Colinvaux's Law of Insurance

10. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-414-03421-1
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch, 1400 Seiten

Colinvaux’s Law of Insurance provides a thorough overview of insurance law in the UK. It outlines the essential components including contract and insurance policies, the parties involved and analysis of special cases such as marine, life, accident, liability and motor vehicle insurance.
IMPORTANT NEW LEGISLATION AND CHANGES INCLUDED IN THE 10TH EDITION
- Detailed commentary on the following legislative measures:

- Insurance Bill 2014, likely to become law as the Insurance Act
- Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act
- Financial Services Act
- Revised versions of a number of chapters, including those on:

- Claims
- Measure of indemnity
- Rights of insurers
- Discussion of all of the insurance cases decided since the publication of the last edition in 2010, including major developments in:

- Liability Insurance
- Motor Insurance
- Reinsurance
- Enhanced coverage of important authorities from other Commonwealth jurisdictions, in particular Australia and New Zealand, on matters as yet unresolved by the English courts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Merkin, Robert M

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Versicherungswirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS

PART I: The Contract of Insurance
1. Contract of Insurance
2. Conflict of Laws
3. Construction of the Policy
4. Insurable Interest
5. The Risk
6. Utmost Good Faith
7. Terms of Insurance Contracts
8. The Premium
9. Claims
10. Indemnity
11. The Rights of Insurers
12. Statutory Control of Policies

PART II: The Parties
13. The Regulation of Insurers
14. The Assured
15. Insurance Intermediaries
16. The Insolvency of Insurance Companies

PART III: Special Types of Insurance Contract
17. Reinsurance
18. Life and Accident Insurance
19. Property Insurance
20. Liability Insurance
21. Motor Vehicle Insurance
22. Financial Insurance
23. Marine Insurance
24. War Risks