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The document discusses the principle of utmost good faith or uberrimae fides in insurance contracts. It begins by stating that this principle requires both parties in an insurance contract (the insurer and insured) to disclose all material facts to one another. It then provides a brief history of how this doctrine developed from the 1766 court case Carter v. Boehm. The document goes on to discuss how the principle applies to all types of insurance contracts and the duties of disclosure it places on both par
- Author
- harshita singh
- Language
- EN