Primo v. Safety Mutual Fire Insurance

Citations

• 72 Pa. Super. 409
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 329

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Fire insurance — Proof of loss — Waiver—Local agent.</p> <p>Where a property insured against loss by fire, under a standard insurance policy, is destroyed by fire, and the owner neglects to furnish proof of loss to the company within sixty days, as provided by the policy, or to the local agent who had countersigned his policy within twenty days, as provided by the Act of June .27, 1883, P. L. 16S, he cannot excuse his lack of compliance with the covenant of the policy as to furnishing proofs of loss by setting up a verbal promise, made by the local agent, to the effect that he would let him know when he had received an answer from the company, and that the insured need do nothing until he heard from him.</p>