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W. Va. Code § 33-20D-2

Definitions

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 933 F. Supp. 2d 847 - West Virginia Mutual Insurance v. Vargas (2013)

Most recently applied in 234 W. Va. 226 - W. Va. Mutual Insurance v. Betty J. Adkins (October 2014)

As used in this article:

(a) "Tail insurance" means insurance which covers a professional insured once a claims made malpractice insurance policy is cancelled, not renewed or terminated and covers claims made after such cancellation or termination for acts occurring during the period the prior malpractice insurance was in effect.

(b) "Claims made malpractice insurance policy" means a policy which covers claims which are reported during the policy period, meet the provisions specified by the policy, and are for an incident which occurred during the policy period, or occurred prior to the policy period, as is specified by the policy.

Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.