Zurich Insurance PLC v Niramax Group Ltd
Decision date: 23 April 2021
Neutral citation: [2021] EWCA Civ 590
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
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This is an appeal concerning Zurich's denial of an insurance claim after a fire at Niramax's premises, Zurich alleging Niramax failed to disclose Millennium's risk requirements and special terms at renewal and when adding the Eggersmann plant. The trial judge found material nondisclosure but that it did not induce Zurich to underwrite the December 2014 renewal and that Zurich would have declined only the Eggersmann extension in September 2015; Niramax recovered for its mobile plant but not the Eggersmann machine. The Court of Appeal dismissed Zurich's appeal.
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