Every insurer doing a life insurance business in the State shall deliver with each policy of insurance issued by it a copy of the application made by the insured so that the whole contract appears in the application and policy of insurance. If the insurer violates this requirement, no defense is allowed to the policy on account of anything contained in, or omitted from, the application. If the insurance policy is issued upon an oral application, no defense is allowed to the policy on account of anything contained in, or omitted from, the oral application.
HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-210 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-200 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; Former 1976 Code Section 38-9-70 [1947 (45) 322; 1949 (46) 600; 1952 Code Section 37-146; 1962 Code Section 37-146; 1980 Act No. 305, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-63-210 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 63 - Individual Life Insurance
Section 38-63-10. Circulation of false or misleading information by life insurers.
Section 38-63-20. Misrepresentations to induce termination or conversion of life insurance policies.
Section 38-63-30. Lower life insurance rates for females lawful.
Section 38-63-50. Spendthrift provisions in settlement agreements are valid.
Section 38-63-60. Industrial life insurance.
Section 38-63-80. Interest on lump sum payment of life insurance proceeds.
Section 38-63-90. Attorneys' fees authorized.
Section 38-63-210. Whole contract, including application, must appear in policy; oral applications.
Section 38-63-220. Required policy provisions.
Section 38-63-225. Suicide and death exclusions.
Section 38-63-230. Methods of rescission by insurer.
Section 38-63-240. Interest rate on insurance policy loans.
Section 38-63-250. Alternative adjustable interest rate.
Section 38-63-260. Policies with face value less than five thousand dollars.
Section 38-63-270. Applicability to policies issued before effective date.
Section 38-63-280. Written disclosures.
Section 38-63-510. Short title; operative date of valuation manual defined.
Section 38-63-530. Minimum cash surrender values.
Section 38-63-540. Minimum paid-up nonforfeiture benefits.
Section 38-63-560. Additional benefits and premiums must be disregarded.
Section 38-63-570. Calculation of adjusted premiums and present values.
Section 38-63-630. Cash surrender value of policies issued on or after January 1, 1986.
Section 38-63-640. Excepted policies.