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- From: bmiller@lunatix.uucp (Barry Miller)
- Subject: Re: Insurance question
- Organization: Lexington Public Access Unix. -KY- (606) 255-9121
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:27:41 GMT
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- David Goldreich (dg10+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:
- :
- : 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.)
- :
- The courts call this type of "forgetting" fraud. If an insured
- lies on an insurance application, the insurance contract is void
- from the inception of the contract. Because it is automobile
- insurance, the insurer may still find itself liable to someone
- your forgetful friend runs into. However, the company might also
- be looking to your friend to repay these losses.
-
- The insurance application is designed to give the insurer the
- application it needs to assess the risk and calculate a premium.
- If the information is purposefully misleading, the company has
- miscalculated the risk. That is one reason why courts will find
- fraudulent insurance applications to void the policy.
-
- Also, don't underestimate the company's ability to find out about
- these tickets.
-
- Your gut instinct is correct. If your friend lies to an
- insurance company in order to obtain insurance, he is not really
- covered. He's fortunate to have you as his Jiminy Cricket --
- hope he's smart enough to listen to you.
-
- --Barry
- :
-