South Carolina Code 38-55-10. No contracts may be made except under this title
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 38-55-10
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- insurance: includes annuities. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
- Insurance broker: means an individual licensed by the department to represent citizens of this State in placing their insurance. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
- Insurer: includes a corporation, fraternal organization, burial association, other association, partnership, society, order, individual, or aggregation of individuals engaging or proposing or attempting to engage as principals in any kind of insurance or surety business, including the exchanging of reciprocal or interinsurance contracts between individuals, partnerships, and corporations. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
- Negotiate: means the act of conferring directly with or offering advice directly to a purchaser or prospective purchaser of a particular contract of insurance concerning substantive benefits, terms, or conditions of the contract, provided that the person engaged in that act either sells insurance or obtains insurance from insurers for purchasers. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
- Person: means a corporation, agency, partnership, association, voluntary organization, individual, or another entity, organization, or aggregation of individuals. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
- Solicit: means attempting to sell insurance or asking or urging a person to apply for a particular kind of insurance from a particular company. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
It is unlawful for an insurer to make a contract of insurance or annuity upon or concerning any property, interest, or lives in this State or with any resident of this State or for any person as insurance agent or insurance broker to make, negotiate, solicit, or in any manner aid in the transaction of these insurance contracts unless and except as authorized under this title.