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Ala. Code § 27-14-17

Construction of Policies.

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case James Snell v. United Specialty Insurance Company (2024)

Most recently applied in James Snell v. United Specialty Insurance Company (May 2024)

(Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §330.)

(a) Every insurance contract shall be construed according to the entirety of its terms and conditions as set forth in the policy and as amplified, extended, or modified by any rider, endorsement, or application which is a part of the policy.

(b) A clause in any policy of life insurance, including burial insurance, providing that such policy shall be incontestible after a specified period shall preclude only a contest of the validity of the policy and shall not preclude the assertion at any time of defenses based upon provisions in the policy which exclude or restrict coverage, whether or not such restrictions or exclusions are excepted in such clause.

Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.