§33-1-6. Domestic Insurer
A domestic insurer is an insurer formed under the laws of West Virginia.
§33-1-7. Foreign Insurer
A foreign insurer is an insurer formed under the laws of the United States or of another state of the United States.
§33-1-8. Alien Insurer
An alien insurer is an insurer formed under the laws of a country other than the United States.
§33-1-9. State; United States
State means any state, commonwealth, territory, or district of the United States. United States includes the states, territories, districts and commonwealths thereof.
§33-1-10. Kinds of Insurance Defined
The following definitions of kinds of insurance are not mutually exclusive and, if reasonably adaptable thereto, a particular coverage may be included under one or more of such definitions: (a) Life insurance. — Life insurance is insurance on human lives including endowment benefits, additional benefits in the event of death or dismemberment by accident or […]
§33-1-1. Insurance
Insurance is a contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another or to pay a specified amount upon determinable contingencies.
§33-1-2. Insurer
Insurer is every person engaged in the business of making contracts of insurance. Insurer includes private carrier as that term is used in chapter twenty-three of this code.
§33-1-3. Person
Person includes an individual, company, insurer, association, organization, society, reciprocal, partnership, syndicate, business trust, corporation or any other legal entity.
§33-1-5. Commissioner
Commissioner means the Insurance Commissioner of West Virginia.