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By Adv. Yael Navon

In a recent Court judgement handed down by the Magistrates Court of Tel Aviv, the Court denied an insurance claim due to the fact that the insured provided false information regarding the identity of the driver of the insured car. The false information was provided in order to try and avoid payment of the high deductible which applied to damages caused by a young driver. 

Several years ago the Commissioner of Insurance issued two directives regarding an insurer's duty upon declination of coverage. The first, issued on 9 December 1998 provided that when an insurer decides to decline coverage it must include in its letter of declination all the reasons which have led to taking this decision.  The second directive, issued on 29 May 2002 provided that an insurer may raise declination arguments which were not included in its letter of declination only if they are based on new circumstances which developed after the letter was issued or if the insurer could not have known about them at the time it declined the insured's claim.

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