North Carolina General Statutes 58-48-10. Scope
This Article shall apply to all kinds of direct insurance, but shall not be applicable to:
(1) Life, annuity, accident and health or disability insurance;
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 58-48-10
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Ocean marine insurance: includes (i) marine insurance as defined in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 58-48-20
- Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, association or voluntary organization. See North Carolina General Statutes 58-48-20
(2) Mortgage guaranty, financial guaranty or other forms of insurance offering protection against investment risks;
(3) Fidelity or surety bonds, or any other bonding obligations;
(4) Credit insurance, vendors’ single interest insurance, collateral protection insurance, or any similar insurance protecting the interests of a creditor arising out of a creditor-debtor transaction;
(5) Insurance of warranties or service contracts;
(6) Title insurance;
(7) Ocean marine insurance;
(8) Repealed by Session Laws 1991 (Regular Session, 1992), c. 802, s. 1.
(9) Any transaction or combination of transactions between a person (including affiliates of such person) and an insurer (including affiliates of such insurer) which involves the transfer of investment or credit risk unaccompanied by transfer of insurance risk;
(10) Insurance written on a retroactive basis to cover known or unknown losses which have resulted from an event with respect to which a claim has already been made, and the claim is known to the insurer at the time the insurance is bound. (1971, c. 670, s. 1; 1989, c. 206, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 802, s. 1.)