Motor vehicle policy - assured to take all reasonable steps to safeguard a vehicle

Article Abstract:

The High Court of New Zealand in Turanga v State Insurance ruled on the interpretation of a motor vehicle insurance policy condition requiring the assured to take reasonable steps to safeguard the vehicle. In this case, the keys were left hidden in a van and it was stolen. The judge ruled that loss due to negligence of the assured was covered by the policy, and that in this case the assured's attempts to hide the keys along with other circumstances constituted reasonable conduct.

Automobile insurance

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Hampson & ors Syndicate 1204 v. Mining Technologies Australia Pty. Ltd

Article Abstract:

The Queensland Court of Appeal ruled in Hampson Syndicate 1204 v. Mining Technologies Australia Pty. that an insurer was liable for partial loss expenses under their policy to the mining company. The case involved mining equipment buried in a shaft collapse and the cost of trying to retrieve it. The court ruled that the insurer was not beyond the scope of the policy's indemnity and the company ws entitled to recover retrieval costs.

Interpretation and construction, Insurance, Insurance policies, Indemnity against liability, Liability indemnity, Queensland, Australia, Recoveries (Law)

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Claim under professional indemnity policy

Article Abstract:

An insurer's claim of misrepresentation and non-disclosure of a potential claim against an accounting firm was denied in Hendry Rae v FAI General Insurance Co. The Western Australia Supreme Court held for the insured, stating that misrepresentation was irrelevant to the insurance policy for professional liability that the firm had with the insurer.

Tort liability, Malpractice insurance, Tort liability of insurance companies, Insurance companies

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