N.M. Admin. Code § 13.10.15.9 - RENEWABILITY

The terms guaranteed renewable and noncancelable shall not be used in any individual long-term care insurance policy without further explanatory language in accordance with the disclosure requirements of 13.10.15.20 NMAC.

A. No policy issued to an individual shall contain renewal provisions other than guaranteed renewable or noncancelable.

B. The term guaranteed renewable may be used only when the insured has the right to continue the long-term care insurance in force by the timely payment of premiums and when the insurer has no unilateral right to make any change in any provision of the policy or rider while the insurance is in force, and cannot decline to renew, except that rates may be revised by the insurer on a class basis.

C. The term noncancelable may be used only when the insured has the right to continue the long-term care insurance in force by the timely payment of premiums during which period the insurer has no right to unilaterally make any change in any provision of the insurance or in the premium rate.

D. The term "level premium" may only be used when the insurer does not have the right to change the premium.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 13.10.15.9

1-1-99; 13.10.15.9 NMAC - Rn & A, 13 NMAC 10.15.9, 1-1-04