TITLE 41

INSURANCE

CHAPTER 19

LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND ANNUITY CONTRACTS

41-1935.  Life insurance and annuities — Twenty day free examination. (1) Every life insurance policy to which the provisions of section 41-1927, Idaho Code, apply and every annuity contract shall contain a provision therein or in a separate rider attached thereto when delivered, stating in substance that the person to whom the life insurance policy or annuity contract is issued shall be permitted to return the life insurance policy or annuity within twenty (20) days of its delivery to such person, and to have a refund of the premium paid if after examination of the policy the purchaser is not satisfied with it for any reason. The provision shall be set forth in the policy or contract under appropriate caption, and if not so printed on the face page of the policy or contract adequate notice of the provision shall be printed or stamped conspicuously on the face page.

(2)  The policy or contract may be so returned to the insurer at its home or branch office or to the agent through whom it was applied for, and thereupon shall be void as from the beginning and as if the policy or contract had not been issued.

History:

[41-1935, added 1992, ch. 162, sec. 1, p. 518.]