(1) "Employees" as used in this article includes, for the purposes of insurance hereunder, as employees of a single employer, the officers, managers, and employees of the employer and of subsidiary or affiliated corporations of a corporate employer and the individual proprietors, partners, and employees of individuals and firms the business of which is controlled by the insured employer through stock ownership, contract, or otherwise. The policy or contract may provide that the term "employees" includes retired employees. (2) "Employer" as used in this article may include any municipal corporation or the proper officers, as such, of any unincorporated municipality or any department of the municipal corporation or unincorporated municipality determined by conditions pertaining to the employment. (3) A "group accident insurance policy" is a policy or contract of insurance against death or injury resulting from accident or from accidental means which covers more than one person, except blanket accident policies, family accident policies, and accident and health policies. (4) A "group accident and health policy" is a policy or contract which combines the coverage of group accident insurance and of group health insurance. (5) A "group health insurance policy" is a policy or contract which insures against disablement, disease, or sickness of the insured, excluding disablement which results from accident or from accidental means, which covers more than one person, except blanket health policies, family health policies, franchise health policies, and accident and health policies.
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