N.M. Stat. § 59A-20-25
Limitation of liability.
A. No policy of life insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state if it
contains any of the following provisions:
(1)
a provision for a period of not less than five years within which an action at
law or in equity may be commenced after the cause of action shall accrue; or
(2)
a provision which excludes or restricts liability for death caused in a
certain specified manner or occurring while the insured has a specified status, except
that a policy may contain provisions excluding or restricting coverage as specified
therein in the event of death under any one or more of the following circumstances:
(a) death as a result, directly or indirectly, of war, declared or undeclared, or
of action by military forces, or of any act or hazard of such war or action, or of service in
the military, naval or air forces or in civilian forces auxiliary thereto, or from any cause
while a member of such military, naval or air forces of any country engaged in such
military action;
(b) death as a result of aviation or any air travel or flight;
(c) death as a result of a specified hazardous occupation or occupations;
(d) death while the insured is a resident outside the continental United States
and Canada; or
(e) death within two years from the date of issue of the policy as a result of
suicide, while sane or insane.
B. A policy which contains any exclusion or restriction pursuant to Subsection A of
this section shall also provide that in the event of death under the circumstances to
which any such exclusion or restriction is applicable, the insurer will pay an amount not
less than a reserve determined according to the national association of insurance
commissioners reserve valuation method upon the basis of the mortality table and
interest rate specified in the policy for the calculation of nonforfeiture benefits (or if the
policy provides for no such benefits, computed according to a mortality table and
interest rate determined by the insurer and either specified in the policy or filed with the
superintendent) with adjustment for indebtedness or dividend credit.
C. This section shall not apply to group life insurance, health insurance, reinsurance
or annuities, or to any provision in a life insurance policy or contract supplemental
thereto relating to disability benefits or to additional benefits in the event of death by
accident or accidental means.
D. Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit any provision which in the opinion
of the superintendent is more favorable to the policyholder than a provision permitted by
this section.