Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
TITLE 38.2. Insurance |
CHAPTER 35. Accident and Sickness Insurance Policies |
ARTICLE 4. Industrial Sick Benefit Insurance |
SECTION 38.2-3544. Definition of industrial sick benefit insurance |
Industrial sick benefit insurance means life insurance combined with accident and sickness insurance under which: 1. Premiums, dues or assessments are payable weekly; 2. A ten dollar maximum weekly indemnity is paid to members or policyowners in the event of sickness or accident; 3. A $250 maximum death benefit is provided, and the named beneficiary is confined to the spouse of the insured, a relative of the insured by blood, marriage or adoption, a person bound in a pledge of marriage to the insured, or any person dependent on the insured; and 4. The issuing insurer is not required by its charter, bylaws, or by statute to maintain the legal reserve for death benefits. Code 1950, §§ 38-350, 38-351, 38-352; 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-483; 1986, c. 562. |