Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:35-11

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
No corporation transacting the business of life insurance under this article shall issue a certificate or policy upon the life of any person more than sixty years of age, except in case of transfer of policyholders as provided herein, nor upon any life in which the beneficiary named has no legal insurable interest. Any assignment of the policy or certificate to a person having no insurable interest in the insured’s life shall render the policy or certificate void.
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