1st Edition

The Insurance Act 2015 A New Regime for Commercial and Marine Insurance Law

Edited By Malcolm Clarke, Baris Soyer Copyright 2017
198 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

198 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

198 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

The Insurance Act 2015 represents the first major reform of English commercial insurance law for many years. Its impact will be felt not only in England, where it will greatly affect both maritime and commercial insurance practice, but also elsewhere where English law is the law of choice in insurance contracts. The Insurance Act 2015: A New Regime for Commercial and Marine Insurance Law... Read more

Chapter 1 (D. Hertzell, Consultant to BLM and Former Law Commissioner for Commercial and Common Law): The Insurance Act 2015: Background and Philosophy



Chapter 2 (P. MacDonald-Eggers QC, 7 KBW): The Fair Presentation of Commercial Risks Under the Insurance Act 2015



Chapter 3 (Professor B. Soyer, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law): Insurer’s Duty of Good Faith: Is the Path Now Clear for Introduction of New Remedies?



Chapter 4 (Professor M. Clarke, St Johns College Cambridge): The Future of Warranties and Other Related Terms in Contracts of Insurance



Chapter 5 (S. Rainey QC, Quadrant Chambers): Remedies for Fraudulent Claims under the Insurance Act 2015



Chapter 6 (Professor A. Tettenborn, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law): Late Payment of Claims: Better, But by No Means Perfect



Chapter 7 (Associate Professor G. Leloudas, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law): Contracting Out of the Insurance Act 2015 in Commercial Insurance Contracts



Chapter 8 (Sir Bernard Rix, Arbitrator, Mediator, 20 Essex Street, Former Court of Appeal Judge): Conclusion: General Reflections on the Law Reform

Biography

Malcolm Clarke is a Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge and a Professor of Commercial Contract Law at the University of Cambridge.



Barış Soyer is Professor of Commercial and Maritime Law, and Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University.



 

'This book comprehensively achieves its twin aims of providing critical in-depth analysis of the Insurance Act 2015 (the 2015 Act) and identifying grey areas in that Act. The editors...have put together a remarkable team of contributing authors, all leaders in their field...It will be of great assistance to brokers, insurers, lawyers, academics, students and, no doubt, in due course, to the judiciary.'

John Dunt, The Journal of International Maritime Law