19 Miss. Code. R. 1-24.06
APPENDIX "A"
NOTICE OF PROTECTION PROVIDED BY MISSISSIPPI LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION
This notice provides a brief summary of the Mississippi Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association (the "Association") and the protection it provides for policyholders. This safety net was created by Mississippi law, which determines who and what is covered and the amounts of coverage.
The Association was established to provide protection in the unlikely event that your life, annuity or health insurer becomes financially unable to meet its obligations. If this should happen, the Association will typically arrange to continue coverage and pay claims, in accordance with Mississippi law, with funding from assessments paid by other insurance companies. (For purposes of this notice, the terms "insurance company" and "insurer" include health maintenance organizations (HMOs).)
The basic protections provided by the Association are:
Life Insurance
* $300,000 in death benefits
* $100,000 in net cash surrender and net cash withdrawal values
Health Insurance
* $500,000 for health benefit plans (see definition below)
* $300,000 in disability income insurance benefits
* $300,000 in long-term care insurance benefits
* $100,000 in other types of health insurance benefits Annuities
* $250,000 in the present value of annuity benefits, including net cash surrender and net cash withdrawal values.
The maximum amount of protection for each individual, regardless of the number of policies or contracts, is $300,000. Special rules may apply with regard to health benefit plans.
"Health benefit plan" is defined in Miss. Code Ann. § 83-23-209 and generally includes hospital or medical expense policies, contracts or certificates, or HMO subscriber contracts that provide comprehensive forms of coverage for hospitalization or medical services, but excludes policies that provide coverages for limited benefits (such as dental-only or vision-only insurance), Medicare Supplement insurance, disability income insurance and long-term care insurance (LTCI).
Note: Certain policies and contracts may not be covered or fully covered. For example, coverage does not extend to any portion(s) of a policy or contract that the insurer does not guarantee, such as certain investment additions to the account value of a variable life insurance policy or a variable annuity contract. There are also various residency requirements and other limitations under Mississippi law. Benefits provided by a long-term care (LTC) rider to a life insurance policy or annuity contract shall be considered the same type of benefits as the base life insurance policy or annuity contract to which it relates.
To learn more about the above protections, limitations and exclusions, as well as protections relating to group contracts or retirement plans, please visit the Association's website at www.mslifega.org, or contact:
Mississippi Life and Health Insurance | Mississippi Insurance Department |
Guaranty Association | Woolfolk Building |
330 North Mart Plaza | 501 N. West Street, Suite 1001 |
Jackson, MS 39206-5327 | Jackson, MS 39201 |
601-981-0755 | 601-359-3569 |
To file a complaint or seek information about the financial condition of an insurer, contact the Mississippi Insurance Department.
Your insurer is required by law to provide you with this notice. However, insurance companies and their agents are prohibited by law from using the existence of the Association for the purpose of sales, solicitation or inducement to purchase any form of insurance.
19 Miss. Code. R. 1-24.06