Insurance is a contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another or pay a specified amount upon determinable contingencies.
RCW 48.01.040
"Insurance" defined.
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case 86 Wash. 2d 641 - Witherspoon v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance (1976)
Most recently applied in State v. Mau (August 2013)
1947 c 79 s .01.04; Rem
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Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.