2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 38 - Insurance
CHAPTER 78 - SERVICE CONTRACTS
Section 38-78-40. Reimbursement insurance policies.
(A) Reimbursement insurance policies insuring service contracts issued, sold, or offered for sale in this State shall conspicuously state that the insurer that issued the policy shall either reimburse or pay on behalf of the provider any covered sums the provider is legally obligated to pay or in the event of the provider's nonperformance, shall provide the service which the provider is legally obligated to perform according to the provider's contractual obligations under the service contracts issued or sold by the provider.
(B) In the event covered service is not provided by the service contract provider within sixty days of proof of loss by the service contract holder, the contract holder is entitled to apply directly to the reimbursement insurance company.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 330, Section 2.
