The Insurance Coverage Law Center has published "Is There a Duty to Read Insurance Contracts?," originally published on PropertyCasualty360.com, in its Eye on the Experts column.

Here, the author explains, the "duty to read" is a legal fiction, better stated as "policyholders are deemed to know the essential terms of their contracts."

Victoria Spears

Victoria Spears

Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].

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