:
632.62(1)(b)1.
1. Paid-up, temporary, pure endowment insurance and annuity settlements provided in exchange for lapsed, surrendered or matured policies;
632.62(1)(b)2.
2. Annuities beginning within one year of the making of the contract; and
632.62(1)(b)3.
3. Such term insurance policies as the commissioner may exempt by rule.
632.62(2)
(2) Participation. Every participating policy shall by its terms make its holder eligible to share annually in the part of the surplus to be distributed as provided in
sub. (4) (b).
632.62(3)
(3) Accounting. Every insurer issuing both participating and nonparticipating policies shall separately account for the 2 classes of business and no part of the surplus allocated to the participating class may be voluntarily transferred to the nonparticipating class.
632.62(4)(a)(a)
Deferred dividends. No life insurance policy or certificate may be issued in which the distribution of dividends, if any, is deferred for a period longer than one year.
632.62(4)(b)
(b)
Payment. Every insurer doing a participating business shall annually ascertain the surplus over required reserves and other liabilities. After setting aside such amounts as may be lawful and considered necessary by the insurer's board of directors for providing for the growth of the company and for protecting the ability to meet ongoing and future claims and other obligations and needs under both normal and stressed environments, and after making provision for the payment of reasonable dividends upon capital stock as determined by the insurer's board of directors and such sums as are required by prior contracts to be held on account of deferred dividend policies, an insurer shall distribute as dividends the remaining surplus, if any, attributable to participating life insurance and annuity policies in such amounts, including zero, and in such allocations among the participating life insurance and annuity policies as its board of directors determines to be reasonably proportioned to its calculation of the life insurance and annuity policies' contribution to the distributable surplus. A dividend may be conditioned on the payment of the succeeding year's premium only on the first and second anniversaries of the policy.
632.62 Annotation
Sub. (4) (b) mandates how a divisible surplus is to be determined. After the surplus is determined, then and only then must the insurer decide how to equitably apportion the surplus. An allocation to annuity policyholders before determining the surplus is contrary to the terms of the statute. Noonan v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
2004 WI App 154,
276 Wis. 2d 33,
687 N.W.2d 254,
03-1432.
632.64
632.64
Certification of disability. For the purpose of insurance policies that they issue, insurers doing a life insurance business in this state shall afford equal weight to a certification of disability signed by a physician with respect to matters within the scope of the physician's professional license, to a certification of disability signed by a chiropractor with respect to matters within the scope of the chiropractor's professional license, and to a certification of disability signed by a podiatrist with respect to matters within the scope of the podiatrist's professional license. This section does not require an insurer to treat a certificate of disability as conclusive evidence of disability.
632.64 History
History: 1981 c. 55;
2009 a. 113.
632.65
632.65
Annuities exempt from regulation. 632.65(1)
(1) In this section, “qualified charitable gift annuity" means an annuity that satisfies all of the following:
632.65(1)(a)
(a) The annuity is established under a transaction that, for federal income tax purposes, is treated partly as a charitable contribution under section
170 of the Internal Revenue Code and partly as an investment in an annuity contract under section
72 of the Internal Revenue Code.
632.65(1)(b)
(b) The annuity meets the requirements of an annuity for which the obligation to pay is excluded from the definition of “acquisition indebtedness" under section
514 (c) (5) of the Internal Revenue Code.
632.65(2)(a)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of
chs. 600 to
646 to the contrary and except as provided in this section, a qualified charitable gift annuity is not subject to regulation under
chs. 600 to
646.
632.65(2)(b)
(b) A charitable organization may not issue a qualified charitable gift annuity unless the charitable organization has been in continuous existence for at least 3 years, or is a successor or affiliate of a charitable organization that has been in continuous existence for at least 3 years.
632.65(2)(c)
(c) A qualified charitable gift annuity contract must include the following disclosure statement: “A qualified charitable gift annuity is not insurance under the laws of this state and is not subject to regulation by the commissioner of insurance of this state or protected by an insurance guaranty fund or an insurance guaranty association."
