House File 398 S-3125 Amend House File 398, as passed by the House, as 1 follows: 2 1. By striking page 1, line 16, through page 2, 3 line 14, and inserting: 4 < Sec. ___. Section 522B.11, Code 2013, is amended 5 by adding the following new subsection: 6 NEW SUBSECTION . 8. a. An insurance producer has 7 no duty to an intended beneficiary of a life insurance 8 policy unless the policy owner’s intent to name that 9 person as a beneficiary of the insurance policy or 10 contract is proven by clear written evidence. 11 b. The general assembly declares that the holding 12 of Pitts v. Farm Bureau Life Ins. Co., 818 N.W.2d 13 91 (Iowa 2012) is abrogated to the extent that the 14 holding allowed a policy owner’s intent to be proven by 15 oral testimony of a person claiming to be an intended 16 beneficiary. > 17 2. By renumbering as necessary. 18 ______________________________ COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY ROBERT M. HOGG, CHAIRPERSON -1- HF398.1453 (2) 85 av/nh 1/ 1 #1. #2.