Cal. Ins. Code § 333

Concealment

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 442 F. Supp. 2d 914 - Clarendon National Insurance v. Insurance Co. of the West (2006)

Most recently applied in 188 F. Supp. 3d 978 - Illinois Union Insurance Co. v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (May 2016)

Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.

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Neither party to a contract of insurance is bound to communicate information of the matters following, except in answer to the inquiries of the other:

1. Those which the other knows.

2. Those which, in the exercise of ordinary care, the other ought to know, and of which the party has no reason to suppose him ignorant.

3. Those of which the other waives communication.

4. Those which prove or tend to prove the existence of a risk excluded by a warranty, and which are not otherwise material.

5. Those which relate to a risk excepted from insurance, and which are not otherwise material.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.