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DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE 1880-12880.5›PART 2. LIFE AND DISABILITY INSURANCE 10110-11549›CHAPTER 5. General Regulation of Life Insurers 10430-10509.938›ARTICLE 4. Qualifications and Exemptions 10490-10505.1

§ 10494

California Insurance Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Such a benefit and relief association shall not provide for payment of a death benefit of more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or for disability benefits of more than five hundred dollars ($500) to any one person in any one period of 12 consecutive months and shall not issue to its members a policy or benefit certificate or any other evidence of benefits except that found in the articles of the association or the bylaws thereof. However, a benefit and relief association described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 10493 may provide for a death benefit up to two thousand dollars ($2,000), disability benefits up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) or insurance protection for medical and hospital expenses up to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or any combination or all thereof.

(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 368, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.)

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