(a) Blanket insurance is that form of insurance providing coverage for specified circumstances and insuring by description all or nearly all persons within a class of persons defined in a policy issued to a master policyholder, and not by specifically naming the persons covered, by certificate or otherwise, although a statement of the coverage provided may be given, or required by the policy to be given, to eligible persons. The permitted types of blanket insurance are those where the blanket policy is issued to any of the following: (1) A volunteer or governmental fire department, emergency medical services company, or similar volunteer or governmental organization providing benefits to members or participants only in the event of accident incurred while performing actions incident to an activity or operation sponsored or supervised by the department, company, or organization. (2) A college, school, or other institution of learning, a school district or districts or school jurisdictional unit, or to the head, principal, or governing board of an educational unit who or which shall be deemed the policyholder; providing benefits to students without necessarily any restriction as to activity, time, or place, or to teachers, employees, or volunteers, while performing actions incident to special duties, such as at camps, at summer playgrounds, or during tours or excursions; and providing benefits to students, teachers, employees, or volunteers, and spouses and dependents of students, teachers, and employees, for death or dismemberment resulting from accident, or for hospital, medical, surgical, drug, or nursing expenses resulting from accident or sickness. (3) A sports team, camp, sponsor, or proprietor thereof, who shall be deemed the policyholder, providing benefits to sports team participants, campers, employees, officials, supervisors, volunteers, or persons responsible for their support, for death or dismemberment resulting from accident, or for hospital, medical, surgical, or nursing expenses resulting from accident, to those participants, campers, employees, officials, supervisors, volunteers, or persons responsible for their support, or arising out of sickness of those participants, campers, employees, officials, supervisors, volunteers, or persons responsible for their support, provided the accident or the first manifestation of sickness occurs while those participants, campers, employees, officials, supervisors, volunteers, or persons responsible for their support are in or on the buildings or premises of the sports team or camp, being transported between their homes and the sports team or camp, or while at any other place as an incident to sports team- or camp-sponsored activities or while being transported to, from, or between those places. (4) (A) A newspaper, farm paper, magazine, or other periodical publication, which shall be deemed the policyholder, providing benefits for independent contractors, such as carriers, newsboys, dealers, distributors, wholesalers, or others engaged in the sale, distribution, collecting for, or other activities pertaining to the marketing and delivery of the publication, including attendance at a coaching school or participation as a member of a trip organized, supervised, and sponsored as a reward for meritorious service, on account of loss resulting from accident or sickness, the benefit to be payable to the independent contractors or to their parents, guardians, or other persons responsible for their support. (B) When the premium for the insurance is paid by the person insured, the person may, upon request, obtain from the insurer in certificate form a copy of the policy. (5) Any religious, charitable, recreational, educational, athletic, civic organization, or branch thereof, which shall be deemed the policyholder, providing benefits to any group of members, employees, or participants for death or dismemberment or for hospital, medical, surgical, or nursing expenses resulting from ac
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