No misrepresentation made in obtaining or securing a policy of insurance on the life or lives of any person or persons, citizens of this state, shall be deemed material or render the policy void unless the matter misrepresented shall have actually contributed to the contingency or event on which the policy is to become due and payable.
K.S.A. 40-418
Materiality of misrepresentation in obtaining policy
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance v. Cowger (1988)
Most recently applied in 194 W. Va. 473 - Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Thompson (July 1995)
L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-418; June 1.
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Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.