632.65(3)
(3) This section applies to qualified charitable gift annuities in existence on or after April 18, 2014. A person that issued before April 18, 2014, a qualified charitable gift annuity that is in existence on April 18, 2014, shall provide notice of the provisions of this section to the policy owner or beneficiary, whichever is appropriate, of the qualified charitable gift annuity.
632.65 History
History: 2013 a. 271;
2015 a. 195 s.
82.
632.66
632.66
Annuity contracts without life contingencies. The commissioner may by rule authorize insurers to issue annuity contracts which are without life contingencies. If the commissioner authorizes insurers to issue annuity contracts without life contingencies, the commissioner shall promulgate rules regulating those contracts.
632.66 History
History: 1987 a. 247.
632.66 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also s.
Ins 6.75, Wis. adm. code.
632.67
632.67
Effect of power of attorney for health care. Executing a power of attorney for health care under
ch. 155 may not be used to impair in any manner the procurement of a life insurance policy or to modify the terms of an existing life insurance policy. A life insurance policy may not be impaired or invalidated in any manner by the exercise of a health care decision by a health care agent on behalf of a person whose life is insured under the policy and who has authorized the health care agent under
ch. 155.
632.67 History
History: 1989 a. 200.
632.69
632.69
Life settlements. 632.69(1)(a)
(a) “Advertisement" means any written, electronic, or printed communication or any communication made by means of recorded telephone messages or transmitted on radio, television, the Internet, or similar communications media, including film strips, motion pictures, and videos, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed, directly or indirectly, before the public in this state for the purpose of creating an interest in or inducing a person to purchase or sell, assign, devise, bequeath, or transfer the death benefit or ownership of a policy or an interest in a policy pursuant to a life settlement contract.
632.69(1)(b)
(b) “Broker" means a person who, on behalf of an owner and for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, offers or attempts to negotiate life settlement contracts between an owner and one or more providers, or one or more brokers. “Broker" does not include an attorney or certified public accountant who is retained to represent the owner and whose compensation is not paid directly or indirectly by the provider or purchaser.
632.69(1)(c)
(c) “Business of life settlements" means an activity involved in the offering soliciting, negotiating, procuring, effectuating, purchasing, investing in, financing, monitoring, tracking, underwriting, selling, transferring, assigning, pledging, hypothicating, or in any other manner, acquiring an interest in a policy by means of a life settlement contract.
632.69(1)(d)
(d) “Chronically ill" means any of the following:
632.69(1)(d)1.
1. Being unable to perform at least 2 activities of daily living, including eating, toileting, transferring, bathing, dressing, or continence.
632.69(1)(d)2.
2. Requiring substantial supervision to monitor the health and safety of the individual due to his or her severe cognitive impairment.
632.69(1)(d)3.
3. Having a level of disability similar to that described in
subd. 1., as defined by the U.S. department of health and human services.
632.69(1)(e)
(e) “Financing entity" means a person whose principal activity related to a life settlement is providing funds to effect the life settlement contract or purchase of one or more policies and who has an agreement in writing with one or more providers to finance the acquisition of life settlement contracts, including an underwriter, placement agent, lender, purchaser of securities, purchaser of a policy from a life settlement provider, credit enhancer, or any entity that has a direct ownership in a policy that is the subject of a life settlement contract. “Financing entity" does not include an investor that is not an accredited investor, as defined in
17 CFR 230.501 (a), or a purchaser.
632.69(1)(f)
(f) “Financing transaction" means a transaction in which a licensed provider obtains financing from a financing entity including any secured or unsecured financing, any securitization transaction, or any securities offering which is either registered or exempt from registration under federal and state securities law.
632.69(1)(g)
(g) “Fraudulent life settlement act" includes all of the following:
632.69(1)(g)1.
