Crawford, Muriel L.

Life and health insurance law / Muriel L. Crawford. - Eighth edition - xx, 595 pages ; 26 cm.

"Published for the FLMI Insurance Education Program, Life Management Institute--LOMA, Atlanta, Georgia."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Insurance and the Law --
2. Contracts --
3. Agency --
4. Agency in Life and Health Insurance --
5. Waiver and Estoppel --
6. Formation of the Life Insurance Contract --
7. Structure of the Life Insurance Policy --
8. Added Benefits and Limitations --
9. Property Rights in the Life Insurance Policy --
10. Beneficiary Designations and Changes --
11. Settlement Agreements, Trusts, and Wills --
12. Premiums and Dividends --
13. Policy Loans and Nonforfeiture Benefits --
14. Assignments and Other Transfers --
15. Lapse and Reinstatement --
16. Equitable Remedies --
17. Policy Contests and the Incontestable Clause --
18. Performance of the Insurance Contract --
19. Group Insurance --
20. Health Insurance --
21. Annuity Contracts --
22. Life and Health Insurance Advertising --
23. Privacy and Insurance --
24. Insurers and Agents as Employers.


Presenting the principles of life and health insurance law, this book aims to educate students to recognize legal problems so that they can seek advice from legal counsel. It covers such topics as market conduct, the new NAIC Life Insurance Illustrations Model Regulation, genetic information, the constitutionality of punitive damages, and more.

0256166994 (acidfree paper)

97020964


Life insurance--Law and legislation--United States.
Health insurance--Law and legislation--United States.

KF1175 / .C73 1998

346.7308632