A Video Explaining the Importance of Warranties in Insurance Contracts
Warranties in Insurance
Certain policies contain the term “warranty.” This is a word of great power. Generally, a warranty can be defined as follows:
"A “warranty” in insurance law is a statement or condition forming part of a contract whereby insured agrees that certain acts have been or shall be done, and validity of contract depends upon exact fulfillment of condition, regardless of whether breach relates to or causes loss sustained."
A warranty in an insurance policy is a special kind of representation where the person seeking insurance promises that the statements of fact are absolutely true, that they know that the insurer is relying on the truthfulness of the statements, and that each statement of fact is material to the decision of the insurer to insure or not to insure. Warranty has also been described as follows:
"The term “warranty” ... frequently has the connotation of an affirmation or a promise. However, functionally the significance of a warranty in an insurance policy has been, and continues to be, that it establishes a condition precedent to an insurer’s obligation to pay."
When an application for insurance is attached to the policy and made a part of it, the statements of fact in the application are converted from mere representations to warranties. By accepting the policy with the application attached, the insured acknowledges that it has warranted to the insurer that each statement of fact in the application is absolutely true and that the policy will be void if not true.
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