Nebraska Statutes 44-3302. Terms, defined
As used in sections 44-3301 to 44-3327, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-3302
- Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Department: shall mean the Department of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
- Director: shall mean the Director of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
- Insurer: shall include all companies, exchanges, societies, or associations whether organized on the stock, mutual, assessment, or fraternal plan of insurance and reciprocal insurance exchanges. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
- Insurer shall: include all companies, exchanges, societies, or associations whether organized on the stock, mutual, assessment, or fraternal plan of insurance and reciprocal insurance exchanges. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
- 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.
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Director shall mean the Director of Insurance;
(2) Department shall mean the Department of Insurance;
(3) Insurer shall mean any person, as defined in section 49-801, authorized to conduct an insurance business as an insurer in this state, including corporations organized under sections 44-3312 and 44-3313 ; and
(4) Legal expense insurance shall mean the assumption of a contractual obligation to pay or reimburse for specified legal services or specified legal expenses, in consideration of a specified payment for an interval of time, regardless of whether the payment is made by the beneficiaries individually or by a third person for them, in such a manner that the total cost incurred by assuming the obligation is to be spread directly or indirectly among a group of persons. Legal expense insurance includes arrangements that create reasonable expectations of enforceable rights, but does not include the provision of or reimbursement for legal services incidental to other insurance coverages. The payment of only an administrative fee to an attorney shall not be considered payment or reimbursement for specified legal services or specified legal expenses for the purposes of this definition.