No life or accident and health insurance contract upon an individual, except a contract of group life insurance or of group or blanket accident and health insurance, shall be made or effectuated unless at the time of the making of the contract the individual insured, being of competent legal capacity to contract, applies therefor or has consented thereto in writing, except in the following cases:
(1) A spouse may effectuate the insurance upon the other spouse;
(2) Any person having an insurable interest in the life of a minor, or any person upon whom a minor is dependent for support and maintenance, may effectuate insurance upon the life of, or pertaining to, the minor;
(3) The application for accident insurance procured through a vending machine licensed under § 23-64-221 must be signed by the individual to be so insured or, if the individual to be so insured does not have legal capacity to contract, the application must be signed by the individual's parent, guardian, or other legally constituted representative; and
(4) Family policies may be issued insuring any two (2) or more members of a family on an application signed by either parent, a stepparent, or by a husband or wife.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Chapter 79 - Insurance Policies Generally
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 23-79-103. Insurable interest — Personal insurance
§ 23-79-104. Insurable interest — Property
§ 23-79-105. Application required — Life and accident and health insurance
§ 23-79-106. Application — Use as evidence — Alteration
§ 23-79-107. Application — Statements as representations
§ 23-79-108. Return of premium to rejected applicant
§ 23-79-109. Filing and approval of forms — Definitions
§ 23-79-110. Forms and premium rates — Grounds for disapproval — Definitions
§ 23-79-111. Standard provisions
§ 23-79-113. Charter or bylaw provisions excluded — Exception
§ 23-79-117. Underwriters' and combination policies
§ 23-79-118. Noncomplying forms
§ 23-79-119. Construction of policies
§ 23-79-121. Delivery of policy
§ 23-79-122. Negotiability of premium notes
§ 23-79-123. Renewal by certificate
§ 23-79-125. Payment by insurer — Discharge
§ 23-79-126. Forms for proof of loss
§ 23-79-127. Claims administration by insurer not waiver
§ 23-79-128. Right to insure spouse's life
§ 23-79-129. Coverage of newborn infants
§ 23-79-130. Impairment of speech or hearing
§ 23-79-131. Exemption of proceeds — Life insurance
§ 23-79-132. Exemption of proceeds — Group life
§ 23-79-133. Exemption of proceeds — Accident and health insurance
§ 23-79-134. Exemption of proceeds — Annuity contracts — Assignability of rights
§ 23-79-135. Prompt payment of certain claims required
§ 23-79-136. Agreement for insurer to invest premium prohibited
§ 23-79-137. Coverage for adopted minors
§ 23-79-138. Information to accompany policies
§ 23-79-139. Benefits for alcohol or drug dependency treatment — Definition
§ 23-79-140. Mammograms — Breast ultrasounds — Definitions
§ 23-79-141. Children's Preventive Health Care Act
§ 23-79-142. Payment for services of psychological examiners
§ 23-79-144. Minor children — Certain provisions denying or restricting coverage void
§ 23-79-146. Subrogation recovery
§ 23-79-147. Prescription medication — Definitions
§ 23-79-148. Medical transportation services
§ 23-79-149. Prescription drug benefits
§ 23-79-150. Healthcare plan — Health carrier — Definitions
§ 23-79-151. Liability insurance — Notice requirements prior to expiration of policy
§ 23-79-153. Health insurance — Closing a block of business
§ 23-79-154. Reimbursement for physician assistant services
§ 23-79-155. Commercial general liability insurance
§ 23-79-156. Health insurance exchange — Coverage of abortions prohibited — Definitions — Findings
§ 23-79-158. Denials of dental claims
§ 23-79-159. Notification of drug formulary changes
§ 23-79-160. Health insurance information regarding Health Care Independence Program
§ 23-79-161. Payment for oral anticancer medications — Definitions