{"code":"INS","codeName":"Insurance Code","section":"10494","citation":"Ins. Code, § 10494","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE [1880. - 12880.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 2. LIFE AND DISABILITY INSURANCE [10110. - 11549.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. General Regulation of Life Insurers [10430. - 10509.946.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Qualifications and Exemptions [10490. - 10505.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-5/article-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 368, Sec. 3.   Effective January 1, 1993.","effective":"1993-01-01","html":"<p>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 <a href=\"/ins/10493\">10493</a> 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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/qualifications-and-exemptions-10494","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}