Terms Used In South Carolina Code 38-101-30

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • insurance: includes annuities. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
  • Insurer: includes a corporation, fraternal organization, burial association, other association, partnership, society, order, individual, or aggregation of individuals engaging or proposing or attempting to engage as principals in any kind of insurance or surety business, including the exchanging of reciprocal or interinsurance contracts between individuals, partnerships, and corporations. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Policy: means a contract of insurance. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
An insurer may issue an insurance policy, contract, or endorsement providing commercial lines or personal lines coverage for the named peril of flood or excess coverage for the named peril of flood on any structure and on the contents of commercial or personal property contained therein, or to insure against indirect losses from the named peril of flood subject to the requirements of this chapter. Any reference to policy in this chapter also includes endorsements that provide private flood insurance coverage.
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