Northwestern National Insurance v. Mortensen

The plaintiff seeks to enjoin the commissioner of insurance and the fire insurance rating bureau from applying the fire insurance rating act to marine insurance policies, and contends that a certain fine-arts policy which it has issued to the Layton Art Gallery of Milwaukee is a form of marine insurance and not subject to the rating-law. The state, on the other hand, insists that all policies which insure against fire, whether or not within the definition of marine policies, are subject to the fire insurance rating act as to the premiums applicable to the fire risks covered by the policy.

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