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Colinvaux's Law of Insurance, 9th edition (2nd Supplement)

Colinvaux's Law of Insurance, 9th edition (2nd Supplement)

Author: Robert Merkin; Colinvaux
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
ISBN: 9780414028883
Published In: November 2013
Format: Paperback , 304 pages
Jurisdiction: Commonwealth, U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Colinvaux's Law of Insurance offers a concise but thorough and reliable overview of insurance law.

Taking you through the essential components of insurance law in the UK, it examines:

the contract of insurance
insurance parties
the parties involved
special types of insurance contracts including marine, accident and motor vehicle

The new 2nd supplement to the 9th edition brings your mainwork fully up to date.

The new supplements covers all significant developments in the law of insurance since the publication of the last mainwork in 2010.

The decided cases discussed range across all topics, so most chapters have been updated significantly
A number of authorities from other common law jurisdictions have been added, most importantly those resulting from the Christchurch earthquakes in 2010 and 2011
The various proposals for reform by the English and Scottish Law Commissions are discussed extensively
The chapter on regulation has been redrawn to take account of the changes made by the Financial Services Act 2012
A new section on the history of insurance law has been added

Part I: The Contract of Insurance

Contract of Insurance
Conflict of Laws
Construction of the Policy
Insurable Interest
The Risk
Utmost Good Faith
Terms of Insurance Contracts
The Premium
Claims
Indemnity
The Rights of Insurers
Statutory Control of Policies

Part II: The Parties

The Regulation of Insurers
The Assured
Insurance Intermediaries
The Insolvency of Insurance Companies

Part III: Special Types of Insurance Contract

Reinsurance
Life and Accident Insurance
Property Insurance
Liability Insurance
Third Party Rights under Liability Policies
Motor Vehicle Insurance
Financial Insurance
Marine Insurance
War Risks

Robert Merkin is considered to be one of the top writers on insurance law and is very well established as a leading academic. He is the Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Exeter, as well as a consultant to Norton Rose Fulbright. He has written many books on a variety of subjects but is best known for his books and articles on insurance, reinsurance and related matters. His works include Butler and Merkin on Reinsurance Law (which won the inaugural British Insurance Law Association prize in 1986), Colinvaux and Merkin's Insurance Contract Law and The Law of Motor Insurance (with Mr Justice Stuart-Smith).