Section 10-16-217 - Application of part 1 of this article and part 2(1) Nothing in part 1 of this article or this part 2 shall apply to or affect any policy of workers' compensation insurance or any policy of liability insurance with or without supplementary expense coverage in said policy; or life insurance, endowment, or annuity contracts, or contracts supplemental to said policy which contain only such provisions relating to sickness and accident insurance as provide additional benefits in case of death by accident, and as operate to safeguard such contracts against lapse, or to give a special surrender value or special benefit or annuity in the event that the insured or annuitant becomes totally and permanently disabled, as defined by the contract or supplemental contract.(2) With the exception of section 10-16-201 (3), the provisions of sections 10-16-201 to 10-16-205 shall not apply to those forms of sickness and accident policies enumerated in sections 10-16-214 and 10-16-215; except that no such policy shall contain any provision relative to notice or proof of loss, or the time for paying benefits, or the time within which suit may be brought upon the policy, which in the opinion of the commissioner is less favorable to the insured than would be permitted by the policy provisions set forth in section 10-16-202 or 10-16-203.L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 1680, § 1, effective July 1.This section is similar to former § 10-8-119 as it existed prior to 1992.
For provisions pertaining to workers' compensation, see articles 40 to 47 of title 8.