Section 10206 Of Chapter 2. Group Life Policies From California Insurance Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.
10206
. (a) The policy shall provide that the validity of the policy
shall not be contested, except for nonpayment of premiums, after it
has been in force for two years from its date of issue; and that no
statement made by any employee insured under the policy relating to
his or her insurability shall be used in contesting the validity of
the insurance with respect to which the statement was made after the
insurance has been in force prior to the contest for a period of two
years during the employee's lifetime nor unless it is contained in a
written application signed by the employee.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if photographic
identification is presented during the application or enrollment
process, and if an impostor is substituted for a named insured in any
part of the application or enrollment process, with or without the
knowledge of the named insured, then no contract between the insurer
and the named insured is formed, and any purported insurance contract
is void from its inception.
(2) As used in this subdivision:
(A) "Application or enrollment process" means any or all of the
steps required of a named insured in applying for a certificate under
a group policy of life insurance, including, but not limited to,
executing any part of the application or enrollment form, submitting
to medical or physical examination or testing, or providing a sample
or specimen of blood, urine, or other bodily substance.
(B) "Impostor" means a person other than the named insured who
participates in any manner in the application or enrollment process
for a certificate under a group life insurance policy and represents
himself or herself to be the named insured or represents that a
sample or specimen of blood, urine, or other bodily substance is that
of the named insured.
(C) "Named insured" means the individual named in an application
or enrollment form for a certificate under a group life insurance
policy as the person whose life is to be insured.