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This book provides an authoritative and comprehensive review of all aspects of the law that relate to liability insurance contracts. Taking an international comparative perspective, The Law of Liability Insurance covers all the major types of liability insurance, not just professional indemnity insurance, presenting the issues according to the general principles of contract law. The book begins by concentrating on the fundamentals of the liability insurance contract before moving on to cover conditions, defence, exclusions, and finally claims against and non-payment by the insurer. This book will be an invaluable reference tool for practitioners and professionals working in the commercial liability insurance industry, including those who operate globally, as well as being a source for academics and post-graduate students.
Statutory obligations to take out liability insurance are, in practice, the most important means to ensure compensability of damage arising from dangerous activities. However, in contrast to the significant practical impact, academic research on the topic has not been extensive so far. This study, therefore, undertakes a comprehensive survey of compulsory liability insurance from nine national perspectives (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom) and takes constitutional and European law (four freedoms, European Convention on Human Rights) as well as the Principles of European Insurance Contract Law (PEICL) into account. It...
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 sinc...
Directors and Officers (D&O) Liability Insurance is a rapidly expanding insurance product that is becoming essential cover for all company directors. This fully updated and expanded new edition will address all the main issues with D&O insurance from an insurance law perspective, aiming at providing the reader with clear views as to the operation, execution, drafting and legal disputes that may trigger this type of insurance cover. This book addresses: the nature and legality of D&O insurance persons covered exclusions covered risk liability to third parties liability at civil law defence costs cover and allocation reinsurance Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance is an excellent resource for any legal practitioners, brokers, insurance and reinsurance companies involved in D&O insurance.
With the single European market and the growing internationalisation of the work of architects, engineers and contractors it is important for professionals to be aware of the liability provisions of legal systems around the world. An essential reference for lawyers and insurance companies, especially in construction law and insurance, this is required reading for construction professionals involved in international work.
JOINT WINNER OF THE BRITISH INSURANCE LAW ASSOCIATION BOOK PRIZE 2012 This is the second, revised edition, of what has become and was described by the English Court of Appeal in C v D as the standard work on Bermuda Form excess insurance policies. The Form, first used in the 1980s, covers liabilities for catastrophes such as serious explosions or mass tort litigation and is now widely used by insurance companies. It is unusual in that it includes a clause requiring disputes to be arbitrated under English procedural rules in London but, surprisingly, subject to New York substantive law. This calls for a rare mix of knowledge and experience on the part of the lawyers involved, each of whom wil...
This authoritative book provides detailed and lucid treatment of all aspects of the law which applies to liability insurance contracts, and gives fresh insight and analysis on all major types of liability insurance cover, including: public liability insurance, contractors liability insurance, product liability insurance, professional indemnity insurance, directors' & officers' liability insurance, employers liability insurance and motor liability insurance. Usefully organised in two parts, this book provides everything that a busy practitioner needs to hand in one core volume. Part one explains the general principles which are common to all forms of liability insurance (for example, the form...
This book examines such topics as: the risks officers and directors face, derivative and class actions, and when a corporation is required--or allowed-- to provide indemnification.
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