Wyoming Code § 26-18-103

General requirements for policies
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(a)  No disability insurance policy shall be delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state unless it otherwise complies with this code and the following:
(i)  The entire money and other considerations therefor shall be expressed in the policy;
(ii)  The time when the insurance takes effect and terminates shall be expressed in the policy;
(iii)  It shall purport to insure only one (1) person, except that a policy may insure, originally or by subsequent amendment, upon the application of an adult member of a family, who is deemed the policyholder, any two (2) or more eligible members of that family, including husband, wife, dependent children or any children under a specified age not exceeding nineteen (19) years and any other person dependent upon the policyholder;
(iv)  The style, arrangement and overall appearance of the policy shall give no undue prominence to any portion of the text, and any printed portion of the text and any endorsements or attached papers shall be plainly printed in lightfaced type of a style in general use, the size of which shall be uniform and not less than ten (10) point with a lower case unspaced alphabet length not less than one hundred twenty (120) point;
(v)  The "text" shall include all printed matter except the insurer's name and address, the policy name or title, the brief description, if any, and captions and subcaptions;
(vi)  The exceptions and reductions of indemnity shall be set forth in the policy and, other than those contained in W.S. 26-18-105 through 26-18-127, shall be printed, at the insurer's option, either included with the benefit provision to which they apply or under an appropriate caption such as "Exceptions", or "Exceptions and Reductions", except that if an exception or reduction specifically applies to a particular policy benefit, a statement of that exception or reduction shall be included with the benefit provision to which it applies;
(vii)  Each form, including riders and endorsements, shall be identified by a form number in the lower left-hand corner of the first page;
(viii)  The policy shall not contain any provision purporting to make any portion of the insurer's charter, rules, constitution or bylaws a part of the policy unless that portion is set forth in full in the policy, except in the case of the incorporation of or reference to a statement of rates, classification of risks or short-rate table filed with the commissioner;
(ix)  Repealed by Laws 2025, ch. 114, § 2.
(b)  Repealed by Laws 2025, ch. 114, § 2.

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