Alabama Code 27-20-7. Blanket disability insurance – Payment of benefits
Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-20-7
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
All benefits under any blanket disability policy shall be payable to the person insured, or to his employer, or to his designated beneficiary or beneficiaries or to his estate; except, that if the person insured be a minor or mental incompetent, such benefits may be made payable to his parent, guardian, or other person actually supporting him, or, if the entire cost of the insurance has been borne by the employer, such benefits may be made payable to the employer; provided, however, that the policy may provide that all, or any portion, of any indemnities provided by such policy on account of hospital, nursing, medical, or surgical services may, at the insurer’s option, be paid directly to the hospital or person rendering such services; but the policy may not require that the service be rendered by a particular hospital or person. Payment so made shall discharge the insurer’s obligation with respect to the amount of insurance so paid.