2009 Washington Code
Title 48 - Insurance
Chapter 48.18 - The insurance contract.
48.18.298 - Disability insurance -- Refusal to renew by insurer.
Disability insurance — Refusal to renew by insurer.
No insurer shall refuse to renew any policy of individual disability insurance issued after July 1, 1973 because of a change in the physical or mental condition or health of any person covered thereunder: PROVIDED, That after approval of the insurance commissioner, an insurer may discharge its obligation to renew the contract by obtaining for the insured coverage with another insurer which is comparable in terms of premiums and benefits.
[1973 1st ex.s. c 188 § 1.]
Notes: Severability -- 1973 1st ex.s. c 188: "If any provision of this act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [1973 1st ex.s. c 188 § 5.]
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