Interboro Insurance v. Fatmir
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
To establish' the right to rescind an insurance policy, an insurer must show that its insured made a material misrepre*994sentation of fact when he or she secured the policy (see Novick v Middlesex Mut. Assur. Co., 84 AD3d 1330 [2011]; Varshavskaya v Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 68 AD3d 855, 856 [2009]; Schirmer v Penkert, 41 AD3d 688, 690 [2007]; Zilkha v Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N.Y., 287 AD2d 713, 714 [2001]). A misrepresentation is material if the insurer would not have issued the policy had it known the facts misrepresented (see Insurance Law § 3105 [b]; Novick v Middlesex Mut. Assur. Co., 84…
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