(1) Every person insured by a company shall contract in such form as the company may prescribe, which form shall be uniform between all the insured, to pay his pro rata share of all losses or damages sustained by any member thereof from any cause specified in the policy of the company. He shall also pay such reasonable sums for expenses as the bylaws may require. The company shall have a lien upon the property insured to secure the payment of assessments and calls made under the policy.
(2) Every policyholder sustaining loss or damage from any cause specified in the policy shall notify the president or secretary of the company within sixty (60) days after the loss or damage, and the proper officers of the company shall at once proceed to ascertain and adjust the loss or damage in the manner provided by law and by the articles and bylaws of the company.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 299.390

  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.

Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. secs. 707, 712.