33-20-1315. Rules -- standards -- bond. The commissioner may, in accordance with the provisions of 33-1-313, adopt rules for the purpose of carrying out this part. In addition, the commissioner:
     (1) may establish standards for evaluating reasonableness of payments under viatical settlement contracts. The authority includes but is not limited to regulation of discount rates used to determine the amount paid in exchange for assignment, transfer, sale, devise, or bequest of a benefit under a life insurance policy. For the purpose of the standards, the commissioner shall consider payments made in regional and national viatical settlement markets to the extent that this information is available, as well as model standards developed by the national association of insurance commissioners.
     (2) shall require a bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy of both kinds of licensees; and
     (3) shall adopt rules to establish:
     (a) trade practice standards for the purpose of regulating advertising and solicitation of viatical settlement contracts; and
     (b) fees that are commensurate with fees charged pursuant to 33-2-708.

     History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 298, L. 1997.