HB 1659 - DIGEST
(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/10/16)

Authorizes a life insurer to include grief counseling benefits as part of a policy or certificate of group life insurance, with the prior approval of the insurance commissioner.

Authorizes a disability insurer to include the following benefits as part of a policy or certificate of group disability insurance, with the prior approval of the insurance commissioner and where such benefits bear a reasonable relationship to the disability insurance with which they are intended to be offered: Will preparation services; financial planning and estate planning services; probate and estate settlement services; grief counseling; and other services as the insurance commissioner may identify by rule.