South Carolina § 38-71-430 - Additional provisions may not make policy less favorable.
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§ 38-71-430. Additional provisions may not make policy less favorable.
A policy provision which is not subject to SECTIONS 38-71-340 and 38-71-370 may not make a policy, or any portion thereof, less favorable in any respect to the insured or the beneficiary than the provisions which are subject to either of these sections.
HISTORY: Former SECTION 38-35-500 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code SECTION 37-499; 1956 (49) 2029; 1962 Code SECTION 37-479] recodified as SECTION 38-71-430 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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