Does an insurance company have a right to limit the coverage of a policy issued by it?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Reserve Ins. Co. v. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co., 13 Cal.App.3d 656, 92 Cal.Rptr. 137 (Cal. App. 1970):

In Bohrn v. State Farm etc. Ins. Co., supra, appellant argues [226 Cal.App.2d, at p. 500, 38 Cal.Rptr. 77] that an insurance company has the right to insure and select its risks and to decline risks. The court said (id.) that such proposition can be accepted generally as a correct statement of law, and that an insurance company has the right to limit the coverage of a policy issued by it. The court then said (p. 501, 38 Cal.Rptr. p. 79): 'However, any such linitation must conform to the law; if contrary to public policy it is void.'

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