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Sec. 21.42.010. Applicability.

AS 21.42.010 – 21.42.599 do not apply to (1) reinsurance; (2) policies or contracts not issued for delivery in this state or delivered in this state, except as provided in AS 21.42.120; (3) wet marine and transportation insurance; (4) title insurance, except that AS 21.42.080, 21.42.120, 21.42.130, 21.42.180, 21.42.190 and 21.42.230 do apply.

Sec. 21.42.020. Insurable interest: life, annuity, or health.

(a) A person of competent legal capacity may procure or effect an insurance contract on the life or body of the person for the benefit of any person. A person may not procure or cause to be procured an insurance contract upon the life or body of another person unless the benefits under the contract […]

Sec. 21.42.030. Insurable interest: property.

(a) A contract of insurance of property or of an interest in property or arising from property may not be enforced as to the insurance except for the benefit of persons having an insurable interest in the things insured at the time of the loss. (b) The measure of an insurable interest in property is […]

Sec. 21.42.050. Change of interest on death.

A change of interest, by will or succession, on the death of the insured does not avoid an insurance of property and the insurance passes to the person taking an interest in the thing insured.

Sec. 21.42.060. Transfer of interest between joint insureds.

A transfer of interest by one of the several partners, joint owners, or owners in common, who are jointly insured, to the others, does not avoid an insurance of property even though it has been agreed that the insurance shall cease upon an alienation of the thing insured.

Sec. 21.42.070. Insurance without interest, or of wager, is void.

(a) A stipulation in a policy of insurance of property for the payment of loss without regard to absence of an insurable interest in the property on the part of the insured, or that the policy shall be received as proof of the interest, is void. (b) A policy executed by way of gaming or […]

Sec. 21.42.075. Reimbursement of losses.

An insurer may make a filing for approval by the director that provides for reimbursement by an insured of losses paid by the insurer under a workers’ compensation insurance policy. A form that alters the obligation of the insurer to an employee under AS 23.30.025 or 23.30.030 may not be approved by the director. Filing […]

Sec. 21.42.080. Capacity to contract.

(a) A person of competent legal capacity may contract for insurance. (b) [Repealed, § 25 ch 245 SLA 1970.] (c) [Repealed, § 25 ch 245 SLA 1970.] (d) [Repealed, § 25 ch 245 SLA 1970.]

Sec. 21.42.090. Application required, life and health insurance.

A life or health insurance contract upon an individual, except a contract of group life insurance or of group or blanket health insurance, may not be made or effectuated unless at the time of the making of the contract the individual insured, being of competent legal capacity to contract, applies for the contract or has […]

Sec. 21.42.100. Request for copy of application; alteration.

(a) If a policy of life or health insurance delivered in this state is reinstated or renewed, and the insured or the beneficiary or assignee of the policy makes written request to the insurer for a copy of the application, if any, for the reinstatement or renewal, the insurer shall, within 30 days after receipt […]

Sec. 21.42.110. Representations in applications.

All statements and descriptions in an application for an insurance policy or annuity contract, or in negotiations for the policy or contract, by or in behalf of the insured or annuitant, shall be considered to be representations and not warranties. Misrepresentations, omissions, concealment of facts, and incorrect statements may not prevent a recovery under the […]

Sec. 21.42.120. Filing, approval of forms.

(a) A basic insurance policy or annuity contract form, or application form where written application is required and is to be made a part of the policy or contract, or printed rider or endorsement form or form of renewal certificate, may not be delivered, or issued for delivery in this state, unless the form has […]

Sec. 21.42.123. Form filing subject to prior approval.

(a) A prior approval filing shall be made not less than 30 days before the effective date. At the end of the 30-day period, the form filed shall be considered approved unless, before the end of the 30-day period, it has been affirmatively disapproved by the director. Approval of the form by the director before […]

Sec. 21.42.125. Form filing subject to file and use; penalties.

(a) A file and use filing shall be filed with the director for a waiting period of not less than 30 days. The period may be extended by the director or the insurer or rating organization for an additional 30 days if notice is given within the initial 30-day period that additional time is needed […]

Sec. 21.42.130. Grounds for disapproval.

The director shall disapprove a form filed under AS 21.42.120 or withdraw a previous approval of the form only if the form (1) is in any respect in violation of or does not comply with this title; (2) contains or incorporates by reference, where incorporation is permissible, an inconsistent, ambiguous, or misleading clause, or exception […]

Sec. 21.42.140. Standard provisions.

(a) Insurance contracts must contain the standard or uniform provisions that are required by the applicable provisions of this title pertaining to contracts of particular kinds of insurance. The director may waive the required use of a particular provision in a particular insurance policy form on a determination that (1) the provision is unnecessary for […]

Sec. 21.42.145. Stop-loss insurance provisions.

(a) An insurance company licensed under AS 21.09, a hospital or medical service corporation licensed under AS 21.87, a fraternal benefit society licensed under AS 21.84, a health maintenance organization licensed under AS 21.86, or a multiple employer welfare arrangement may not issue a stop-loss insurance policy that (1) has an annual attachment point for […]

Sec. 21.42.150. Policy must contain entire contract.

The policy, when issued, shall contain the entire contract between the parties, and neither the insurer nor its agent or representative, nor a person insured by the policy, may make an agreement as to the insurance that is not expressed in the policy. This section does not prohibit the modification of a policy, after issuance, […]

Sec. 21.42.160. Contents of policies in general.

(a) Each policy must specify (1) the names of the parties of the contract; (2) the subject of the insurance; (3) the risks insured against; (4) the time when the insurance thereunder takes effect and the period during which the insurance is to continue; (5) the premium; (6) the conditions pertaining to the insurance. (b) […]