A policy was not avoided by the agent’s failure to disclose his own dishonesty with the principal. In this area there was no difference between the law of Marine Insurance and other insurances.
Citations:
Independent 08-Sep-1995, Times 10-Oct-1995, [1996] 1 WLR 1136
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – HIH Casualty and General Insurance Limited and others v Chase Manhattan Bank and others HL 20-Feb-2003
The insurance company had paid claims on policies used to underwrite the production of TV films. The re-insurers resisted the claims against them by the insurers on the grounds of non-disclosure by the insured, or in the alternative damages for . .
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Insurance
Updated: 20 December 2022; Ref: scu.84618