Colorado Code § 15-5-114

Insurable interest of trustee - definition
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(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 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 that have:
(I) An insurable interest in the life of the insured; or
(II) A substantial interest engendered by love and affection in the continuation of the life
of the insured and, if not already included pursuant to subsection (2)(b)(I) of this section, who
are:
(A) Related within the fifth degree or closer, as measured by the civil law system of
determining degrees of relation, either by blood or law, to the insured;
(B) Stepchildren of the insured or their descendants; or
(C) Individuals who are designated as beneficiaries of insurance policies for life
insurance coverage on the life of the insured under a designated beneficiary agreement executed
pursuant to article 22 of this title 15.
(3) This section does not limit or abridge any insurable interest or right to insure under
the common law or any other statute.

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