The principle of indemnity, which limits recovery to the actual amount of a loss, generally does NOT apply to life insurance because a life policy is:
Explanation
Life insurance is a valued contract: it pays a predetermined face amount agreed upon at issue rather than reimbursing a measured loss, so the indemnity concept does not fit because a human life has no objective dollar value. Being a contract of adhesion, unilateral, or conditional are all true characteristics of a life policy, but none of them is the reason indemnity does not apply. Property insurance, by contrast, is an indemnity contract that reimburses actual loss.
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