Question juridique clé
Whether the insurer is liable under Art. 101 CO for the agent’s diversion of the premium payment.
Solution extraite
No. Art. 101 CO does not apply because there was no pre-existing contractual obligation between the insured and the insurer for that proposed policy, and the agent acted outside the task entrusted to him.
Motifs extraits
The proposed insurance contract never came into existence. The agent was only authorized to receive the proposal, not to accept it or bind the insurer. By keeping the proposal from the insurer and fabricating confirmation, he acted on his own and not in the functional execution of an obligation owed to the claimant.