The term “policy of accident and sickness insurance,” as used in Sections 83-9-1 through 83-9-21, includes any individual or group policy or contract of insurance against loss resulting from sickness or from bodily injury, including dental care expenses resulting from sickness or bodily injury, or death by accident, or accidental means, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 83-9-1
Definition of accident and sickness insurance policy
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Mississippi Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Vaughn (1988)
Most recently applied in Mississippi Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Vaughn (April 1988)
Codes, 1942, § 5687-01; Laws, 1956, ch. 330, § 1; Laws, 1989, ch. 466, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1989.
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