Question

    Which of the following principles of Insurance denotes

    insurance of same subject matter with two different companies or with the same company under two different policies?
    A Principle of Proximate Cause Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Principle of Subrogation Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Double insurance Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Principle of Indemnity Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Situation in which the same risk is insured by two overlapping but independent insurance policies. It is lawful to obtain double insurance, and the insured can make claim to both insurers in the event of a loss because both are liable under their respective polices. The insured, however, cannot profit (recover more than the loss suffered) from this arrangement because the insurers are law bound only to share the actual loss in the same proportion they share the total premium. Also called dual insurance

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