§ 23-79-105 — Application required - Life and accident and health insurance

No life or accident and health insurance contract upon an individual, except a contract of group life insurance or of group or blanket accident and health insurance, shall be made or effectuated unless at the time of the making of the contract the individual insured, being of competent legal capacity to contract, applies therefor or has consented thereto in writing, except in the following cases: (1) A spouse may effectuate the insurance upon the other spouse; (2) Any person having an insurable interest in the life of a minor, or any person upon whom a minor is dependent for support and maintenance, may effectuate insurance upon the life of, or pertaining to, the minor; (3) The application for accident insurance procured through a vending machine licensed under § 23-64-221 must be signed by the individual to be so insured or, if the individual to be so insured does not have legal capacity to contract, the application must be signed by the individual's parent, guardian, or other legally constituted representative; and (4) Family policies may be issued insuring any two (2) or more members of a family on an application signed by either parent, a stepparent, or by a husband or wife.

Legislative History

Acts 1959, No. 148, § 273; A.S.A. 1947, § 66-3206; Acts 2001, No. 580, § 22; 2001, No. 1604, § 80.