Section 49
SEC. 49. The written instrument in which a contract of insurance is set forth, is called a policy of insurance.
PD 612 (The Insurance Code) TITLE 6. — The Policy
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Section 50
SEC. 50. The policy shall be in printed form which may contain blank spaces; and any word, phrase, clause, mark, sign, symbol, signature, number, or word necessary to complete the contract of insurance shall be written on the blank spaces provided therein. Any rider, clause, warranty or endorsement purporting to be part of the contract of insurance and which is pasted or attached to said policy is not binding on the insured, unless the descriptive title or name of the rider, clause, warranty, or endorsement is also mentioned and written on the blank spaces provided in the policy. Unless applied for by the insured or owner, any rider, clause, warranty or endorsement issued after the original policy shall be countersigned by the insured or owner, which countersignature shall be taken as his agreement to the contents of such rider, clause, warranty or endorsement. Group insurance and group annuity policies, however, may be typewritten and need not be in printed form.
Section 51
SEC. 51. A policy of insurance must specify: The parties between whom the contract is made; The amount to be insured except in the cases of open or running policies; The premium, or if the insurance is of a character where the exact premium is only determinable upon the termination of the contract, a statement of the basis and rates upon which the final premium is to be determined; The property or life insured; The interest of the insured in property insured, if he is not the absolute owner thereof; The risks insured against; and The period during which the insurance is to continue.
Section 52
SEC. 52. Cover notes may be issued to bind insurance temporarily pending the issuance of the policy. Within sixty days after issue of a cover note, a policy shall be issued in lieu thereof, including within its terms the identical insurance bound under the cover note and the premium therefor. Cover notes may be extended or renowed beyond such sixty days with the written approval of the Commissioner if he determines that such extension is not contrary to and is not for the purpose of violating any provisions of this Code. The Commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations governing such extensions for the purpose of preventing such violations and may by such rules and regulations dispense with the requirement of written approval by him in the case of extension in compliance with such rules and regulations.
Section 53
SEC. 53. The insurance proceeds shall be applied exclusively to the proper interest of the person in whose name or for whose benefit it is made unless otherwise specified in the policy.
Section 54
SEC. 54. When an insurance contract, is executed with an agent or trustee as the insured, the fact that his principal or beneficiary is the real party in interest may be indicated by describing the insured as agent or trustee, or by other general words in the policy.
Section 55
SEC. 55. To render an insurance effected by one partner or part-owner, applicable to the interest of his co-partners or other part-owners, it is necessary that the terms of the policy should be such as are applicable to the joint or common interest.
Section 56
SEC. 56. When the description of the insured in a policy is so general that it may comprehend any person or any class of persons only he who can show that it was intended to include him can claim the benefit of the policy.
Section 57
SEC. 57. A policy may be so framed that it will insure to the benefit of whomsoever, during the continuance of the risk, may become the owner of the interest insured.
Section 58
SEC. 58. The mere transfer of a thing insured does not transfer the policy, but suspends it until the same person becomes the owner of both the policy and the thing insured.
Section 59
SEC. 59. A policy is either open, valued, or running.
Section 60
SEC. 60. An open policy is one in which the value of the thing insured is not agreed upon, but is left to be ascertained in case of loss.
Section 61
SEC. 61. A valued policy is one which expresses on its face an agreement that the thing insured shall be valued at a specified sum.
Section 62
SEC. 62. A running policy is one which contemplates successive insurances, and which provides that the object of the policy may be from time to time defined, especially as to the subjects of insurance, by additional statements or indorsements.
Section 63
SEC. 63. A condition, stipulation, or agreement in any policy of insurance, limiting the time for commencing an action thereunder to a period of less than one year from the time when the cause of action accrues, is void.
Section 64
SEC. 64. No policy of insurance other than life shall be cancelled by the insurer except upon prior notice thereof to the insured, and no notice of cancellation shall be effective unless it is based on the occurrence, after the effective date of the policy, of one or more of the following: non-payment of premium; conviction of a crime arising out of acts increasing the hazard insured against; discovery of fraud or material misrepresentation; discovery of willful or reckless acts or omissions increasing the hazard insured against; physical changes in the property insured which result in the property becoming uninsurable; or a determination by the Commissioner that the continuation of the policy would violate or would place the insurer in violation of this Code.
Section 65
SEC. 65. All notices of cancellation mentioned in the preceding section shall be in writing, mailed or delivered to the named insured at the address shown in the policy, and shall state (a) which of the grounds set forth in section sixty-four is relied upon and (b) that, upon written request of the named insured, the insurer will furnish the facts on which the cancellation is based.
Section 66
SEC. 66. In case of insurance other than life, unless the insurer at least forty-five days in advance of the end of the policy period mails or delivers to the named insured at the address shown in the policy notice of its intention not to renew the policy or to condition its renewal upon reduction of limits or elimination of coverages, the named insured shall be entitled to renew the policy upon payment of the premium due on the effective date of the renewal. Any policy written for a term of less than one year shall be considered as if written for a term of one year. Any policy written for a term longer than one year or, any policy with no fixed expiration date shall be considered as if written for successive policy periods or terms of one year.
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