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Section 38-29-50. Association created; membership as a condition of authority to transact insurance; accounts; supervision.

SC Code § 38-29-50 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) There is created a nonprofit legal entity to be known as the South Carolina Life and Accident and Health Insurance Guaranty Association. All member insurers are and must remain members of the association as a condition of their authority to transact insurance in this State. The association shall perform its functions under the plan of operation established and approved under Section 38-29-90 and shall exercise its powers through a board of directors established under Section 38-29-60. For purposes of administration and assessment, the association shall maintain three accounts:

(a) the accident and health insurance account;

(b) the life insurance account; and

(c) the annuity account.

(2) The association is under the immediate supervision of the department and is subject to the applicable insurance laws of this State.

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-29-50 [1962 Code Section 37-1404; 1971 (57) 351; 1986 Act No. 426, Section 3] recodified as Section 38-21-50 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; Former 1976 Code Section 38-17-50 [1962 Code Section 37-566; 1972 (57) 2776] recodified as Section 38-29-50 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 631.

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