(a) No life or disability insurance contract upon an individual, except a contract of group life insurance or of group or blanket disability 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, except in the following cases:
(1) A spouse may effectuate such 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, such minor; and
(3) Family policies may be issued insuring any two or more members of a family on an application signed by either parent, a stepparent or by a husband or wife;
(b) An insurer shall be entitled to rely upon all statements, declarations, and representations made by an applicant for insurance relative to the insurable interest which such applicant has in the insured, and no insurer shall incur any legal liability except as set forth in the policy by virtue of any untrue statements, declarations, or representations so relied upon in good faith by the insurer.
(c) As to kinds of insurance other than life or disability insurance, no application for insurance signed by, or on behalf of, the insured shall be admissible in evidence in any action between the insured and the insurer arising out of the policy so applied for if the insurer has failed, at expiration of 30 days after receipt by the insurer of written demand therefor by, or on behalf of, the insured, to furnish to the insured a copy of such application reproduced by any legible means.
(d) No alteration of any written application for any life or disability insurance policy shall be made by any person other than the applicant without his written consent, except that insertions may be made by the insurer, for administrative purposes only, in such manner as to indicate clearly that such insertions are not to be ascribed to the applicant; provided, however, an insurer may prepare and attach to a contract of life or disability insurance a summary of the contents of the application therefor.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 14 - The Insurance Contract.
Section 27-14-1 - Definitions.
Section 27-14-2 - Applicability of Chapter.
Section 27-14-3 - Insurable Interest - Personal Insurance; Preneed Contracts.
Section 27-14-4 - Insurable Interest - Property Insurance.
Section 27-14-5 - Power to Contract; Purchase of Insurance by or for Minors.
Section 27-14-7 - Application for Policy - Representations and Misrepresentations, Etc.
Section 27-14-8 - Forms - Filing and Approval or Disapproval.
Section 27-14-9 - Forms - Grounds for Disapproval or Withdrawal of Previous Approval.
Section 27-14-10 - Standard or Uniform Provisions; Waiver or Substitution Thereof.
Section 27-14-11 - Contents of Policies - Generally.
Section 27-14-12 - Contents of Policies - Additional Provisions.
Section 27-14-13 - Charter, Bylaws, etc., of Insurer as Part of Contract.
Section 27-14-14 - Execution of Policies.
Section 27-14-15 - Underwriters' and Combination Policies.
Section 27-14-16 - Noncomplying Policies, Riders, and Endorsements.
Section 27-14-17 - Construction of Policies.
Section 27-14-19 - Delivery of Policies.
Section 27-14-19.1 - Electronic Delivery of Property or Casualty Insurance Policy.
Section 27-14-20 - Renewal or Extension of Policies.
Section 27-14-21 - Assignment of Policies.
Section 27-14-22 - Situs of Contracts.
Section 27-14-23 - Effect of War on Contracts of Foreign Insurer.
Section 27-14-24 - Effect of Payments.
Section 27-14-25 - Receipt and Giving of Acquittance and Discharge for Payment by Minors.
Section 27-14-26 - Forms for Proof of Loss.
Section 27-14-27 - Acts Not Deemed Waiver of Provisions or Defenses.
Section 27-14-28 - Effect of Misrepresentations in Proof of Loss.
Section 27-14-30 - Right to Proceeds When Same Retained by Life Insurer.
Section 27-14-31 - Exemption From Debt of Proceeds - Disability.
Section 27-14-32 - Exemption From Debt of Proceeds - Annuity Contracts.