Section 79:
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
79. Certain provisions to be void
A provision of an agreement shall be void, where the purport of the provision is that—
(a) an insurer is exempted from liability for the actions, omissions or
representations of a person acting on its behalf in relation to an
insurance policy;
(b) the person who has entered into the insurance policy declares or
admits that a person who acted on behalf of the insurer in connection with an offer of that person to do so, or with the negotiations
preceding the entering into it, was in fact appointed to act on
behalf of the first-mentioned person;
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(c) the obligation of an insurer under an insurance policy is dependent
upon the discharging of an obligation of another person under a
reinsurance treaty;
(d) the person who has entered into an insurance policy, or the life
insured, or any beneficiary, under an insurance policy, waives a
right to which he is, by or under this Act, entitled.
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Questions this section answers
- Can my insurance policy validly say the insurer isn't liable for its agent's actions?
- Can I be asked to give up rights the Insurance Act gives me?