South Carolina § 38-71-110 Notice of failure of employer to remit deducted premium required before forfeiture.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 38-71-110 — Notice of failure of employer to remit deducted premium required before forfeiture.

South Carolina § 38-71-110

Title 38INSURANCE

Ch. 71ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE

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S.C. Code Ann. § 38-71-110 (2026).

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No insurer doing business in this State and issuing health or accident insurance policies, other than contracts of group insurance of disability, accidental death, or disability and accidental death benefits in connection with policies of life insurance, the premium for which is to be collected in weekly, monthly, or other periodic installments by authority of a payroll deduction order executed by the insured and delivered to the insurer or the insured's employer authorizing the deduction of premium installments from the insured's salary or wages, may, during the period for which the policy is issued and while the insured remains employed by the authorized employer, declare forfeited or lapsed the policy until and unless a written or printed notice of the failure of the employer to remit t

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No insurer doing business in this State and issuing health or accident insurance policies, other than contracts of group insurance of disability, accidental death, or disability and accidental death benefits in connection with policies of life insurance, the premium for which is to be collected in weekly, monthly, or other periodic installments by authority of a payroll deduction order executed by the insured and delivered to the insurer or the insured's employer authorizing the deduction of premium installments from the insured's salary or wages, may, during the period for which the policy is issued and while the insured remains employed by the authorized employer, declare forfeited or lapsed the policy until and unless a written or printed notice of the failure of the employer to remit the premium or installment thereof, stating the amount or portion thereof due on the policy and to whom it must be paid, has been duly addressed and mailed to the person who is insured under the policy at least fifteen days before the policy is terminated or lapsed.

Legislative History

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-35-170 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code SECTION 37-457; 1962 Code SECTION 37-457] recodified as SECTION 38-71-110 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1.