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Life & Health Division
Arizona Department of Insurance
2910 North 44
th
Street, Suite 210
Phoenix, AZ 85018-7269
LIFE SETTLEMENT PROVIDER
FORM P-LSC: CONTRACT CHECKLIST
Name of Life Settlement Provider
Officer/Member Name
Title E-mail Address Phone Number
This checklist must be submitted with your filing in compliance with ARS § 20-3203. This list includes the relevant statutory cites. Review of the
entire statute or rule may be necessary. Complete each item to confirm that diligent consideration has been given to each and is certified by the
signature on the certificate of compliance form. Any line left blank will cause this filing to be considered incomplete and will be subject to rejection.
Not including required information or policy provisions will result in disapproval of the filing. This filing must be filed through the System for
Electronic Rate and Form Filing (“SERFF”), accessible from http://www.serff.org.
The requirements for life settlements are under ARS § 20- 3201 through 20-3215 and ARS § 20-2106, which are accessible from the Internet at
http://www.azleg.gov/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp?Title=20
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TOI (type of insurance) code: LSO1 Life Settlement
Item Reference Review Requirements Description of review standards requirements
Form #,
Page #,
Paragraph #
Acknowledge
1 ARS § 20-3203(C) Filing settlement contract
A person may not use a life settlement contract form
in this state unless the form is first filed with and
approved by the director.
2 ARS § 20-3203(C) Filing of disclosure statement
A person may not provide to an owner a disclosure
statement form in this state unless the form is first
filed with and approved by the director.
If the director-pre-approved form P-LSDO is used to
meet this requirement, the provider or broker does not
need to file it with the Department before using.
yes if using
director-pre-
approved
disclosure form
P-LSDO
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Item Reference Review Requirements Description of review standards requirements
Form #,
Page #,
Paragraph #
Acknowledge
3 ARS § 20-3204(C)
Broker disclosures to owner and
provider
Disclosures in subsections (C)(1)-(5) shall be clearly
displayed in the life settlement contract or in a
separate signed document.
If the director-pre-approved form P-LSBD is used to
meet this requirement, the broker does not need to file
it with the Department before using.
yes if using
director-pre-
approved
disclosure form
P-LSBD
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ARS § 20-3211
(A)(1)
Owner-insured physician
statement
If the owner is the terminally ill insured, a written
statement from a licensed attending physician that the
owner is of sound mind and under no constraint or
undue influence to enter into a settlement contract.
acknowledge
provider receipt
requirement
5
ARS § 20-3211
(A)(2)
(A.R.S. § 20-2106)
Insured’s consent to release of
medical records
A document in which the terminally ill insured
consents to the release of the insured's medical
records to a provider, settlement broker or insurance
producer and, if the policy was issued less than two
years from the date of application for a settlement
contract, to the insurance company that issued the
policy.
NOTE: The form must meet the requirements listed in
ARS § 20-2106.
acknowledge
provider receipt
requirement
6 ARS § 20-3211(C)
Owner written consent to
settlement contract
Before or at the time of execution of the settlement
contract, the provider shall obtain a witnessed
document in which the owner consents to the
settlement contract, represents that the owner has a
full and complete understanding of the settlement
contract and a full and complete understanding of the
benefits of the policy, acknowledges that the owner is
entering into the settlement contract freely and
voluntarily and, for persons with a chronic illness or
terminal illness or condition, acknowledges that the
insured has a chronic illness or a terminal illness or
condition and that the chronic illness or the terminal
illness or condition was diagnosed after the policy was
issued.
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Item Reference Review Requirements Description of review standards requirements
Form #,
Page #,
Paragraph #
Acknowledge
7 ARS § 20-3211(G)
Written notice to insurer of
settlement contract
Within twenty days after an owner executes the life
settlement contract, the provider shall give written
notice to the insurer that issued the insurance policy
that the policy is subject to a life settlement contract.
The notice shall be accompanied by the documents
required by section 20-3204, subsection C.
Provider
acknowledges
this
requirement
8 ARS § 20-3211(H)
(A.R.S. § 20-2106)
Medical record confidentiality
All medical information solicited or obtained by any
licensee is subject to any applicable law relating to
confidentiality of medical information.
Provider
acknowledges
this
requirement
9 ARS § 20-3211(I) Owner right to rescind
All life settlement contracts entered into in this state
shall provide that the owner may rescind the contract
on or before fifteen days after the date it is executed
by all parties and the owner has received all required
disclosures.
10 ARS § 20-3211(J)
Provider payment of proceeds to
escrow account
Within three business days after the provider receives
from the owner documents to effect the transfer of the
insurance policy, the provider shall pay the proceeds
of the settlement to an escrow or trust account
managed by a trustee or escrow agent in a state or
federally chartered financial institution pending
acknowledgment of the transfer by the issuer of the
policy.
11 ARS § 20-3211(K) Failure to tender proceeds
Failure to tender the life settlement contract proceeds
to the owner by the date disclosed to the owner
renders the contract voidable by the owner for lack of
consideration until the time the proceeds are tendered
to and accepted by the owner. The failure to give
written notice of the right of rescission tolls the right of
rescission until thirty days after the written notice of
the right of rescission has been given.
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Form #,
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Acknowledge
12 ARS § 20-3211(L) Computation of fees paid
Any fee paid by a provider, party, individual or owner
to a broker in exchange for services provided to the
owner pertaining to a life settlement contract shall be
computed as a percentage of the offer obtained and
not the face value of the policy. This section does not
prohibit a broker from reducing the broker's fee below
this percentage if the broker so chooses.
13 ARS § 20-3211(M)
Broker disclosure of value
paid/given
The broker shall disclose to the owner anything of
value paid or given to a broker that relates to a life
settlement contract.
14 ARS § 20-3211(V) Fraud statement
The location of the statement, “Any person who
knowingly presents false information in an application
for insurance or for a life settlement contract may be
subject to criminal or civil liability.”
CERTIFICATION
I, _______________________________________, certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that this checklist and each form involved with
this filing
conforms to all the applicable requirements presented in this checklist; and,
contains no provision previously disapproved or required to be corrected or revised by the Arizona Department of Insurance; and,
does not exceed the provider’s powers, the authority granted by its state of domicile, or the authority granted by its Arizona certificate of
authority.
Signature of Officer: __________________________________________ Date:____________________
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