Insurance Risks - The Burden of Proof
Insurance Risks - The Burden of Proof
The significant feature, however, which distinguishes ARPI from other categories of insurance is that it covers the assured against physical loss caused by all perils and risks. Of course, having covered the assured in the insuring clause, the policy will then continue to exclude cover for various risks in the exclusion clauses, such as nuclear explosion, war, flood and many more. Therefore, is the ARPI different from a standard fire policy? After the application of numerous exclusions, the assured may only be left with cover for fire
Certainly in the United States an all risks policy is considered as "different". There is a presumption that it extends cover beyond the norm: "a special insurance and extended to risks other than those usually contemplated" (Goix v. Knox [1800] NY 1 Johns Gas. 337).
The key factor distinguishing an ARPI is the reversal of the burden of proof.
In a fire policy, the assured must prove that the loss is caused by fire. Under ARPI the assured needs only to prove the loss has taken place, subject to it being fortuitous (although this begs the question as to what is meant by fortuitous or inevitable as discussed below), and the onus switches to the insurer to prove that the exclusions apply.
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