Section 0780-01-61-.14 - REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION FORMS AND REPLACEMENT COVERAGE(1) Questions Concerning Replacement. Application forms shall include the following questions designed to elicit information as to whether, as of the date of the application, the applicant has another long-term care insurance policy or certificate in force or whether a long-term care policy or certificate is intended to replace any other accident and sickness or long-term care policy or certificate presently in force. A supplementary application or other form to be signed by the applicant and insurance producer, except where the coverage is sold without an insurance producer, containing the questions may be used. With regard to a replacement policy issued to a group as defined by this Chapter, the following questions may be modified only to the extent necessary to elicit information about health or long-term care insurance policies other than the group policy being replaced, provided that the certificate-holder has been notified of the replacement.(a) Do you have another long-term care insurance policy or certificate in force (including health care service contract, health maintenance organization contract)?(b) Did you have another long-term care insurance policy or certificate in force during the last twelve (12) months? 1. If so, with which company?2. If that policy lapsed, when did it lapse?(c) Are you covered by TennCare?(d) Do you intend to replace any of your medical or health insurance coverage with this policy [certificate]?(2) Insurance producers shall list any other health insurance policies they have sold to the applicant. (a) List policies sold that are still in force.(b) List policies sold in the past five (5) years that are no longer in force.(3) Solicitations Other than Direct Response. Upon determining that a sale will involve replacement, an insurer, other than an insurer using direct response solicitation methods, or its insurance producer, shall furnish the applicant, prior to issuance or delivery of the individual long-term care insurance policy, a notice regarding replacement of accident and sickness or long-term care coverage. One copy of the notice shall be retained by the applicant and an additional copy signed by the applicant shall be retained by the insurer. The required notice shall be identical or substantially similar to the Notice provided in Appendix A of this Chapter.(4) Where replacement is intended, the replacing insurer shall notify, in writing, the existing insurer of the proposed replacement. The existing policy shall be identified by the insurer, name of the insured and policy number or address including zip code. Notice shall be made within five (5) working days from the date the application is received by the insurer or the date the policy is issued, whichever is sooner.(5) Life insurance policies that accelerate benefits for long-term care shall comply with this rule if the policy being replaced is a long-term care insurance policy. If the policy being replaced is a life insurance policy, the insurer shall comply with the replacement requirements of Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56. If a life insurance policy that accelerates benefits for long-term care is replaced by another such policy, the replacing insurer shall comply with both the long-term care and the life insurance replacement requirements.(6) Direct Response Solicitations. Insurers using direct response solicitation methods shall deliver a notice regarding replacement of accident and sickness or long-term care coverage to the applicant upon issuance of the policy. The required notice shall be identical or substantially similar to the Notice provided in Appendix B of this Chapter.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-01-61-.14
Original rule filed June 20, 1991; effective August 4, 1991. Repeal and new rule filed June 15, 2005; effective August 29, 2005.Authority: T.C.A. § 56-42-105.