Terms Used In South Carolina Code 38-71-800

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • 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
  • Policy: means a contract of insurance. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
Any policy or contract of group accident, group health, or group accident and health insurance may include provisions for the payment by the insurer of benefits to the employee or other member of the insured group on account of hospitalization or medical or surgical aid for himself, his spouse, his child or children, or other individuals chiefly dependent upon him for support and maintenance.