A group life policy conforming to all the following conditions may be issued to the trustees of a fund established by employer members of a trade association, or by a trade association maintained by contributions of such members for the sole benefit of their employees or, by one employer, or by two or more employers in the same industry, or by an association of employers in the same industry, or by one or more labor unions, or by one or more employers and one or more labor unions, or by an association of employers and one or more labor unions, to insure employees of the employers or members of the unions for the benefit of persons other than the employers or the unions:

(a) The persons eligible for insurance shall be all of the employees of the employers or all of the members of the unions, or all of any class or classes thereof determined by conditions pertaining to their employment, or to membership in the unions, or to both. The policy may provide that the term “employees” may include classes of former employees, including retired employees, and the individual proprietor or partners if any employer is an individual proprietor or a partnership. A director of a corporate employer is not eligible for insurance under the policy unless that person is otherwise eligible as a bona fide employee of the corporation by performing services other than the usual duties of a director. An individual proprietor or partner is not eligible for insurance under the policy unless the proprietor or partner is actively engaged in and devotes a substantial part of their time to the conduct of the business of the proprietor or partnership. The policy may provide that the term “employees” shall include the trustees or their employees, or both, if their duties are principally connected with such trusteeship.

(b) The premium for the policy shall be paid by the trustees either: (a) wholly from funds contributed by the employer or employers of the insured persons, or by the union or unions, or by both; or (b) partly from such funds and partly from funds contributed by either all of the insured persons or by one or more classes thereof, or (c) wholly derived funds contributed by the insured persons.

(c) The policy must cover at the date of issue at least 50 persons.

(d) The amounts of insurance under the policy must be based upon some plan precluding individual selection by the insured persons or by the trustees, employers, or unions.

That insurance shall be issued with or without medical examination. For the purpose of this section the word “industry” shall include licensed professions, such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, law, and accountancy.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 180. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)