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Idaho Code § 41-1806

Insurable interest — Property

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Rhead v. Hartford Ins. Co. of the Midwest (2001)

Most recently applied in 273 F. Supp. 2d 673 - B a Properties, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. (July 2003)

1961, ch. 330, § 398, p. 645.

(1) No contract of insurance of property or of any interest in property or arising from property shall be enforceable as to the insurance except for the benefit of persons having an insurable interest in the things insured as at the time of the loss.

(2) “Insurable interest” as used in this section means any actual, lawful, and substantial economic interest in the safety or preservation of the subject of the insurance free from loss, destruction, or pecuniary damage or impairment.

(3) The measure of an insurable interest in property is the extent to which the insured might be directly damnified by loss, injury, or impairment thereof.

Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.