Duty of disclosure in a contract of insurance: A critical analysis of the extent to which the common law and the Malaysian Insurance Act 1996 serve to protect the interests of the insured / Rosmi Yuhasni Mohd Yusuf

• Main Author: Mohd Yusuf, Rosmi Yuhasni
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Insurance business. Insurance management
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/58393/1/58393.PDF; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/58393/

The doctrine of utmost good faith is central to the whole mechanism of insurance. As a contract of utmost good faith, in contrast to good faith as in non-insurance contracts, it imposes upon the parties to such a contract mutual duties to disclose facts, which are materials to the risk, that are not...