§ 18101 Limitations
§ 18102 Fire Insurance
§ 18103 Marine Insurance
§ 18104 Life Insurance
§ 18106 Fidelity and Surety Insurance
§ 18107 Motor Vehicle Insurance
§ 18108 Title Insurance
§ 18109 Worker\’s Compensation Insurance
§ 18110 Miscellaneous
§ 18209 Insurable Interest: Transfer\r\n\r\n§ 18201
§ 18202 Capacity to be Insured
§ 18203 Events Subject to Insurance
§ 18204 Insurable Interest
§ 18205 Insurable Interest: Measure
§ 18206 Insurable Interest: Carrier or Depository
§ 18207 Insurable Interest: Type of Existence
§ 18208 Insurable Interest: Change
§ 18209 v2 Insurable Interest: Transfer
§ 18301 Contents
§ 18302 Signature
§ 18303 Coverage
§ 18304 Subsequent Owner of Interest
§ 18305 Liability Policy: Direct Action
§ 18306 Liability Policy: Insolvency or Bankruptcy
§ 18307 Open or Valued
§ 18308 Form: Approval
§ 18309 Coinsurance Clause Explanation
§ 18310 Coinsurance Clause Explanation: Notification
§ 18311 Penalty
§ 18401 Accrual of Premium
§ 18402 Right to Return of Premium
§ 18403 Acknowledgment of Receipt of Premium
§ 18501 Approval
§ 18502 Standards
§ 18503 Rating Bureaus
§ 18504 Penalty
§ 18601 Peril not Insured Against: Rescue Efforts
§ 18602 Wilful Act of Insured: Negligence
§ 18603 Notice of Loss
§ 18604 Preliminary Proof of Loss
§ 18605 Waiver of Defects in Notice or Preliminary Proof
§ 18606 Waiver of Delay
§ 18607 Policy Requiring Proof by Third Person: Sufficiency of Compliance
§ 18608 Failure to Pay Loss, Recovery of Amount Due and\r\nDamages
§ 18609 Total Loss by Fire or Miscellaneous Insurance: Recovery of Full Amount
§ 18701 Double Insurance
§ 18702 Double Insurance: Contribution
§ 18801 Definitions
§ 18802 Authorization
§ 18902 Coverage of Routine Costs of Care During\r\nApproved Clinical Trials\r\n\r\n§ 18901
§ 181004 Diabetes Screening Coverage in Health Insurance\r\nPolicies
§ 181003 Breast Cancer Screening Benefit in Every Health\r\nInsurance Policy
§ 181004 v2 Diabetes Screening Coverage in Health Insurance\r\nPolicies
§ 181101 Definitions
§ 181102 Mandate
§ 181103 Subscription Contracts for Healthcare Insurance; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Coverage; Exceptions

Terms Used In Guam Code > Title 22 > Chapter 18 - The Contract of Insurance Article 1: Classes of InsuranceArticle 2: Parties, Events and InterestsArticle 3: The PolicyArticle 4: The PremiumArticle 5: RatesArticle 6: LossArticle 7: Double InsuranceArticle 8: ReinsuranceArticle 9: Health I

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.