BILL NO. 106
(as introduced)
1st Session, 63rd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
67 Elizabeth II, 2018
Government Bill
Insurance Act
(amended)
The Honourable Karen Casey
Minister responsible for the Insurance Act
First Reading: March 29, 2018
Second Reading: April 3, 2018
Third Reading: April 13, 2018 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)
Explanatory Note
This Bill amends the Insurance Act to protect the financial interests of an innocent person when the person's property is damaged by another person with whom that person shares an insurance policy.
An Act to Amend Chapter 231
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Insurance Act
1 Subsection 5(1) of Chapter 231 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Insurance Act, as amended by Chapter 1 of the Acts of 2003 (Second Session), is further amended by adding immediately after clause (l) the following clause:
- (la) prescribing requirements for the purpose of clause (c) of subsection (3) of Section 13A;
2 Chapter 231 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 13 the following Section:
- 13A (1) Where a contract contains a term or condition excluding coverage for loss or damage to property caused by a criminal or intentional act or omission of an insured or any other person, the exclusion applies only to the claim of a person
(a) whose act or omission caused the loss or damage;
(b) who abetted or colluded in the act or omission;
- (i) consented to the act or omission, and
(ii) knew or ought to have known that the act or omission would cause the loss or damage; or
(d) who is not a natural person.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) allows a person whose property is insured under the contract to recover more than the person's proportionate interest in the lost or damaged property.
(3) A person whose coverage would be excluded but for subsection (1) shall
(a) co-operate with the insurer in respect of the investigation of the loss, including submitting to an examination under oath if requested by the insurer;
(b) in addition to producing any documents required by the contract, produce for examination, at a reasonable place and time specified by the insurer, all documents in the person's possession or control that relate to the loss; and
(c) comply with any other requirement prescribed by the regulations.
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