Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 83 - INSURANCE (§§ 83-1-1 — 83-NEW-004) › Chapter 7 - LIFE INSURANCE (§§ 83-7-1 — 83-7-313) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 83-7-1 — 83-7-51) › Section 83-7-17 - Policies to show plainly on face kind and character; fees for commissioner's approval; expedited form and rate review procedure

(1)
All life insurance companies other than fraternal beneficiary associations, authorized to do the business of life insurance in this state, are hereby required to print or stamp in conspicuous type on the face or first page of each and every policy sold to citizens of this state words indicating correctly and fully the kind and character of the policy. The same words shall also be printed or stamped on the back or title page of every such policy so that they may be easily seen and read when the policy is folded. Every such life insurance company shall submit to the commissioner for his approval the words required in this section to be printed on each policy, together with a sample copy of every kind or class of policies offered for sale in this state; and every life insurance company shall print on each of its policies sold to citizens of this state such words as the Insurance Commissioner shall approve. The license of any insurance company doing business in this state may be revoked by the commissioner for violating any of the provisions of this section. A policy of life insurance shall not be issued or delivered in this state until the form has been approved and filed by the Insurance Commissioner.
(2)
The commissioner shall collect and pay into the Insurance Department Fund in the State Treasury the following fees for services provided under this section:
FORM FEE
Each individual policy contract, including revisions .................... $15.00
Each group master policy or contract, including revisions .................... 15.00
Each rider, endorsement or amendment, etc .................... 10.00
Each insurance application where written application
is required and is to be made a part of the policy or
contract .................... 10.00
Each questionnaire .................... 7.00
Charge for resubmission where payment is not included
with original submission .................... 5.00
Additional charge for tentative approval same as above.
(3)
In order to expedite and become more efficient in reviewing and approving life, credit life and annuity form and rate filings, the commissioner may establish an expedited form and rate review procedure whereby insurers may elect to pay reasonable actuarial fees directly to a department-approved actuarial service in exchange for an expedited review of form and rate filings by the actuarial service. The commissioner may make such reasonable rules and regulations concerning the expedited procedure, and may set reasonable fees for the actuarial services provided. This provision shall not abridge any other authority granted to the commissioner by law, including the authority to collect the filing fees prescribed by this section.
Codes, 1906, § 2677; Hemingway's 1917, § 5143; 1930, § 5176; 1942, § 5686; Laws, 1950, ch. 416; Laws, 1988, ch. 526, § 3; Laws, 1997, ch. 324, § 2; Laws, 1998, ch. 323, § 2; Laws, 2008, ch. 432, § 1, eff. 7/1/2008.