Zurich Australian Insurance Limited v CIMIC Group Limited & Ors

• 1. Insurance
  2. › Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth)
  3. › Non-disclosure and misrepresentation
  4. › Duty of disclosure
  5. › Whether insured breached duty of disclosure under s 21
  6. › Whether insurers entitled to reduce liability to nil under s 28(3)
  7. › Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth), ss 21, 28
• 1. Insurance
  2. › Liability insurance
  3. › Directors and officers insurance
  4. › Policy construction
  5. › Whether policy clauses precluded insurers from reducing liability under s 28
  6. › Whether cl 5.3(ii) operated so that previous year's limit of liability applied
• 1. Insurance
  2. › Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth)
  3. › Section 54
  4. › Omission to give notice
  5. › Whether omission to form expectation that claim could arise is relevant omission for purposes of s 54
  6. › Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth), s 54
• 1. Insurance
  2. › Liability insurance
  3. › Equitable contribution between insurers
  4. › Whether primary insurer entitled to contribution from excess insurer
  5. › Whether contribution available where insurer could not have been liable without recourse to s 54

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