2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 38 - Insurance
CHAPTER 71 - ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE
SECTION 38-71-30. Whole contract, including application, must appear in policy; oral applications.
Every insurer doing accident or health insurance business in the State shall deliver with each policy of insurance issued by it a copy of the application made by the insured so that the whole contract appears in the application and policy of insurance. If the insurer violates this requirement, no defense is allowed to the policy on account of anything contained in or omitted from the application. If the insurance policy is issued upon an oral application, no defense is allowed to the policy on account of anything contained in or omitted from the oral application.
HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-9-70 [1947 (45) 322; 1949 (46) 600; 1952 Code Section 37-146; 1962 Code Section 37-146; 1980 Act No. 305, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-71-30 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1.
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