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3.] Clause is an agreement between the insurer and BINDING RECEIPT- Acknowledgment of receipt of
insured on certain matters relating to the liability of premium and application subject to evaluation.
insurer in case of loss; and This is not the same as a cover note.
4.] Endorsement is any provision added to an
insurance contract altering its scope or application. NOTE: If the insured died during the period of
Examples of endorsement are those extending the provisional policy which is conditioned upon approval
perils covered. of application, beneficiary is not entitled to the
proceeds.
Requirements for the Attachments to be
Binding Acknowledgment of Receipt of Premium and
[1] The descriptive title or name of the rider, clause, Application Subject to Evaluation is Not the
warranty or endorsement must be mentioned and Same as a Cover Note
written in the blank spaces of the policy; and In life insurance, where an agreement is made
between the applicant and the insurer’s agent that
[2] The rider, clause, warrant or endorsement issued no liability shall attach until the insurer approves the
after the original policy shall be countersigned by the risk, the “binding slip” or the “binding receipt” does
insured or owner which shall be considered as not insure by itself.
agreement thereof.
Exception: No need for countersignature if the rider, GREPALIFE VS CA - binding deposit receipt in
clause, warranty or endorsement is applied by question is merely an acknowledgment, on behalf
insured or holder. of the company, that the latter's branch office had
received from the applicant the insurance premium
What is a cover note? Sec. 52 and had accepted the application subject for
processing by the insurance company. and that the
Cover notes may be issued to bind insurance latter will either approve or reject the same on the
temporarily pending the issuance of the policy. basis of whether or not the applicant is "insurable on
Within sixty (60) days after issue of a cover note, a standard rates."
policy shall be issued in lieu thereof, including - Pacific Life disapproved the insurance
within its terms the identical insurance bound application of Ngo Hing, binding deposit
under the cover note and the premium therefor. receipt in question had never become in
force at any time.
Cover notes may be extended or renewed beyond
such sixty (60) days with the written approval of
the Commissioner if he determines that such
- The acceptance is merely conditional, and is
subordinated to the act of the company in
extension is not contrary to and is not for the approving or rejecting the application. Thus,
purpose of violating any provisions of this Code. in life insurance, a "binding slip" or "binding
receipt" does not insure by itself.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COVER NOTE FROM
BINDING RECEIPT - the deposit paid by private respondent shall
be refunded.
BADGER VS NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE - There
DE LIM VS SUN LIFE INSURANCE - Luis Lim died is no contract of insurance by the mere signing of an
on August 23, 1917, after issuance of the provisional application for life insurance and the payment of a
policy but before approval of application by the home first premium, without any parol agreement as to
office of the insurance company when the insurance shall commence. Moreover,
company expressly refused to be bound until the
- the so-called provisional policy it amounts application had been accepted either by its office in
to nothing but an acknowledgment on Shanghai or its office in New York.
behalf of the company, that it has received One of the receipts provide that "the company shall
from the person named therein the sum of incur no liability under the application until it has
money agreed upon as the first year's been received, approved at the home office of the
premium upon a policy to be issued upon company, and a policy issued thereon." This is then
the application, if the application is accepted followed by the words of the first form both forms
by the company. are printed "conditional receipt."