Where the insured property is damaged in a fire, unless the insurers allege that it had been started deliberately with the connivance of the insured, acceptance that a fire had occurred amounted to admission of the operation of an insured peril.
Citations:
[1962] 1 QB 676
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Kastor Navigation Co Ltd and Another v AGF M A T and others (‘Kastor Too’) ComC 4-Dec-2002
The claimant ship owner and its mortgagee sued the defendant insurer after the loss of the insured vessel, through fire. The insurers replied that the damage by fire was so extensive that the vessel was beyond repair when she sank, and was therefore . .
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Insurance
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.251751
