The purpose of this article is to provide reasonable standardization and simplification of terms and coverages of individual accident and sickness insurance policies and subscriber contracts of hospital and medical service corporations in order to facilitate public understanding and comparison and to eliminate provisions contained in individual accident and sickness insurance policies and subscriber contracts of hospital and medical service corporations which may be misleading or confusing in connection either with the purchase of such coverages or with the settlement of claims and to provide for full disclosure in the sale of such coverages.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 33-28-2

  • Accident and sickness insurance: means insurance written under article fifteen of this chapter, other than credit accident and sickness insurance, and coverages written under article twenty-four of this chapter. See West Virginia Code 33-28-3
  • 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.