Wyoming Statutes
§ 26-17-116 — Payment of benefits
(a)Any sum due by reason of the death of the person
insured is payable to the beneficiary designated by the person
insured, except that if the policy refers to family status and
does not specify family members by name, the beneficiary may be
the family member specified by status in the policy, subject to:
(i)The provisions of the policy as to all or any
part of the sum in case there is no designated beneficiary
living at the time of the insured's death; and
(ii)Any right the insurer reserved in the policy and
set forth in the certificate to pay at its option a part of the
sum not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) to any person
appearing to the insurer to be equitably entitled thereto by
reason of having incurred funeral or other expenses incident to
the last illness or death of
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Nearby Sections
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§ 26-17-101
Applicability of chapter; short title§ 26-17-102
Group contracts must meet group requirements;
inapplicability of section; old contracts saved§ 26-17-103
Employee groups§ 26-17-104
Debtor groups for benefit of creditor§ 26-17-105
Labor union groups§ 26-17-106
Trustee groups§ 26-17-107
Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 3, § 3§ 26-17-108
Dependents' coverage§ 26-17-109
Credit union group§ 26-17-111
Grace period§ 26-17-112
Incontestability§ 26-17-113
Application; statements are representations§ 26-17-114
Evidence of insurability§ 26-17-115
Misstatement of age