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Chapter 2. - Insurance

Art. 2635Definitions
Art. 2636Scope of this Chapter
Art. 2637State Insurance Business
Art. 2638Persons Engaged in Insurance Business
Art. 2639Insurance Not a Game or Wager
Art. 2640Formation of Insurance Contract
Art. 2641Evidence of Insurance Contract
Art. 2642Provisional Coverage
Art. 2643Information to be supplied by Insurer
Art. 2644Particulars in Insurance Policy
Art. 2645Effect Given to Certain Clauses in Policy
Art. 2646Delivery of Policy and Application
Art. 2647Policy to Named Person or to Order
Art. 2648Modification or Renewal of Policy
Art. 2649Statements in Application for Insurance
Art. 2650Concealment of Facts and False Statements
Art. 2651Counter-Evidence
Art. 2652Duty of Insurer to Pay Agreed Sum
Art. 2653Payment of Premiums
Art. 2654Material Increase of Risks
Art. 2655Notification of Occurrence of Risk
Art. 2656Insolvency
Art. 2657Prescription
Art. 2658Definition
Art. 2659Insurable Interest
Art. 2660Risks Covered
Art. 2661Risks Excluded
Art. 2662Loss Caused by Risk Not Covered
Art. 2663Property Underinsured
Art. 2664Property Overinsured
Art. 2665Cumulative Insurance
Art. 2666Nullity of Policy
Art. 2667Subrogation of Insurers
Art. 2668Death of Insured
Art. 2669Assignment of Property Insured
Art. 2670Rights of Secured Creditors
Art. 2671Definition
Art. 2672When Insurer Liable
Art. 2673Liability Admitted
Art. 2674Direct Action against Insurer
Art. 2675Direction of Case
Art. 2676Defenses Available to Insurer
Art. 2677Compensation to be Paid to Damaged Person
Art. 2678Insurance of Persons
Art. 2679Insurable Interest
Art. 2680Insurance of Persons Not Contract of Indemnity
Art. 2681Insurer Not subrogated
Art. 2682Definition
Art. 2683Life Insurance made by Third Person
Art. 2684Particulars in Life Insurance Policy
Art. 2685Policy to Order
Art. 2686Pledge
Art. 2687Insured Person to Agree to Assignment or Pledge
Art. 2688Murder by Beneficiary
Art. 2689Beneficiary of Life Insurance
Art. 2690Beneficiary Must be Alive
Art. 2691Agreement of Beneficiary
Art. 2692Effect on Insurer
Art. 2693Beneficiary Not Specified or Revoked or Not Live
Art. 2694Rights of Beneficiary
Art. 2695No Refund
Art. 2696Rights of Creditors
Art. 2697Premiums Not paid
Art. 2698Redemption of Policy
Art. 2699Accident Insurance
Art. 2700Health Insurance
Art. 2701Coverage of Disability
Art. 2702Disclosed Diseases or Condition
Art. 2703Undisclosed Diseases or Condition
Art. 2704Medical Examination
Art. 2705Relation to Life Insurance
Art. 2706Group Insurance
Art. 2707Issuance of Policy
Art. 2708Concealment of Facts and False Statements in Group Insurance

Civil Code · English · 2015

Article 2639

Insurance Not a Game or Wager

The provisions of the Chapter on “Games and Wagers” shall not apply to contracts of insurance covered by this Chapter.

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This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur.

Source title: Civil Code of the State of Eritrea
Edition: 2015
Issuing body: Ministry of Justice, State of Eritrea
Repository: FAOLEX
Language: English
Source pages: 727

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