(a) No insurer authorized to issue policies of accident and sickness insurance in the State shall refuse, for the reason of blindness or deafness, to issue an individual policy of accident and sickness insurance, which provides hospital expense and surgical expense coverage, to any person residing in the State.
(b) No insurer authorized to issue life insurance policies in the State shall refuse, for the sole reason of blindness or deafness, to issue a policy of individual life insurance on the life of any such person residing in the State.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 23. UNFAIR PRACTICES IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS
§ 2301. Declaration of purpose.
§ 2303. Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices prohibited.
§ 2304. Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.
§ 2305. Favored agent or insurer; coercion of debtors.
§ 2305A. Banks acting as insurance agents or brokers.
§ 2306. Power of Commissioner.
§ 2308. Cease and desist and penalty orders and modifications thereof.
§ 2309. Judicial review of orders.
§ 2310. Judicial review by intervenor.
§ 2311. Penalty for violation of cease and desist orders.
§ 2313. Provisions of chapter additional to existing law.
§ 2314. Immunity from prosecution.
§ 2315. Discrimination against individuals over 65 years of age.
§ 2316. Refusal to issue policy to blind or deaf persons prohibited.
§ 2317. Genetics based discrimination.
§ 2318. Care by advanced practice nurses.
§ 2319. Carrier post-claim adjudication audit record requests.
§ 2320. Discrimination prohibited; pre-exposure prophylaxis medication to prevent HIV infection.