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A Stipulation Cannot Bind an Insurer to Nonexistent Coverage

In finding that a hearing was required to determine if respondent was entitled to supplemental uninsured/underinsured motorist (SUM) coverage, the Third Department noted that a stipulation, which implied the existence of such coverage, could not bind the insurer:

Supreme Court erred in concluding that the parties’ stipulation waived the issue of respondent’s entitlement to SUM coverage. Although the stipulation stated that, “[u]pon the completion of [certain] discovery set forth [in the stipulation, petitioner] agrees to proceed to arbitration,” a stipulation cannot create coverage of an individual, nor the obligation to arbitrate the issue of coverage, where the individual does not meet the relevant contractual prerequisites for coverage … . Stated differently, the stipulation cannot independently bind petitioner to supply coverage where no such coverage exists under the policy. Matter of Preferred Mut. Ins. Co. (Fisher), 2015 NY Slip Op 02837, 3rd Dept 4-2-15

 

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