The insurance company argued that the policyholder violated the "concealment or fraud" provision of its policy. A corporate representative of Citizens Property Insurance Company testified in a deposition that the insured did in fact make a prior claim on the property in 2013. (Credit: IanRedding/Shutterstock)
The Florida Third District Court of Appeal has reversed a Miami first-party property insurance ruling involving a homeowner accused of lying about making a prior damage claim. The Court found the policyholder's omission had been unintentional.
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