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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>📋 '''Insurance Act 2015''' is the landmark United Kingdom statute that modernized the legal framework governing commercial [[Definition:Insurance contract | insurance contracts]], replacing key provisions of the Marine Insurance Act 1906 that had long been criticized as outdated and unfairly weighted against [[Definition:Policyholder | policyholders]]. Taking effect on 12 August 2016, the Act reshaped the duties owed by insured parties when placing business, reformed the remedies available to [[Definition:Insurance carrier | insurers]] for [[Definition:Non-disclosure | non-disclosure]] and [[Definition:Misrepresentation | misrepresentation]], and abolished the automatic entitlement to void a policy for any breach of [[Definition:Warranty | warranty]].<br />
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⚙️ At its core, the Act introduced a proportionate remedies regime. Rather than allowing an insurer to avoid a contract entirely whenever the [[Definition:Insured | insured]] failed to disclose a material fact, the remedy now depends on what the insurer would have done had it known the truth — it might adjust the [[Definition:Premium | premium]], alter the [[Definition:Terms and conditions | terms]], or, only in cases of deliberate or reckless conduct, void the policy. The Act also replaced the old duty of utmost good faith with a more structured "duty of fair presentation," requiring the insured to disclose material circumstances in a clear and accessible manner while giving the insurer a corresponding responsibility to ask follow-up questions. [[Definition:Warranty | Warranties]] were reformed so that a breach merely suspends coverage rather than discharging the insurer from [[Definition:Liability | liability]] entirely, and "basis of the contract" clauses — which converted every statement in a [[Definition:Proposal form | proposal form]] into a warranty — were outlawed.<br />
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💡 For the [[Definition:London market | London market]], [[Definition:Lloyd's | Lloyd's]] [[Definition:Syndicate | syndicates]], and global [[Definition:Reinsurer | reinsurers]] writing contracts under English law, the Insurance Act 2015 shifted the balance of power meaningfully toward policyholders and [[Definition:Insurance broker | brokers]]. [[Definition:Underwriter | Underwriters]] had to overhaul their pre-placement questioning processes, and [[Definition:Claims | claims]] teams needed to retrain on the new proportionate remedies framework. The Act also prompted a review of standard market [[Definition:Slip | slips]] and [[Definition:Policy wording | policy wordings]] across specialty lines. Because English law governs a significant share of international commercial and [[Definition:Reinsurance | reinsurance]] contracts, the statute's influence reaches well beyond the UK, shaping expectations for [[Definition:Disclosure | disclosure]] practices and contract certainty worldwide.<br />
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'''Related concepts'''<br />
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* [[Definition:Duty of fair presentation]]<br />
* [[Definition:Warranty]]<br />
* [[Definition:Utmost good faith]]<br />
* [[Definition:Insurance contract]]<br />
* [[Definition:London market]]<br />
* [[Definition:Non-disclosure]]<br />
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