Chapter IPT03650

Published date15 April 2016
Record NumberIPT03650
CourtHM Revenue & Customs
IssuerHM Revenue & Customs

In order for an insurance contract to exist there must be a written or verbal contractual relationship. A dictionary definition of a contract is:

a legally binding agreement between two or more persons by which rights are acquired by one or more persons on exchange for acts or forbearance on the part of the other or others.

The essential elements of a valid contract are that:

  • the terms may be oral, in writing or implied by conduct (although in the case of some specific types of insurance, such as marine insurance, the contract must be in writing);
  • there must be an offer;
  • there must be acceptance and this must be unqualified and only open...

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