The motion court determined that the policy was void ab initio due to material misrepresentations on the insurance application submitted by defendant-appellant Abad Consulting (broker).
Insurance Law § 3105 permits an insurer to rescind a policy where the application contains a material misrepresentation (see American Sur. Co. of N.Y. v Patriotic Assur. Co., Ltd., 242 N.Y. 54, 64 [1926]). Here, the application stated that no structural alterations to the...
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