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2011 Vermont Code
Title 08 Banking and Insurance
Chapter 103 LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND ANNUITY CONTRACTS
§ 3716 Claims administration not waiver


8 VT Stats § 3716. (2011 through Adj Sess) What's This?

§ 3716. Claims administration not waiver

Without limitation of any right or defense of an insurer otherwise, none of the following acts by or on behalf of an insurer shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any provision of a policy or of any defense of the insurer thereunder:

(1) Acknowledgment of the receipt of notice of loss or claim under the policy.

(2) Furnishing forms for reporting a loss or claim, for giving information relative thereto, or for making proof of loss, or receiving or acknowledging receipt of any such forms or proofs completed or uncompleted.

(3) Investigating any loss or claim under any policy or engaging in negotiations looking toward a possible settlement of any such loss or claim. (1967, No. 344 (Adj. Sess.), { 1 (ch. 2, subch. 1, { 16).)

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