(A) If an individual life insurance policy contains a suicide provision, it may not limit payment of benefits for a period more than two years from the date of issue of the policy and it must provide for at least the return of premiums paid on the policy.
(B) An individual life insurance policy or rider to such a policy delivered or issued for delivery in this State may exclude or restrict liability in the event of death occurring while the insured is a resident in a specified foreign country or countries, but except as provided in subsection (A) may not contain any provision excluding or restricting liability in the event of death caused in a certain specified manner, except as a result of:
(1) death as a result of war, declared or undeclared, or any act or hazard of such a war;
(2) death as a result of operating, riding, or descending from an aircraft unless the insured is a passenger and the aircraft is operated commercially to transport passengers for hire or by a private business to transport personnel or guests;
(3) death as a result of hazardous occupations or hazardous sports specified in the policy or rider.
If death is caused in a manner excluded in the policy or rider, the policy must provide for at least the return of premiums paid on the policy less any indebtedness to the insurer on the policy.
(C) If an individual life insurance policy or rider contains any exclusions or restrictions of liability as allowed in subsection (B), the policy or rider must have a prominent stamp of notice of these exclusions or restrictions on the face of it and the insurer is required to have a separate form acknowledging the exclusions of liability signed by the owner of the policy.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 482, Section 3.
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.