Insurance Claims
Bloomsbury Professional (Verlag)
978-1-78043-896-2 (ISBN)
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The new edition is one of the first titles to cover and offer detailed commentary on the Insurance Act 2015 which comes in to force in August 2016.
Insurance Claims, Fourth Edition includes coverage of the following significant changes in legislation and case law:
The Insurance Act 2015 comes into force on 12 August 2016 and makes far-reaching changes to insurance law in England and Wales: Introduces a new pre-contractual duty of fair presentation in place of the duty to disclose material facts/duty not to misrepresent material facts; Makes significant changes to remedies for breach of pre-contractual duty, breach of warranty and breach of other terms ‘not relevant to the actual loss’.
The Enterprise Act 2016 amends the Insurance Act 2015 and introduces a general right to damages for late payment of insurance claims (with effect from 4 May 2017).
The Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010, is amended by the Insurance Act 2015 and by the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Regulations 2016, and came into force on 1 August 2016.
The Consumer Rights Act 2015 re-enacts, with minor changes, the law on unfair terms in consumer contracts (formerly the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999).
Teal v Berkley in the Supreme Court on the order in which losses are allocated to policies of insurance.
Aspen v Adana in the Court of Appeal on the meaning of ‘product’ and cover for defective installation in product and public liability insurance.
International Energy Group Ltd v Zurich Insurance plc in the Supreme Court on contribution between insurers in cases within the ‘Fairchild enclave’.
AIG v ILP in the Court of Appeal on aggregation in solicitors’ indemnity insurance.
Contents:
1: The Basics; 2: The Claimant; 3: The Contract of Insurance; 4: Causation of Loss; 5: Proof of Loss; 6: Measurement of Loss; 7: Presentation of Claims; 8: Claims Handling; 9: Insurance Litigation; 10: Alternatives to Litigation; 11: Insurers' Defences; 12: Subrogation; 13: Double Insurance and Contribution; 14: Reinsurance; 15: Conflict of Laws; 16: Claims Against Insurance Brokers; 17: Specific Types of Insurance.
Alison Padfield is a barrister at 4 New Square with extensive experience in insurance and reinsurance. She is ranked by Chambers UK and the Legal 500 as a leading junior barrister in insurance and reinsurance. In 2014 Alison was shortlisted for Insurance Junior of the Year in the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards 2014 and was also listed in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 for 2014 (one of only two junior barristers, and 11 barristers in total). Alison is the editor of the insurance title in Atkin's Court Forms. She also writes articles for legal journals about insurance law and related issues.
Chapter 1: The basics
Chapter 2: The claimant
Chapter 3: The contract of insurance
Chapter 4: Causation of loss
Chapter 5: Proof of loss
Chapter 6: Measurement of loss
Chapter 7: Presentation of claims
Chapter 8: Claims handling
Chapter 9: Insurance litigation
Chapter 10: Alternatives to litigation
Chapter 11: Insurers’ defences
Chapter 12: Subrogation
Chapter 13: Double insurance and contribution
Chapter 14: Reinsurance
Chapter 15: Conflict of laws
Chapter 16: Claims against insurance brokers
Chapter 17: Specific types of insurance
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.7.2016 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 248 mm |
| Gewicht | 1 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78043-896-6 / 1780438966 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78043-896-2 / 9781780438962 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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