Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105)
Subtitle 3 - INSURANCE (§§ 23-60-101 — 23-103-417)
Chapter 85 - ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE (§§ 23-85-101 — 23-85-140)
Section 23-85-102 - Scope

This chapter governs accident and health insurance policies issued to individuals and members of their families. Nothing in this section and §§ 23-85-101, 23-85-103 - 23-85-134, 23-85-136, and 23-85-137 shall apply to or affect:

• (1) Any policy of liability or workers' compensation insurance with or without supplementary expense coverage therein;

• (2) Any group or blanket policy;

• (3) Life insurance, endowment, or annuity contracts, or contracts supplemental thereto, that contain only such provisions relating to accident and health insurance as:
  • (A) Provide additional benefits in case of death, dismemberment, or loss of sight by accident; or
  • (B) Operate to safeguard the contracts against lapse or to give a special surrender value or special benefit or an annuity in the event that the insured or annuitant becomes totally and permanently disabled, as defined by the contract or supplemental contract; and

• (4) Reinsurance.

Acts 1959, No. 148, § 386; A.S.A. 1947, § 66-3601; Acts 2001, No. 909, § 3.