Question juridique clé
Whether the life-insurance contracts could be invalidated for fraud due to nondisclosure of acquisition fees.
Solution extraite
No. The insureds did not prove that the insurer withheld facts it had a duty to disclose or that it intentionally misled them.
Motifs extraits
Fraud by silence requires a duty of disclosure arising from law, contract, or good faith. The insureds did not prove customary fees for such products or that the challenged fees were outside usual practice; without such proof, no duty to disclose the exact amount arose.