(1) A society authorized to do business in this state may provide for the payment of: (a) Death benefits in any form; (b) endowment benefits; (c) annuity benefits; (d) temporary or permanent disability benefits as a result of disease or accident; (e) hospital, medical or nursing benefits due to sickness or bodily infirmity or accident; and (f) monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members not exceeding in any case the sum of three hundred dollars.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-631

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • State: means any state, district, or territory of the United States. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1

(2) Such benefits may be provided on the lives of members or, upon application of a member, on the lives of the member’s family, including the member, the member’s spouse and minor children, in the same or separate certificates.