S.C. Code § 38-55-90

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.

Section 38-55-90 - Tontine policies prohibited

No life insurer, mutual aid association, or fraternal benefit association operating in this State is permitted to issue policies, certificates, or contracts to policyholders or members providing for the establishment of its policyholders or members into divisions and classes for the purpose of providing for the payment of benefits from special funds created for that purpose to the oldest member of the division and class or to the members of the division and class whose policy has been in force the longest period of time upon the death of a member in the division and class.

1962 Code Section 37-150] recodified as Section 38-55-90 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1952 Code Section 37-150; Former 1976 Code Section 38-9-150 [1947 (45) 322; 1964 (53) 2293] recodified as Section 38-57-90 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1962 Code Section 37-1209; 1952 Code Section 37-1202; Former 1976 Code Section 38-55-90 [1947 (45) 322.