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A group life conversion privilege allows an insured whose group coverage terminates to obtain an individual life insurance policy without providing new evidence of insurability, provided the person applies and pays the required premium within the conversion period. The privilege is valuable because a person leaving employment may have become less insurable since original enrollment. Conversion allows continued life coverage despite a change in health, although the individual policy’s premium is generally based on the insurer’s conversion rates and may be higher than the group rate.

The group master policy and applicable law control the conversion period, maximum conversion amount, and type of individual policy available. The individual policy may not be identical to the group coverage. A producer should explain that the former employee has a limited window to act and should review alternative coverage options promptly.

Conversion differs from portability. Portability allows an insured to continue group-style coverage under certain terms, while conversion results in a new individual policy. The protection during the conversion period is also significant: Nevada group-life law provides a death benefit if the insured dies during the conversion period before the individual policy becomes effective, in the amount that could have been converted.

References/topics from the Study Guide: Group Life Insurance; Conversion Privilege; Portability; Termination of Group Coverage; NRS 688B.120–688B.130.

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Extended term insurance uses the policy’s accumulated cash value to purchase term insurance for the original face amount. Because the cash value is limited, the coverage lasts only for a stated period. During that period, the death benefit remains equal to the original policy’s face amount, but no additional cash value normally accumulates. When the extended term period ends, coverage terminates unless another policy provision applies.

Reduced paid-up insurance works differently. It uses the cash value to purchase a smaller amount of permanent, paid-up life insurance. The face amount is reduced, but the coverage continues for the insured’s lifetime without further premium payments. Cash surrender ends the policy and pays the available cash value to the owner, less any indebtedness and applicable charges. An automatic premium loan provision uses available cash value to pay overdue premiums temporarily, thereby attempting to prevent lapse.

Nonforfeiture options are designed to preserve some policy value when a cash-value life policy is discontinued. They are not typically available in pure term insurance because term policies ordinarily do not accumulate cash value. The correct option depends on whether the owner values the original death benefit for a limited period or a smaller death benefit permanently.

References/topics from the Study Guide: Nonforfeiture Options; Extended Term Insurance; Reduced Paid-Up Insurance; Cash Surrender; Automatic Premium Loan.

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An HMO is a managed-care arrangement that commonly delivers and finances health-care services through a defined network of providers. Covered persons typically select or are assigned a primary care provider who coordinates routine care and, depending on the plan design, provides referrals for specialist services. Services received outside the network may be limited or not covered except for emergencies or specifically authorized care.

Traditional indemnity insurance operates differently. It generally reimburses covered medical expenses subject to policy limits, deductibles, coinsurance, and usual-and-customary or other payment standards. The insured may have broader provider choice, but that flexibility is often paired with less managed coordination and potentially greater out-of-pocket exposure. A preferred provider organization, or PPO, also uses a network but typically allows nonnetwork care at reduced benefit levels rather than requiring the same referral structure associated with many HMOs.

The exam distinction is based on delivery of care and network control, not merely on whether a policy has a deductible. Managed-care plans seek to control cost and improve coordination by negotiating with providers and establishing coverage procedures. Nevada recognizes network plans as policies in which financing and delivery of medical care are provided, at least in part, through defined providers under contract with the insurer.

References/topics from the Study Guide: Managed Care; HMO; PPO; Network Plans; NRS 689A—Network Plan Definition.

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Nevada group-life law protects an insured person during the conversion interval. If a person covered under a group life policy dies during the period in which the person was entitled to obtain an individual conversion policy—and before that individual policy becomes effective—the amount of life insurance the person could have converted is payable as a claim under the group policy. This protection applies whether or not the person submitted the individual-policy application or paid the first premium before death.

The conversion privilege is important because group coverage is usually tied to employment or membership. When eligibility ends, the individual may lose the group policy’s protection. Conversion gives the former insured an opportunity to obtain individual life insurance without new evidence of insurability, subject to the statute and policy terms. The converted amount may be limited by the group policy and applicable law, and the individual policy’s premium is based on the insurer’s conversion rates.

This rule should not be confused with portability. Portability allows continuation of group-style coverage under certain conditions, whereas conversion replaces group coverage with an individual policy. The producer should explain notice requirements, the available conversion amount, deadlines, and premium differences whenever group coverage terminates.

References/topics from the Study Guide: Group Life Insurance; Conversion Privilege; Termination of Employment; NRS 688B.120–688B.130.

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