Sec. 31.14.03.06. Applications

A. Identification of Partnership Policy Application.

(1) Except as provided in §A(2) and (3) of this regulation, the first page of each application for a partnership policy shall clearly indicate that the application is for a partnership policy.

(2) If the application is designed to be used with both partnership policies and nonpartnership long-term care insurance policies, the application shall contain a separate section that identifies the inflation protection options required for a partnership policy.

(3) If the partnership policy is provided by means of a rider or endorsement to a life insurance policy, the application shall contain a separate section that clearly identifies that the long-term care insurance coverage provided by the listed rider or endorsement qualifies as partnership coverage.

B. Inflation Protection Option.

(1) Unless the application requires all applicants, regardless of age, to purchase an inflation protection benefit of at least 5 percent compounded annually, the application shall have separate inflation protection options for applicants to elect, depending on the age of the applicant.

(2) The application shall indicate that for applicants who are younger than 61 years of age, the applicant is required to purchase an inflation protection benefit:

(a) Of at least 1 percent compounded annually; or

(b) That is a compound annual inflation protection benefit at an interest rate equal to the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index-All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items.

(3) The application shall indicate that for applicants who are at least 61 years old, but who are younger than 76 years old, the applicant is required to purchase an inflation protection option.

(4) The application for each applicant shall include the option to purchase the inflation protection benefit of 5 percent compounded annually as required by COMAR 31.14.01.12A.