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- From: dg10+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Goldreich)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal
- Subject: Insurance question
- Message-ID: <YfLglNi00iV002tll9@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 16:16:25 GMT
- Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- A friend of mine will be taking out auto insurance soon. In the past
- he has gotten a couple of speeding tickets. He is planning on
- "forgetting" about the tickets when the insurance company asks.
- (I don't believe he has any points or any other easy way for the
- insurance company to find out.)
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- Obviously there are ethical issues that must be addressed, but I
- have a more basic question.
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- If he were to get into a serious accident and the insurance company
- investigates and finds out he lied on the application, will the
- insurance pay for the accident? i.e. does lying on the application
- mean your not insured, or does it mean that you are insured but are
- cheating the company on the premium?
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- If he is not really insured (presumably in a major accident the insurance
- company will investigate), then he is just cheating himself.
-
- I have seen on a number of occassions where people live in one state, but
- register their car in another state to save on insurance. Same question.
- (In particular, I knew someone in California - a grad student with a
- family- whose car was registered in Iowa)
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- If the insurance is still valid, then I have another question.
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- Suppose someone takes out life insurance and "forgets" that he has
- cancer or AIDS. The insurance company can't be liable in such a case,
- can it?
-
- Again, there are ethical problems in all these cases. I'm just asking
- about the legal issues.
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- David
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