The Married Women's Property Act, 1874
Section 5Married woman may effect policy of insurance
In force
Chapter III INSURANCE BY WIVES AND HUSBANDS
s. 5
5. Married woman may effect policy of insurance Any married woman may effect a policy of insurance on her own behalf and independently of her husband; and the same and all benefit thereof, if expressed on the face of it to be so effected, shall ensure as her separate property, and the contract evidenced by such policy shall be as valid as if made with an unmarried woman.