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196A Life insurance
(1) Subject to section 196B, ***life insurance*** is any insurance in respect of—
(a) a life or lives; or
(b) an event or contingency relating to or depending on a life or lives—
of a person who is, or persons who are, domiciled in Victoria at the time the insurance policy is issued, but does not include insurance against accident.
(2) ***Insurance against accident*** is any insurance under which payment is agreed to be made on the death of a person only from accident or violence or otherwise from a natural cause or as compensation for personal injury.
S. 196B inserted by No. 40/2014 s. 7.