Alabama Code 27-15-18. Annuity and pure endowment contract provisions – Incontestability
Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-15-18
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
If any statements, other than those relating to age, sex, and identity, are required as a condition to issuing an annuity or pure endowment contract, other than a reversionary, survivorship, or group annuity and subject to Section 27-15-20, there shall be a provision that the contract shall be incontestable after it has been in force during the lifetime of the person, or of each of the persons, as to whom such statements are required for a period of two years from its date of issue, except for nonpayment of stipulated payments to the insurer; and at the option of the insurer, such contract may also except any provisions relative to benefits in the event of disability and any provisions which grant insurance specifically against death by accident or accidental means.