North Carolina § 58-50-65 - Certain policies of insurance not affected.

§ 58-50-65. Certain policies of insurance not affected.

Nothing in Articles 50 through 55 of this Chapter applies to or affects any policy of liability or workers' compensation insurance, except that the provisions of G.S. 58-50-56(g) and (h) apply to policies of workers' compensation insurance and to individual and group self-funded workers' compensation insurance plans. If there is any conflict between managed care provisions of this Chapter and managed care provisions of Chapter 97 of the General Statutes with respect to workers' compensation insurance, the provisions of Chapter 97 govern. Nothing in Articles 50 through 55 of this Chapter shall apply to or in any way affect contracts supplemental to contracts of life or endowment insurance where such supplemental contracts contain no provisions except such as operate to safeguard such insurance against lapse or to provide special benefits therefor in the event that the insured shall be totally, or totally and permanently disabled by reason of accidental bodily injury or by sickness, nor to contracts issued as supplements to life insurance contracts or contracts of endowment insurance, and intended to increase the amount insured by such life or endowment contracts in the event that the death or disability of the insured shall result from accidental bodily injuries: Provided, that no such supplemental contracts shall be issued or delivered to any person in this State unless and until a copy of the form thereof has been submitted to and approved by the Commissioner under such reasonable rules and regulations as he shall make concerning the provisions in such contracts, and their submission to and approval by him. Nothing in Articles 50 through 55 of this Chapter shall apply to or in any way affect fraternal benefit societies. The provisions of G.S. 58-51-5(5) and G.S. 58-51-15(a)(1), (4), and (10) may be omitted from railroad ticket policies sold only at railroad stations or at railroad ticket offices by railroad employees. History (1911, c. 209, s. 5; 1913, c. 91, s. 12; C.S., s. 6489; 1921, c. 136, s. 5; 1945, c. 385; 1947, c. 721; 1991, c. 636, s. 3; c. 720, ss. 4, 42; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 679, s. 10.4; 1995, c. 193, s. 42; 1999-219, s. 4.1.) Editor's Note. - The reference in subsection (d) of this section to subdivision (5) of G.S. 58-51-5 initially referred to subdivision (5) of former G.S. 58-250 (now G.S. 58-51-5 ) as enacted in 1913, which required that a brief description of the policy be printed on its first page and on its filing back in at least 14 point typeface. Session Laws 2001-446, s. 4.2(3), effective July 1, 2002, and applicable to health benefit plans that are in effect, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after that date, designated G.S. 58-50-65 through 58-50-70 as Part 3 of Article 50, with the heading "Scope and Sanctions."