Section 28
Contents of contracts of insurance
(a)
identify the goods or the part of the goods to be insured;
and
(b)
contain a statement of the amount and period for which the goods are insured or are to be insured; and
(c)
if the amount for which the goods are or are to be insured will vary during the period of the agreement, contain a statement showing the varying amounts.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3) any provision in any agreement, policy of insurance or other document—
(a)
requiring differences or disputes arising out of a contract of insurance to be referred to arbitration;
(b)
providing that no action or suit shall be maintainable upon such a contract or against the insurer in respect of any claim under, or difference or dispute arising out of, such a contract unless the claim, difference, or dispute has been referred to arbitration or an award pursuant to arbitration proceedings has been first obtained;
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(c)
providing that arbitration or an award pursuant to arbitration proceedings is a condition precedent to any right of action or suit upon such a contract; or
(d)
otherwise imposing by reference to arbitration or to an award made in arbitration proceedings any limitation on the right of person to bring or maintain any action or suit upon such a contract, shall not bind the hirer.
(3)
Nothing in subsection (2) shall prevent the parties to a contract of insurance from making an agreement, after a difference or dispute has arisen out of the contract of insurance, to submit the difference or dispute to arbitration.