Home >
Law >
Insurance Law >
Advanced Introduction to Insurance Law

Advanced Introduction to Insurance Law

Author: Robert H. Jerry II
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781800884236
Published In: March 2023
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

List Price: HKD 272.35

HKD 264.18 Save HKD 8.17 (3%)

Download Order Form

Add to Wishlist
| Add to Compare

Description
Contents

Details

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business, and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.

Providing a comprehensive overview of the body of law that regulates the insurance business, this Advanced Introduction evaluates the governing principles, policies, values, and purposes of insurance legislation and related judicial doctrines. It examines the ways in which the industry’s origins help us understand its present shape, and how insurance connects to major public policy issues that will shape the world for future generations.

Key Features:

Introduces the fundamental rules and principles of insurance law
Explores how these rules and principles intersect with important issues of public policy
Discusses how insurance law shapes public choices in the modern world
Examines the interactions between insurers and the people who purchase their products
Prposes avenues for further research relating to fortuity, indemnity, misrepresentation and breach of warranty, settlement obligations, and risk classification

Providing an enlightening overview of insurance law in context, this Advanced Introduction will be crucial reading for students, scholars, and practitioners in business law, insurance law, and risk management.

Preface

1. Introduction

2. The purpose, meaning, and roles of insurance

3. Conceptualizing insurance

4. The nature of the insurance business

5. The nature of insurance law and regulation

6. Elements of an insurance contract

7. Fundamental assumptions of insurance (and their limits)

8. Insurance as agreement: the influence of contract law

9. Scope of coverage: the boundaries of the insurer’s obligation

10. Liability insurance: indemnity, defense, and settlement obligations

11. Challenges in a changing world: why insurance matters (reprise)