Law of Insurance Contracts
| This chapter was updated in March 2025. The next review of this chapter is due in July 2025. |
Chapter 26
CLAIMS PROCEDURE
26-1 INTRODUCTION
Conditions of the insurance contract govern claims procedure in general. Procedural conditions are “machinery”1 to make the contract work as intended. The principal conditions, discussed in this chapter, are terms governing notice of loss, particulars and proof of loss, and arbitration clauses, as well as other modes of claims’ settlement.