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Comparative Analysis of Transparency in the Insurance Contract Law of the Common Law Jurisdictions

verfasst von : Kyriaki Noussia

Erschienen in: Transparency in Insurance Contract Law

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The notion of transparency in insurance contract law finds an elaboration within the standard terms contained in insurance contracts. Such terms need to be drafted in a “plain, intelligible language” and this is better achieved when transparency is also preserved as in this way the rights and obligations of the assured are better safe guarded. Transparency in insurance contracts is classified according to the group of policyholders to which it refers.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Transparency in the Insurance Contract Law in the United States

In England, as per the narrow approach, the transparency rule was only applied to consumer policyholders in accordance with Directive 93/13/EEC, however following the enactment of the Insurance Act 2015, the transparency rule has been further elaborated and its application is extended to all policyholders and in various cases and circumstances.

Merkin and Gurses (2015), pp. 1005–1007.

(2007) 235 CLR 1; 14 ANZ Ins Cas 61-739; [2007] HCA 36).

Pan Atlantic Insurance Co Ltd v. Pine Top Insurance Co Ltd [1995] 1 AC 501 (HL).

Tay Eng Chuan v. Ace Insurance Ltd [2008] SGCA 26, [2008] 4 SLR(R) 95.

NTUC Co-operative Insurance Commonwealth Enterprises Ltd v. Chiang Soong Chee [30]: [2007] SGHC 222.

Professor Daniel Schwarcz has written persuasively on this issue. Id. See also Fung et al. (2004), pp. 13, 21.

Tay Eng Chuan v. Ace Insurance Ltd [2008] SGCA 26, [2008] 4 SLR(R) 95.

NTUC Co-operative Insurance Commonwealth Enterprises Ltd v. Chiang Soong Chee [30]: [2007] SGHC 222.

Fung A, Weil D, Graham M, Fagotto E (2004) The political economy of transparency: what makes disclosure policies effective? Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard University, OP -03-04 (December 2004), pp 13, 21. Available at https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/political-economy-transparency-what-makes-disclosure-policies-effective

Merkin R, Gurses O (2015) The Insurance Act 2015: rebalancing the interests of insurer and assured. Mod Law Rev 78(6):1004–1027CrossRef

Titel: Comparative Analysis of Transparency in the Insurance Contract Law of the Common Law Jurisdictions
verfasst von: Kyriaki Noussia
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Transparency in Insurance Contract Law
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-31197-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-31198-8

Copyright-Jahr: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31198-8_29