(1) Life insurance policies may be effected although the person paying the consideration has no insurable interest in the life of the person insured if a charitable, benevolent, educational or religious institution is designated irrevocably as the beneficiary.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 743.044

  • 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
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(2) In making such policies the person paying the premium shall make and sign the application therefor as owner. The application also must be signed by the person whose life is to be insured. Such a policy shall be valid and binding between and among all of the parties thereto.

(3) The person paying the consideration for such insurance shall have all rights conferred by the policy to loan value at any time during the premium-paying period, but not at maturity, notwithstanding such person has no insurable interest in the life of the person insured. [Formerly 743.030]

 

[Formerly 736.305; 1971 c.231 § 22; 1985 c.465 § 2; renumbered 742.016 in 1989]