Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C00206:schedule:1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C00206
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 71312–73786

Schedule 1—Writing to inform of duty of disclosure
Note: See subsection 7(2).

Part 1—Contracts of general insurance (other than consumer insurance contracts)

Your duty of disclosure

Before you enter into an insurance contract, you have a duty to tell us anything that you know, or could reasonably be expected to know, may affect our decision to insure you and on what terms.

You have this duty until we agree to insure you.

You have the same duty before you renew, extend, vary or reinstate an insurance contract.

You do not need to tell us anything that:
           * reduces the risk we insure you for; or
           * is common knowledge; or
           * we know or should know as an insurer; or
           * we waive your duty to tell us about.

If you do not tell us something

If you do not tell us anything you are required to, we may cancel your contract or reduce the amount we will pay you if you make a claim, or both.

If your failure to tell us is fraudulent, we may refuse to pay a claim and treat the contract as if it never existed.

Part 2—Contracts of life insurance (other than consumer insurance contracts)

Your duty of disclosure

Before you enter into a life insurance contract, you have a duty to tell us anything that you know, or could reasonably be expected to know, may affect our decision to insure you and on what terms.

You have this duty until we agree to insure you.

You have the same duty before you extend, vary or reinstate the contract.

You do not need to tell us anything that:
           * reduces the risk we insure you for; or
           * is common knowledge; or
           * we know or should know as an insurer; or
           * we waive your duty to tell us about.

If the insurance is for the life of another person and that person does not tell us everything he or she should have, this may be treated as a failure by you to tell us something that you must tell us.

If you do not tell us something

In exercising the following rights, we may consider whether different types of cover can constitute separate contracts of life insurance. If they do, we may apply the following rights separately to each type of cover.

If you do not tell us anything you are required to, and we would not have insured you if you had told us, we may avoid the contract within 3 years of entering into it.

If we choose not to avoid the contract, we may, at any time, reduce the amount you have been insured for. This would be worked