Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 33. INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

CHAPTER 22. DISABILITY INSURANCE

Part 1. General Provisions

Exceptions To Scope

33-22-101. Exceptions to scope. (1) Subject to subsection (2), parts 1 through 4 of this chapter, except 33-22-107, 33-22-110, 33-22-111, 33-22-114, 33-22-125, 33-22-129, 33-22-130 through 33-22-136, 33-22-138, 33-22-140, 33-22-141, 33-22-142, 33-22-153, 33-22-243, and 33-22-304, and part 19 of this chapter do not apply to or affect:

(a) any policy of liability or workers' compensation insurance with or without supplementary expense coverage;

(b) any group or blanket policy;

(c) life insurance, endowment, or annuity contracts or supplemental contracts that contain only those provisions relating to disability insurance that:

(i) provide additional benefits in case of death or dismemberment or loss of sight by accident or accidental means; or

(ii) operate to safeguard contracts against lapse or to give a special surrender value or special benefit or an annuity if the insured or annuitant becomes totally and permanently disabled as defined by the contract or supplemental contract;

(d) reinsurance.

(2) (a) Sections 33-22-137, 33-22-150 through 33-22-152, 33-22-155, 33-22-170 through 33-22-177, 33-22-180, and 33-22-301 apply to group or blanket policies.

(b) Title 33, chapter 2, part 24, and 33-22-170 through 33-22-177 apply to workers' compensation policies.

History: En. Sec. 351, Ch. 286, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 40-4001; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 451, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 527, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 198, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 410, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 416, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 178, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 472, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 380, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 290, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 469, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 356, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 271, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 97, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 164, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 88, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 215, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 501, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 600, L. 2023.