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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 38-63-650

  • Department: means the Department of Insurance of South Carolina. 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
An insurer may file with the department a written notice of its election to comply with the provisions of this article after a specified date before January 1, 1966. After the filing of the notice, then upon the specified date, which shall be the operative date for that insurer, this article becomes operative with respect to the policies thereafter issued by the insurer. If an insurer makes no election, the operative date of this article for that insurer is January 1, 1966.