Sec. 1106.002. REINSTATEMENT REQUIRED; EXCEPTION

(a) On the lapse of an individual life insurance policy following the unintentional default in the payment of premiums caused by the mental incapacity of the insured, a person is entitled to have the policy reinstated under this chapter if:

(1) the policy had been in effect continuously for at least five years immediately preceding the lapse; and

(2) there was not a default in the payment of premiums on the policy during the period described by Subdivision (1).

(b) The insurer is not required to reinstate a policy or pay benefits under this chapter if the insured first became mentally incapacitated after the expiration of an applicable grace period contained in the policy.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003.