Insurance Code section 388

When an insurance contract is executed with an agent or trustee as the insured, the fact that his principal or beneficiary is the real party in interest may be indicated by describing the insured as agent or trustee, or by other general words in the policy.

Source: Section 388, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=388. (updated Jan. 1, 1935; accessed Oct. 12, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/insurance_code_section_388

Original Source: Section 388, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=388. (last accessed May 12, 2025).