Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 48.18.370 (2026)

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Whenever the proceeds of, or payments under a life or disability insurance policy, heretofore or hereafter issued, become payable and the insurer makes payment thereof in accordance with the terms of the policy, or in accordance with any written assignment thereof pursuant to RCW 48.18.360, the person then designated in the policy or by such assignment as being entitled thereto, shall be entitled to receive such proceeds or payments and to give full acquittance therefor, and such payment shall fully discharge the insurer from all claims under the policy unless, before payment is made, the insurer has received at its home office, written notice by or on behalf of some other person that such other person claims to be entitled to such payment or some interest in the policy.

[1947 c 79 s .18.37; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.18.37.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1972–2005 · leading case: Miller v. Paul Revere Life Ins., 501 P.2d 1063 (Wash. 1972).

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Miller v. Paul Revere Life Ins., 501 P.2d 1063 (Wash. 1972). · cites it 6× “RCW 48.18.370 provides: Whenever the proceeds of, or payments under a life or disability insurance policy, heretofore or hereafter issued, become payable and the insurer makes payment thereof in accordance with the terms of the policy, or in accordance with any written…”

Fortis Benefits Ins. Co. v. Pinkley, 926 So. 2d 981 (Ala. 2005). “103 (Vernon 2004); Wash. Rev.Code Ann., § 48.18.370 (2004); Michie's W.”

Francis v. Francis, 573 P.2d 369 (Wash. 1978). “Paragraph two of that section provides that in any policy issued upon the life of a spouse, that spouse's designation of a beneficiary shall create a presumption that the beneficiary was so designated with the consent of the other spouse, provided the beneficiary is a.”

Solesski v. Oregon Auto. Ins., 526 P.2d 68 (Wash. Ct. App. 1974). “We hold that it did not. The general rule is that when the insurer pays insurance proceeds to a person who is by the terms of the *852 policy a proper recipient, the insurer is discharged.”

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