CHAPTER 4.  INSURANCE AND INSURANCE CONTRACT

REQUIREMENTS BY TYPE OF INSURANCE

PART I.  INSURANCE AND POLICY REQUIREMENTS IN GENERAL

§851.  Scope of Chapter

A.  The applicable provisions of this Chapter shall apply to insurance other than ocean marine and foreign trade insurances.  This Chapter shall not apply to life insurance policies or annuities not issued for delivery in this state nor delivered in this state.  This Chapter also shall not apply to any health and accident insurance policy not issued for delivery in this state nor delivered in this state, except for any group policy covering residents of Louisiana, regardless of where it was issued or delivered.

B.  The exceptions in Subsection A of this Section do not apply to R.S. 22:855.  The only exceptions from the requirements of R.S. 22:855 are those specifically stated therein.

Acts 1983, No. 188, §1; Acts 1989, No. 563, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Redesignated from R.S. 22:611 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 326, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 375, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 271, §1.

NOTE:  Former R.S. 22:851 redesignated as R.S. 22:594 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.