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Article R*124-1 of the French Insurance Code

Insurance policies covering civil liability risks must provide that, with regard to this cover, no forfeiture on the grounds of a breach by the insured of its obligations committed subsequent to the loss will be enforceable against injured parties or their beneficiaries. They must not contain any clause prohibiting the insured from calling the insurer into question or invoking it as guarantor in connection with the settlement of a claim.

Policies of insurance against accidents at work must specify that the insurer may not invoke any forfeiture of rights against the victims or their dependants.

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Article R*124-1

Les polices d’assurance garantissant des risques de responsabilité civile doivent prévoir qu’en ce qui concerne cette garantie aucune déchéance motivée par un manquement de l’assuré à ses obligations commis postérieurement au sinistre ne sera opposable aux personnes lésées ou à leurs ayants droit. Elles ne doivent contenir aucune clause interdisant à l’assuré de mettre en cause son assureur ni de l’appeler en garantie à l’occasion d’un règlement de sinistre.

Les polices d’assurance contre les accidents du travail doivent spécifier que l’assureur ne peut opposer aucune déchéance aux victimes ou à leurs ayants droit.

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