Acts and Regulations

I-12 - Insurance Act

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Failure to disclose or misrepresentation by applicant or person whose life is to be insured
203(1)Subject to section 206 and except as provided in subsection (2),
(a) where a contract, including renewals thereof, except a contract of group insurance, has been in effect continuously for two years with respect to a person insured, a failure to disclose or a misrepresentation of a fact with respect to that person required by section 202 to be disclosed does not, except in the case of fraud, render the contract voidable;
(b) where a contract of group insurance, including renewals thereof, has been in effect continuously for two years with respect to a group person insured or a person insured, a failure to disclose or a misrepresentation of a fact with respect to that group person insured or person insured required by section 202 to be disclosed does not, except in the case of fraud, render the contract voidable with respect to that group person insured or person insured.
203(2)Where a claim arises from a loss incurred or a disability beginning before a contract, including renewals thereof, has been in force for two years with respect to the person in respect of whom the claim is made, subsection (1) does not apply to that claim.
1968, c.6, s.203