No insurance policy insuring against loss or damage through legal liability for the bodily injury or death by accident of any individual, or for damage to the property of any person, shall be retroactively annulled by any agreement between the insurer and the insured after the occurrence of any such injury, death, or damage for which the insured may be liable, and any such attempted annulment shall be void.
W. Va. Code § 33-6-21
Annulment of liability policies
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 201 W. Va. 433 - Hartwell v. Marquez (1997)
Most recently applied in 933 F. Supp. 2d 847 - West Virginia Mutual Insurance v. Vargas (March 2013)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.