Insurance Broking Practice and the Law

Insurance Broking Practice and the Law
Author: CMS Cameron McKenna LLP.
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2007
Genre: Business insurance
ISBN: 9781843115861

Insurance Broking Practice and the Law is a thoroughly comprehensive reference source for anyone who needs to understand the role and responsibilities involved in insurance broking. It covers not only insurance and regulatory issues but also tax, insolvency, competition, data protection and employment issues relevant to brokers. In addition, it addresses current market reforms and their impact, e.g. contract certainty, market reform slip and market claims agreements.

Lloyd's: Law and Practice

Lloyd's: Law and Practice
Author: Julian Burling
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 768
Release: 2013-09-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1134501501

The unique features of the Lloyd’s Corporation and Market and their governing rules are complex and are often difficult to navigate even for the most seasoned practitioner. This book provides the reader with a definitive and detailed guide, and is essential for any practitioner dealing with Lloyd’s Insurance. After a brief historical account, the book provides a thorough legal description and analysis of Lloyd’s, which includes topics ranging from the constitution and membership requirements of Lloyd’s, UK and overseas regulation, the processes for placing and underwriting business and handling claims, chain of security, enforcement and disciplinary matters, compensation and the reconstruction and the renewal of the Lloyd’s market between 1990 and 1996. The book will be an invaluable reference tool for insurance practitioners and professionals dealing with Lloyd’s. Julian Burling is a barrister at Serle Court, and has been involved in advising on and implementing nearly all significant legal developments at Lloyd’s in the last 25 years.

The Insurance of Commercial Risks

The Insurance of Commercial Risks
Author: Özlem Gürses
Publisher:
Total Pages: 908
Release: 2017
Genre: Business insurance
ISBN: 9780414057111

This commentary examines insurance and liability, providing expertise on the application of law when protecting against commercial risks. It outlines the law governing the main liability insurances, as well as those relating to property risks, providing concise and practical advice for resolving insurance coverage disputes

Insurance Disputes

Insurance Disputes
Author: Robert Merkin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 985
Release: 2020-11-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1000340511

Written by an impressive team of specialist contributors, Insurance Dispute is the authoritative guide to litigation for both the insurer and the insured. Divided into two parts – principles of law and their practical use in individual types of insurance, it aims to identify and resolve questions such as: • How should the claimant handle a dispute? • Is the claim within the cover? • When should an insurer dispute cover? • What steps can an insurer take to deny cover? Updated and revised to include new chapters on marine insurance, the Financial Ombudsman Service and ATE insurance, Insurance Disputes is essential reading for anyone involved in insurance law and litigation.

The Law of Insurance Broking

The Law of Insurance Broking
Author: Christopher Henley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 586
Release: 2004
Genre: Insurance
ISBN: 9780421845701

This work should prove valuable, not only for lawyers called upon to advise their broker clients, but the brokers themselves. It provides analysis of the law and practice of insurance broking with emphasis on the legal implications of the relationships between the client, agent and third parties.

Insurance Law and the Financial Ombudsman Service

Insurance Law and the Financial Ombudsman Service
Author: Judith Summer
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 667
Release: 2013-05-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 113511725X

Insurance Law and the Financial Ombudsman Service is an in depth look at the workings and insurance decisions of the Financial Ombudsman Service. The book analyses how the Ombudsman Service decides insurance cases and compares its approach to that of a court. This book sets out the rules, procedure and approach of the Ombudsman Service, succinctly summarises the relevant insurance law and compares and analyses it against a comprehensive review of material about insurance complaints gathered since the formation of the Ombudsman Service in 2001.

Reinsuring Clauses

Reinsuring Clauses
Author: Ozlem Gurses
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2013-07-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1135134626

This book provides a comparative English/US law study of the operation of facultative reinsurance contracts. Most of the reinsurance litigation in England and the US has involved this type of contract, and there are regular arbitrations and judicial proceedings in the leading common law jurisdictions to which this book will be relevant. The book is concerned with: • The legal nature of reinsurance agreements • The means whereby terms of reinsurance policies can be derived or incorporated from underlying insurances • The effect on reinsurance of judgments, awards and settlements against the reinsured • The operation of claims provisions

Compendium of Insurance Law

Compendium of Insurance Law
Author: Robert Merkin
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 2002
Release: 2013-08-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1135135533

The Compendium of Insurance Law consolidates diverse insurance law sources, statutes and codes of practice in one comprehensive volume. Each piece of legislation is supplemented by detailed annotations, which explain the operation and relationship of the legislation with other sources of insurance law. The book is filled with comprehensive coverage of legislation relating to the following areas: regulation, reinsurance, life assurance, property insurance, marine insurance, liability insurance, motor insurance, insurance intermediaries, insurance contracts and competition.

The Law of Liability Insurance

The Law of Liability Insurance
Author: Desmond Keith Derrington
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Insurance law
ISBN: 9780409334098

The Law of Liability Insurance addresses a specialist niche of law with comprehensive coverage of common law and statute. Liability insurance provides indemnity against loss to the insured flowing from their liability to another. Types of liability insurance discussed in this two volume work include: motor vehicle, product liability, directors' and officers', employers' liability, professional indemnity, householders' liability, home contents, occupiers' liability, aviation.The Law of Liability Insurance is the decisive title covering the fundamental areas of insurance liability. This new edition has been substantially revised and updated. The area of insurance has changed significantly since the publication of the second edition in 2005. The authors' renowned expertise have woven these developments throughout the new edition and offer insightful analysis and vital references.The purpose of The Law of Liability Insurance is to provide for practitioners and insurers a practical discussion of matters where controversy arises, and to provide the authorities upon which the discussion is based. This review was first published in the Law Institute Journal Victoria 88.01, April 2014 This review was published in LawNews - February 28, 2014 Features; Comprehensive two volume; High level practitioner work; Detailed reference to authorities on subjects discussed, with commentary on their relevance and validity.; References to articles by learned authors on specific issues.; Extensive Index to contents