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Supreme Court Decision 2001Da6312 delivered on March 26, 2002 [Insurance Proceeds] 


¡¼Main Issues¡½

[1] The purpose of a valued policy and the terms of the agreement between the parties to an insurance contract required for such contract to qualify as a valued policy

[2] A precedent that held that a self-owned automobile insurance contract was a valued policy where the insured amount of such insurance was determined on the basis of a pre-determined value of the car

[3] The standards for determining whether, under a valued policy, the agreed value substantially exceeds the value at the time of the insured event and who has the burden of proof on this issue (=the insurer)


¡¼Summary of Decision¡½

[1] In principle, the amount of loss to be paid by the insurer of an indemnification insurance must be computed on the basis of the insurable value at the time and place of the insured event (see Article 676(1) of the Commercial Act). But there are many occasions in which the insured subject matter is destroyed or damaged, making such computation difficult and giving rise to many disputes. To prevent such disputes and facilitate the approbation of the insured value, the system of a valued policy is recognized, whereby the parties to an insurance contract agree to a pre-determined insurable value at the time of executing the contract. In order to be recognized as forming a valued policy, such agreement must be explicit although the contract is not required to use terms such as "agreed value" or "contract value" and such agreement will be deemed to exist if it can be inferred from the circumstances surrounding the execution of the insurance contract and the terms of the insurance policy that the parties intended to agree to a pre-determined insurable value.

[2] A precedent that held that a self-owned automobile insurance contract was a valued policy on the grounds that the parties to the contract are deemed to have agreed to a pre-determined insurable value for the automobile where the insured amount was determined on the basis of a pre-determined value of the automobile.

[3] Whereas the proviso of Article 670 of the Commercial Act specifies that the insurable value shall be the value at the time the insured event occurs, in a case where the agreed value substantially exceeds the value at the time of the insured event with respect to a valued policy that sets forth a pre-determined insurable value as agreed upon by the parties thereto, the question of whether there is a substantial difference between the two values shall be determined by the transactional norm or the general social norms, and the insurer has the burden of proving that the agreed value clearly exceeds the value at the time of the insured event.


¡¼Reference Provisions¡½ [1] Article 670 and Article 676(1) of the Commercial Act / [2] Article 670 and Article 676(1) of the Commercial Act / [3] Article 670 of the Commercial Act 


¡¼Plaintiff, Appellee¡½ Choi Sung-gyu (Attorney Park Young-joo, Counsel for plaintiff-appellee)


¡¼Defendant, Appellant¡½ Oriental Marine Insurance Co., Ltd (Law Firm So Myung, Attorney Jeon Jae-joong, Counsel for defendant-appellant)


¡¼Court of First Instance¡½Daejeon District Court Judgment 2000Gahap2577 delivered on July 12, 2000


¡¼Court of Second Instance¡½Daejeon Hight Court Judgment 2000Na3925 delivered on December 20, 2000

¡¼Disposition¡½ The appeal shall be dismissed and all costs of appeal shall be assessed against the defendant.

¡¼Reasoning¡½ 1. In principle, the amount of loss to be paid by the insurer of an indemnification insurance must be computed on the basis of the insurable value at the time and place of the insured event (see Article 676(1) of the Commercial Act). But since there are many occasions in which the insured subject matter is destroyed or damaged, making such computation difficult and giving rise to many disputes. To prevent such disputes and facilitate the approbation of the insured value, the system of a valued policy is recognized, whereby the parties to the insurance contract agree to a pre-determined insurable value at the time of executing the contract. In order to be recognized as forming a valued policy, such agreement must be explicit although the contract is not required to use terms such as "agreed value" or "contract value" and such agreement will be deemed to exist if it can be inferred from the circumstances surrounding the execution of the insurance contract and the terms of the insurance policy that the parties intended to agree to a pre-determined insurable value.

According to the records and the claims for appeal, the plaintiff entered into a self-owned automobile insurance contract with the defendant on August 19, 1999. According to the policy issued thereunder, the truck at issue was recorded as the insured automobile and the insurable value thereof was recorded as 98,670,000 won. Based on such amount and pursuant to the terms of the personal automobile insurance policy, the insured amount was determined to be 98,670,000 won. Under such facts and circumstances, the intent of the parties is clear that they agreed to a pre-determined insurable value of 98,670,000 won with respect to the subject matter of the insurance, which is the truck at issue. Therefore, we find that the self-owned automobile insurance contract at issue was a valued policy and the nature of the policy would not differ whether a total or partial loss resulted from the occurrence of the insured event.

While we acknowledge a partial error in the course of the fact finding by the court below, we hold that the court below correctly ruled that the insurance contract at issue was a valued policy as set forth in Article 670 of the Commercial Act, and there were no reversible errors as to the notion of a valued policy or a misinterpretation of the fact because of wrongful admission of evidence, as alleged in the first ground for appeal.


2. Whereas the proviso of Article 670 of the Commercial Act specifies that the insurable value shall be the value at the time the insured event occurs in a case where the agreed value substantially exceeds the value at the time of the insured event with respect to a valued policy that sets forth a pre-determined insurable value as agreed upon by the parties thereto, the question of whether there is a substantial difference between the two values shall be determined by the transactional norm or the general social norms, and the insurer has the burden of proving that the agreed value clearly exceeds the value at the time of the insured event.

Based on the admitted evidence, the court below found that the standard vehicle value schedule determined by the Korea Insurance Development Institute does not list a value for the type of the automobile in this case, but that the standard vehicle value schedule as of the fourth quarter of 1999, when the insured event occurred, listed the value of an Asia dump truck (1997 model, 21.5 tons, 21.5TDF) as 55,600,000 won, a Ssangyong dump truck (1997 model, 21.5 tons, DTG020LD) at 66,069,000 won, a Daewoo Volvo dump truck (1997 model, 21.5 tons, GYZ46TD) at 60,200,000 won, and an Asia dump truck (1997 model, 21.5 tons, 59,610,000 won). The court below held that the foregoing facts are insufficient for the purpose of finding that the insurable value at issue substantially exceeded the value at the time of the insured event. Given that each of the dump trucks listed in the foregoing schedule has a different loading weight than the truck at issue, we hold that the foregoing findings of fact and holding by the court below were correct and not affected by the misinterpretation of the law as to the principle against profit taking and the notion of a valued policy in casualty insurance. Thus, there was no reversible error such as inadequate finding of facts or incomplete factual investigation against the rules of evidence as alleged in the second ground for appeal.


3. Accordingly, the appeal shall be dismissed and the costs of appeal shall be assessed against the defendant.

It is so ordered per Disposition.


Justices Lee Yong-woo(Presiding Justice)

Suh Sung

Bae Ki-won

Park Jae-yoon (Justice in charge)