Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Insurance: Including, Fire, Life, Accident, Casualty, Title, Credit, and Guaranty Insurance in Every Form Continuance of interest in life; Interest of beneficiary designated by insured; Interest of the assignee; Interest of the assignee, continued; Interest based upon relationship; Interest based upon relationship, continued; Illustrations of insurable interest in life; Right of assignee without interest to recover premiums paid; Want of interest as a defense under incontestable clause; Description of interest; In general; Duty of applicant; Concealment - Definition; Rule as affected by the character of the insurance; Modern rule in the United States; What must be communicated; Where specific inquiries are made; Basis of the rule; Where no written application is made; Incomplete answers to inquiries; Answers calculated to mislead - Irresponsive answers; Time of concealment; Materiality; Concealment through inadvertence or negligence; Concealment or misrepresentation by agent; Knowledge of the agent, continued; Statutory definitions; Representations - Definition About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.