1. Acts or omissions that are committed by any person, or that a person permits its employees or its agents to engage in, for the purpose of pecuniary gain, including any of the following:
632.69(1)(g)1.a.
a. Presenting, causing to be presented, or preparing with the knowledge or belief that it will be presented to or by a provider, broker, purchaser, financing entity, insurer, insurance producer, or any other person, false material information, or concealing material information, as part of, in support of, or concerning a fact material to an application for the issuance of a life settlement contract or a policy; the underwriting of a life settlement contract or a policy; a claim for payment or benefit under a life settlement contract or a policy; premiums paid on an insurance policy; payments and changes in ownership or beneficiary made in accordance with the terms of a life settlement contract or a policy; the reinstatement or conversion of a policy; the solicitation, offer, effectuation, or sale of a life settlement contract or a policy; the issuance of written evidence of a life settlement contract or a policy; or a financing transaction.
632.69(1)(g)1.b.
b. Employing any plan, device, scheme, or artifice to defraud in the business of life settlements.
632.69(1)(g)1.c.
c. Failing to disclose to an insurer, if the request for such disclosure has been made by the insurer, that the prospective owner has undergone a life expectancy evaluation by any person or entity other than the insurer or its authorized representatives in connection with the issuance of the policy.
632.69(1)(g)2.
2. Any of the following acts that any person does, or permits its employees or agents to do, in the furtherance of a fraud or to prevent the detection of a fraud:
632.69(1)(g)2.a.
a. Removing, concealing, altering, destroying, or sequestering from the commissioner the assets or records of a licensee or other person engaged in the business of life settlements.
632.69(1)(g)2.b.
b. Misrepresenting or concealing the financial condition of a licensee, financing entity, insurer, or other person.
632.69(1)(g)2.c.
c. Transacting the business of life settlements in violation of laws requiring a license, certificate of authority, or other legal authority for the transaction of the business of life settlements.
632.69(1)(g)2.d.
d. Filing with the commissioner or the chief insurance regulatory official of another jurisdiction a document containing false information or otherwise concealing information about a material fact from the commissioner or official.
632.69(1)(g)3.
3. Embezzlement, theft, misappropriation, or conversion of monies, funds, premiums, credits, or other property of a life settlement provider, insurer, insured, owner, or any other person engaged in the business of life settlements or insurance.
632.69(1)(g)4.
4. Recklessly entering into, negotiating, brokering, or otherwise dealing in a life settlement contract, the subject of which is a life insurance policy that was obtained by presenting false information concerning any fact material to the policy or by concealing for the purpose of misleading another information concerning any fact material to the policy, where the person or persons intended to defraud the policy's issuer, the provider, or the owner.
632.69(1)(g)5.
5. Attempting to commit; assisting, aiding, or abetting in the commission of; or conspiring to commit the acts or omissions specified in this paragraph.
632.69(1)(g)6.
6. Misrepresenting the state of residence of an owner to be a state that does not have a law substantially similar to this section for the purpose of evading or avoiding the provisions of this section.
632.69(1)(h)
(h) “Licensee" means a provider or broker that holds a license under
sub. (2).
632.69(1)(i)
(i) “Life expectancy" means the arithmetic mean, considering medical records and appropriate experiential data, of the number of months an insured under the policy to be settled can be expected to live.
632.69(1)(j)1.1. “Life settlement" means an agreement regarding the terms under which compensation or any thing of value will be paid, which compensation or thing of value is less than the expected death benefit of the policy but greater than the cash surrender value or accelerated death benefit available under the policy at the time of the application for the life settlement, in return for the owner's present or future assignment, transfer, sale, devise, or bequest of the death benefit or any interest in a policy. “Life settlement" includes all of the following:
632.69(1)(j)1.a.
a. The transfer for compensation or value of ownership or beneficial interest in a trust or other entity that owns a policy that insures the life of a person residing in this state, if the trust or other entity was formed or availed of for the principal purpose of acquiring one or more policies or certificates of insurance.
