(1) A society licensed in this state may provide for the payment of:
(a) Death benefits in any form;
(b) Endowment benefits;
(c) Annuity benefits;
(d) Temporary or permanent disability benefits as a result of disease or accident;
(e) Hospital, medical or nursing benefits due to sickness or bodily infirmity or accident;
(f) Monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members not exceeding in any case the sum of $300.
(2) Such benefits may be provided on the lives of members or, upon application of a member, on the lives of the member's family, including the member, the member's spouse and minor children, in the same or separate certificates.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 23. Fraternal Benefit Societies
§33-23-2. Applicability of Other Provisions
§33-23-2a. Applicability of Insurance Fraud Prevention Act
§33-23-3. Fraternal Benefit Societies Defined
§33-23-4. Lodge System Defined
§33-23-5. Representative Form of Government Defined
§33-23-7. Retention of Corporate Powers by Existing Incorporated Societies
§33-23-8. Incorporation of Existing Voluntary Associations
§33-23-9. Office and Meetings of Domestic Society
§33-23-10. Consolidations and Mergers
§33-23-11. Conversion of Society to Mutual Life Insurer
§33-23-12. Qualifications for Benefit Membership
§33-23-13. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation, Constitution or Laws
§33-23-14. Operation of Charitable, Benevolent or Educational Institutions
§33-23-15. Payment of Benefits Other Than Insurance Benefits
§33-23-16. No Personal Liability for Payment of Benefits
§33-23-17. Kinds of Benefits Authorized
§33-23-18. Benefits on Lives of Children
§33-23-19. Nonforfeiture Benefits, Cash Surrender Values, Loans and Options
§33-23-21. Benefits Not Liable to Process
§33-23-22. Certificates and Agreement With Members
§33-23-23. Approval of Certificates; Standard and Prohibited Provisions
§33-23-24. Filing and Approval of Accident and Sickness Insurance Certificates
§33-23-25. Waiver of Laws and Constitution of Society
§33-23-27. Licensing of Foreign and Alien Societies
§33-23-29. Fees; Exemption of Funds and Assets From Taxation
§33-23-32. Reports and Synopses of Annual Statements; Valuations