Alcances de la buena fe en el contrato de seguros

Good faith as a principle of law is perhaps the one that has the greatest importance in the insurance contract, since this, being an agreement that involves the transfer of risks from one contractual party to another, implies that it is the trust between the contracting parties that is the It serves as support for said legal relationship and, in turn, causes it to be reflected in the greater demand for honest and loyal behavior of the parties compared to other contracts. This work exposes the way in which good faith has integrated the content of insurance, with special emphasis on the declaration of the facts and circumstances that determine the state of the risk and the doctrine of proper acts, being the two institutions in which good faith shines more frequently in the practice of insurance law. The above is done under an updated vision considering the most recent jurisprudential advances in the matter and a harmony with the practical reality of the insurance industry, an element that is key to a correct understanding of the true scope of the renowned utmost good faith that is called to radiate this contract.