632.69(1)(j)1.b.
b. A written agreement for a loan or other lending transaction, secured primarily by an individual or group policy.
632.69(1)(j)1.c.
c. A premium finance loan made for a policy on, before, or after the date of issuance of the policy but only if the loan proceeds are not used solely to pay premiums for the policy and any costs or expenses incurred by the lender or the borrower in connection with the financing, or if the owner receives on the date of the premium finance loan a guarantee of the future life settlement value of the policy, or if the owner agrees on the date of the premium finance loan to sell the policy or any interest in its death benefit on any date following the issuance of the policy.
632.69(1)(j)2.
2. “Life settlement" does not include any of the following:
632.69(1)(j)2.a.
a. A policy loan by a life insurance company pursuant to the terms of the policy or accelerated death provisions contained in the policy, whether issued with the original policy or as a rider.
632.69(1)(j)2.b.
b. Except as provided in
subd. 1. c., a premium finance loan or any loan made by a bank or other licensed financial institution, provided that neither default on such loan nor the transfer of the policy in connection with such default is pursuant to an agreement or understanding with any other person for the purpose of evading regulation under this section.
632.69(1)(j)2.d.
d. A loan made by a lender that does not violate
s. 138.12, if the loan is not described in
subd. 1. c. and is not otherwise a life settlement contract.
632.69(1)(j)2.e.
e. An agreement where all the parties are closely related to the insured by blood or law, or have a lawful substantial economic interest in the continued life, health, and bodily safety of the person insured, or are trusts or other entities established primarily for the benefit of such parties.
632.69(1)(j)2.f.
f. Any designation, consent, or agreement by an insured who is an employee of an employer in connection with the purchase by the employer, or trust established by the employer, of life insurance on the life of the employee.
632.69(1)(j)2.g.
g. A bona fide business succession planning arrangement between one or more shareholders in a corporation or between a corporation and one or more of its shareholders or one or more trusts established by or for the benefit of its shareholders; between one or more partners in a partnership or between a partnership and one or more of its partners or one or more trusts established by or for the benefit of its partners; or between one or more members in a limited liability company or between a limited liability company and one or more of its members or one or more trusts established by or for the benefit of its members.
632.69(1)(j)2.h.
h. An agreement, contract, or transaction that the commissioner excludes by rule under
sub. (20) (a) after determining that the agreement, contract, or transaction is not intended to be regulated by this section.
632.69(1)(k)
(k) “Life settlement contract" means a written document providing for and establishing the terms of a life settlement.
632.69(1)(L)
(L) “Owner" means the owner of a policy or a certificate holder under a group policy who resides in this state, unless the context requires otherwise, and enters or seeks to enter into a life settlement contract. “Owner" does not include any of the following:
632.69(1)(L)1.
1. A licensee under this section, including a producer acting as a broker under this section.
632.69(1)(m)
(m) “Policy" means an individual or group policy, certificate, contract, or arrangement of life insurance owned by a resident of this state, regardless of whether delivered or issued for delivery in this state.
632.69(1)(n)
(n) “Premium finance loan" means a loan made primarily for the purpose of making premium payments on a policy that is secured by an interest in the policy.
632.69(1)(o)
(o) “Producer" means any person licensed in this state as a resident or nonresident insurance intermediary or agent who has received qualification or authority for life insurance coverage or a life line of coverage pursuant to
s. 628.04.
632.69(1)(p)
(p) “Provider" means a person, other than an owner, that enters into or effectuates a life settlement contract with an owner. “Provider" does not include:
632.69(1)(p)1.
1. A bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or other licensed lending institution that takes an assignment of a policy solely as collateral for a loan.
632.69(1)(p)2.
2. A premium finance company making premium finance loans and exempted by the commissioner from the licensing requirement under the premium finance law under
s. 138.12 that takes an assignment of a policy solely as collateral for a loan.
