GroundRules
72-38-113: Insurable interest of trustee.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS
- CHAPTER 38. MONTANA UNIFORM TRUST CODE
- Part 1. General Provisions, Definitions, Constructive and Resulting Trusts, and Notice of Proposed Action by Trustee
(1) In this section, "settlor" means a person who executes a trust instrument. The term includes a person for which a fiduciary or agent is acting.
(2) A trustee of a trust has an insurable interest in the life of an individual insured under a life insurance policy that is owned by the trustee of the trust acting in a fiduciary capacity or that designates the trust itself as the owner if, on the date the policy is issued:
(a) the insured is:
(i) a settlor of the trust; or
(ii) an individual in whom a settlor of the trust has, or would have had if living at the time the policy was issued, an insurable interest; and
(b) the life insurance proceeds are primarily for the benefit of one or more trust beneficiaries who have an insurable interest in the life of the insured as provided in 33-15-201.
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