Code of Alabama - Title 27: Insurance - Section 27-19-16 - Optional policy provisions - Generally

Section 27-19-16 - Optional policy provisions - Generally.

Except as provided in subsection (b) of Section 27-19-3, no such policy delivered, or issued for delivery, to any person in this state shall contain provisions respecting the matters set forth in Sections 27-19-17 through 27-19-26 unless such provisions are in the words in which the same appear in the applicable section; except, that the insurer may, at its option, use in lieu of any such provision a corresponding provision of different wording approved by the commissioner which is not less favorable in any respect to the insured or the beneficiary. Any such provision contained in the policy shall be preceded individually by the appropriate caption or, at the option of the insurer, by such appropriate individual, or group captions or subcaptions as the commissioner may approve.

(Acts 1953, No. 193, p. 247, §3; Acts 1957, No. 597, p. 834; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §437.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021