Iowa Code § 508E.13 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 508E / Section 508E.13
Prohibited practices and conflicts of interest.
Status: in_force

(1) With respect to any viatical settlement contract or insurance policy, a viatical settlement broker shall not knowingly solicit an offer from, effectuate a viatical settlement with, or make a sale to any viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement purchaser, financing entity, or related provider trust that is controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such viatical settlement broker unless such relationship is disclosed to the viator.

(2) With respect to any viatical settlement contract or insurance policy, a viatical settlement provider shall not knowingly enter into a viatical settlement contract with a viator, if, in connection with such viatical settlement contract, anything of value will be paid to a viatical settlement broker that is controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such viatical settlement provider or the viatical settlement purchaser, financing entity, or related provider trust that is involved in such viatical settlement contract unless such relationship is disclosed to the viator.

(3) A viatical settlement provider shall not enter into a premium finance agreement with any person or agency, or any person affiliated with such person or agency, pursuant to which such person or agency shall receive any proceeds, fees, or other consideration, directly or indirectly, from the policy or owner of the policy or any other person with respect to the premium finance agreement or any viatical settlement contract or other transaction related to such policy that are in addition to the amounts required to pay the principal, interest, and service charges related to policy premiums pursuant to the premium finance agreement or subsequent sale of such agreement. Any payments, charges, fees, normal insurance commissions, or other amounts in addition to the amounts required to pay the principal, interest, and service charges related to policy premiums paid under the premium finance agreement shall be remitted to the original owner of the policy or to the original owner’s estate if the original owner is not living at the time of the determination of the overpayment.

(4) A violation of subsection 1, 2, or 3 shall be deemed a fraudulent viatical settlement act.

(5) A person shall not issue, solicit, market, or otherwise promote the purchase of an insurance policy for the sole purpose of or with a primary emphasis on settling the policy.

(6) A person providing premium financing shall not receive any proceeds, fees, or other consideration from the policy or owner of the policy that are in addition to the amounts required to pay principal, interest, and any costs or expenses incurred by the lender or borrower in connection with the premium finance agreement, except for the event of a default, unless either the default on such loan or transfer of the policy occurs pursuant to an agreement or understanding with any other person for the purpose of evading regulation under this chapter. Any payments, charges, fees, or other amounts received by a person providing premium financing in violation of this subsection shall be remitted to the original owner of the policy or to the original owner’s estate if the original owner is not living at the time of the determination of overpayment.

(7) In the solicitation, application for, or issuance of a life insurance policy, a person shall not employ any device, scheme, or artifice to create an insurable interest in the life of a person except as provided in sections 511.39 and 511.40.

(8) No viatical settlement provider shall enter into a viatical settlement contract unless the viatical settlement promotional, advertising, and marketing materials, as may be prescribed by rules adopted by the commissioner, have been filed with the commissioner. In no event shall any marketing materials expressly reference that the insurance is free for any period of time. The inclusion of any reference in the marketing materials that would cause a viator to reasonably believe that the insurance is free for any period of time shall be considered a violation of this chapter.

(9) No life insurance producer, insurance company, viatical settlement broker, or viatical settlement provider shall make any statement or representation to the applicant or policyholder in connection with the sale or financing of a life insurance policy to the effect that the insurance is free or without cost to the policyholder for any period of time unless provided in the policy.

2008 Acts, ch 1155, §13