33-15-403. Representations in applications -- recovery precluded if fraudulent or material. - Montana Statutes

     33-15-403. Representations in applications -- recovery precluded if fraudulent or material. (1) All statements and descriptions in any application for an insurance policy or annuity contract or in negotiations for an insurance policy or annuity contract by or on behalf of the insured or annuitant are considered representations and not warranties.
     (2) Misrepresentations, omissions, concealment of facts, and incorrect statements do not prevent a recovery under the policy or contract unless:
     (a) fraudulent;
     (b) material either to the acceptance of the risk or to the hazard assumed by the insurer; or
     (c) the insurer in good faith would either not have issued the policy or contract or would not have issued a policy or contract in as large an amount or at the same premium or rate or would not have provided coverage with respect to the hazard resulting in the loss if the true facts had been made known to the insurer as required either by the application for the policy or contract or otherwise.
     (3) Subsection (2)(c) does not apply to nonrenewal or discontinuation of group health insurance offered in connection with a group health plan in the small group market or large group market, as those terms are defined in 33-22-140.

     History: En. Sec. 270, Ch. 286, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 40-3713; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 416, L. 1997.