Legal Opinion
Conrad v. Universal Fire & Casualty Insurance
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 31, 1997No. 23S04-9705-CV-302PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
BOEHM, Justice.
This case presents the issue of whether an insurance company’s mailing of notice of cancellation of a policy by certified mail, return receipt requested, creates an irrebuttable presumption of notice under a policy calling for proof of mailing to constitute proof of notice, where the notice was returned to the company marked “unclaimed.” We hold that it does not.
Factual and Procedural Background
Universal Fire & Casualty Insurance Company issued a homeowner’s insurance policy to James and Carol Conrad in March of 1992. The policy had been placed through an…
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