Provrem Digest 2018-09-14
Provrem Digest 2018-09-14
Provrem Digest 2018-09-14
**** Premium
#### American Home Assurance vs Chua
-An insurer is entitled to payment of the premium as soon as the thing insured is
exposed to the peril insured against. Notwithstanding any agreement to the
contrary, no policy or contract of insurance issued by an insurance company is
valid and binding unless and until the premium thereof has been paid, except in the
case of life or an industrial life policy whenever the grace period provision
applies
-An acknowledgment in a policy or contract of insurance of the receipt of premium
is conclusive evidence of its payment, so far as to make the policy binding,
notwithstanding any stipulation therein that it shall not be binding until the
premium is actually paid.
**** LOSS
#### Paris-manila perfume vs Phoenix
-Perfumery burn; explosion
-Loss, the immediate cause of which was the peril insured against, if the proximate
cause thereof was NOT excepted in the contract (Insurance)
#### FGU vs CA
-Barge sink beer
-To be exempted from responsibility, the natural disaster should have been the
proximate and only cause of the loss. There must have been no contributory
negligence on the part of the common carrier.
**** Reinsurance
#### Equitable Ins. vs. Rural Ins. 4 SCRA 343
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CONCEALMENT
Insured withholds information of material facts from the insurer
Section 26. A neglect to communicate that which a party knows and ought to
communicate is called a concealment.
reqs:
1) A party knows the fact which he neglects to communicate or disclose to the
other;
2) Such party concealing duty bound to disclose such fact to the other
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MISREPRESENTATION
Insured makes erroneous statements of facts with the intent of inducing the insurer
to enter into the insurance contract.
Concealment on the part of the insured has the same effect as a misrepresentation
and gives the insurer the right to rescind the contract.
Rules on concealment and representation apply likewise to the insurer since the
contracts of insurance is said to be one of utmost good faith on part of both
parties to the agreement.
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It is determined not by the event, but solely by the probable and reasonable
influence of the facts upon the party to whom the communication is due, in forming
his estimate of the advantages of the proposed contract, or in making his
inquiries. (Sec. 31)
General Provisions
What may be insured
Parties
Insurable Interest
# Concealment
-A neglect to communicate that which a party knows and ought to communicate, is
called a concealment.
# Representation
-A statement made by an applicant for insurance, before the contract is made, which
affects the willingness of the insurer to accept the risk.
-If insurer cannot prove for a period of 2yrs from date of issuance, there is no
rescission of life insurance
# Policy
-written instrument which a contract of insurance is set forth
-riders - countersigned or mentioned in original policy on space provided
Contains:
parties
amount
premium
property or life insured
interest
risks
period
-cover notes; 60 days after cover note, policy shall be issued; extended beyond 60
days with approval of commissioner
-class of persons -> show or pinpoint the intent
-transfer of thing is not transfer of insurance
Open, valued, running
-open - value of thing not agreed upon, but has maximum liability
-valued - agreed value
-running - contemplates successive insurances
-stipulation limiting time for commencing action to less than 1yr is void
-no policy other than life shall be cancelled without prior notice
-notice of cancellation shall be based on the following
-non payment of premium
-conviction of a crime, increasing the hazard insured against
-fraud or material misrepresentation
-reckless acts increasing the hazard
-physical changes of property which makes thing uninsurable
-over-insurance limit
-commissioner determines
# Warranties
-statement in a policy, of a matter relating to the person or thing insured; or to
the risk
-policy not voided when the warranty becomes illegal
-violation of warranty -> rescind
-breach of warranty without fraud exonerate insurer
# Premium
-insurer is entitle to payment of premium as soon as the thing insured is exposed
to the peril insured against
-Pay premium first. Except life or industrial life policy, whenever grace period
applies until 90days apply
-Govt employees insurance through salary deduction
-acknowledgement or receipt of premium is conclusive evidence of payment
-Return of premium: thing insured not exposed to peril; insured surrenders his
policy
-Return of premium if voidable; no return if annulled, rescinded, or denied
-83: cannot exceed total value of thing insured
-84: insurer may contract for future premiums
# Loss
-insurer liable for a loss of which a peril insured was the proximate cause; remote
cause - not liable
-rescue of thing insured
-insurer not liable for willful act of the insured, but not exonerated by
negligence of insured
# Notice of Loss
-Fire insurance -> notice asap. Non-life insurance, commisioner may specify period
of submission of notice of loss
# Double Insurance
-Same person is insured by several insurers in respect to same subject and interest
-Over-insurance - insurers not required to pay whole loss; pro-rata
# Reinsurance
-A contract of reinsurance is one by which an insurer procures a third person to
insure him against loss or liability by reason of such original insurance.
-Reinsurance is presumed contract of indemnity against liability, not only damage
-Original insured has no interest in contract of reinsurance
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-A material representation is one that was relied upon by the insurer in issuing
the policy. Answer to queries
-Concealment is closely related to misrepresentation—it is the failure to disclose
material information.
Reqs:
-the insured knew that the fact was important in regard to the insurance
being applied for;
-there was an intention to defraud the insurer.
-A warranty is a promise by the insurance applicant to do certain things or to
satisfy certain requirements, or, it is a statement of fact that is attested by the
insurance applicant.