New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 13 - INSURANCE
Chapter 4 - LICENSING OF INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS
Part 2 - RESIDENT PRODUCERS AND OTHER RESIDENT LICENSES
Section 13.4.2.19 - LICENSING OF PREARRANGED FUNERAL PLAN PRODUCERS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. License required. Any person engaged in the sale of prearranged funeral plans shall be licensed by the superintendent as a life insurance producer. Individuals shall be licensed as producers as described in 13.4.2.9 NMAC and business entities shall be licensed as producers as described in 13.4.2.10 NMAC. The licensee may have no association with the funeral service provider pursuant to Section 59A-49-5 NMSA 1978.
B. Handling of funds. Funds received in connection with sale of a prearranged funeral plan shall be deposited and withdrawn from a trustee subject to the fiduciary duties set forth in Subsection B of 13.4.2.23 NMAC. Strict controls shall be placed over sale of funeral plans and management of collected funds due to the longer anticipated time between the sale of a plan and delivery of the services. The trustee's records and accounting of funds shall be subject to review by the superintendent upon reasonable request.