(a) No insurance contract on property or of any interest therein or arising therefrom shall be enforceable as to the insurance except for the benefit of persons having an insurable interest in the things insured.
(b) "Insurable interest" as used in this section means any actual, lawful, and substantial economic interest in the safety or preservation of the subject of the insurance free from loss, destruction, or pecuniary damage or impairment.
(c) The measure of an insurable interest in property is the extent to which the insured might be damnified by loss, injury, or impairment thereof.
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