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Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan)

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Title: Insurance Act CH
Category: Financial Supervisory Commission(金融監督管理委員會)
Chapter I. General Principles
Section 5. Double Insurance
Article 35
(Definition of Double Insurance)
The term "double insurance" means an act of contracting whereby a proposer separately enters into multiple insurance contracts with multiple insurers covering the same insurable interest and the same insured event.
Article 36
(Notice of Double Insurance)
In double insurance, a proposer shall, unless otherwise stipulated, notify each insurer of the names of the other insurers and the amounts insured thereby.
Article 37
(Voidance of Double Insurance in Bad Faith)
If a proposer willfully fails to make the notification referred to in the preceding Article, or obtains double insurance with the intent to acquire undue profit, the contract shall be void.
Article 38
(Effect of Double Insurance in Good Faith)
Where double insurance has been obtained in good faith and the total insured amount exceeds the value of the subject matter insured, each insurer, unless otherwise stipulated, is liable only to provide a share of the indemnification for the total value of the subject matter insured pro rata to the amount it has insured. However, the total indemnification may not exceed the value of the subject matter insured.
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