{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-33-23-17","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 33-23-17","heading":"Kinds of benefits authorized.","body":"(1) A society licensed in this state may provide for the payment of:\n(a) Death benefits in any form;\n(b) Endowment benefits;\n(c) Annuity benefits;\n(d) Temporary or permanent disability benefits as a result of disease or accident;\n(e) Hospital, medical or nursing benefits due to sickness or bodily infirmity or accident;\n(f) Monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members not exceeding in any case the sum of $300.\n(2) Such benefits may be provided on the lives of members or, upon application of a member, on the lives of the member's family, including the member, the member's spouse and minor children, in the same or separate certificates.","path":["CHAPTER 33. INSURANCE.","ARTICLE 23. FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/33-23-17/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:28:39Z","sha256":"9d6ad7303dfe68e29580ba5c3a4a8c1c2200dca39d9d623af4c46ca559340893","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-33-23-16","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-33-23-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}