(a) Binders or other contracts for temporary insurance may be made orally or in writing, and shall be deemed to include all the usual terms of the policy as to which the binder was given together with such applicable endorsements as are designated in the binder, except as superseded by the clear and express terms of the binder.
(b) No binder shall be valid beyond the issuance of the policy with respect to which it was given, and no agent or insurer shall issue a binder covering a period in excess of ninety days from its effective date.
(c) If the policy has not been issued a binder may be extended or renewed beyond such ninety days with the written approval of the commissioner, or in accordance with such rules and regulations relative thereto as the commissioner may promulgate.
(d) This section shall not apply to conditional receipts issued by life and accident and sickness insurers, nor to policies of group insurance.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 6. The Insurance Policy
§33-6-3. Insurable Interest in Property
§33-6-4. Who May Contract for Insurance; Competency of Minors
§33-6-5. Application or Consent of Person Insured Required; Exceptions
§33-6-6. Application for Insurance as Evidence
§33-6-7. Representations in Applications
§33-6-9. Grounds for Disapproval of Forms
§33-6-11a. Right to Return Medicare Supplement Policy, Certificate or Contract
§33-6-11b. Right to Return Life or Accident and Sickness Insurance Policy, Certificate or Contract
§33-6-12. Additional Contents of Policy
§33-6-13. Policy Provisions as to Charter, Bylaws, or Other Documents
§33-6-14. Certain Policy Conditions, etc., Voided
§33-6-15. Execution of Policies
§33-6-15a. Notation of Consumer Cost Savings
§33-6-16. Underwriters' and Combination Policies
§33-6-17. Validity of Noncomplying Forms
§33-6-19. Renewal of Policy by Certificate or Endorsement
§33-6-20. Assignment of Policies
§33-6-21. Annulment of Liability Policies
§33-6-22. Payment Discharges Insurer
§33-6-26. Acts of Insurer Not Constituting Waiver of Policy Provisions or Defenses Thereunder
§33-6-27. Life Insurance Proceeds Exempt From Creditors
§33-6-28. Group Life Insurance Proceeds Exempt From Creditors
§33-6-30. Construction of Policies
§33-6-31a. Rates Charged for Uninsured Motorist Coverage
§33-6-31b. Nondiscriminatory Automobile Insurance Rates for Handicapped Persons
§33-6-31d. Form for Making Offer of Optional Uninsured and Underinsured Coverage
§33-6-31g. Electronic Insurance Verification Program; Insurer's Duty to Cooperate
§33-6-31h. Excluded Drivers; Definitions; Legislative Findings; Restrictive Endorsements
§33-6-32. Newly Born Children to Be Covered by All Health Insurance Policies
§33-6-33. Valuation of Motor Vehicle Involved in Claim
§33-6-34. Fee for Form, Rate, and Rule Filing
§33-6-35. Mass Marketed Life and Health Insurance
§33-6-38. Lyme Disease to Be Covered by All Health Insurance Policies