Is a broker's failure to obtain insurance coverage for an insured a cause of actionable negligence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Koch v. Markel Ins. Co., B213610, B215545, No. LC 079920 (Cal. App. 2011):
"A broker's failure to obtain the type of insurance requested by an insured may constitute actionable negligence and the proximate cause of injury." (Desai v. Farmers Ins. Exchange (1996) 47 Cal.App.4th 1110, 1120.)
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