Title 31 — Insurance and Securities.
94 chapters · 1,236 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 31-4801 Applicability of provisions
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Policies of industrial weekly payment life insurance after June 4, 1934, issued or delivered in the District of Columbia shall be subject to the following conditions, in addition to any others prescribed by law and not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 31-4802 Policies — Defenses to validity
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If payment of such a policy shall be refused because of unsound health at or prior to the date of the policy, the good faith of both applicant and insured shall constitute a material element in determining the validity of the policy; and it shall not be held invalid because of un…
D.C. Code § 31-4803 Policies — Incontestability
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Every such policy shall be incontestable upon any ground relating to health after 2 years from its date of issue (notwithstanding a longer period may be named therein), provided the insured shall be alive at the end of said period. If the policy by its terms shall be incontestabl…
D.C. Code § 31-4804 Policies — Assignment
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Nothing contained in the terms of any such policy shall operate to prevent its valid assignment by the insured; but the company issuing the policy so assigned shall be discharged of all liability thereon by payment of its proceeds in accordance with its terms, unless before such …
D.C. Code § 31-4805 Beneficiaries and claimants
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Any individual designated with the consent of the insurer, evidenced by the signature of its president or secretary, or designated upon a form furnished by and filed with the insurer, as beneficiary of such a policy shall be entitled to the proceeds of such policy after the death…