THOMAS v. AMERICAN FAMILY MUT. INS. CO.

No. 91-624.

485 N.W.2d 298 (1992)

Jay THOMAS and Dean Thomas, Appellants, v. AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis F. Chalupa, John Terpstra, and Terry Rickers, Newton, for appellants.

Ronald M. Rankin and Harry Perkins, III of Patterson, Lorentzen, Duffield, Timmons, Irish, Becker & Ordway, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, LAVORATO and ANDREASEN, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

In this law action, two insureds seek payment from their insurer under two motor vehicle policies providing uninsured and underinsured coverage. The uninsured provisions obligate the insurer to pay damages on any accident caused by the owner or operator of a vehicle which is insured by an insurer that is insolvent or becomes insolvent. This insolvency provision, unlimited as to time, is different from Iowa Code section 516A.3 (1985). Section 516A...

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