Reconstructing Insurance Law
The Law Commissions' Consultation Paper
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9195240 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rob Merkin (University of Southampton), John Lowry (0000-0002-8957-6799) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-113 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-7961 • E-ISSN: 1468-2230 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2230.2008.00682.x |
| OpenAlex | W1840259202 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In July 2007 the English and Scottish Law Commissions published the consultation paper Insurance Law – Non‐disclosure and Breach of Warranty (hereafter LCCP) which sets out in detail the Commissions' provisional proposals for the reform of insurance contract law with particular reference to the key areas of utmost good faith, warranties and agency. This article analyses, from a critical standpoint, the LCCP's principal conclusions and recommendations. It begins by noting, as a means of demonstrating that the current reform process should be informed by modern industry practices, that the ways in which modern insurance contracts are concluded differ significantly from those when insurance law was last reviewed by the Law Commission in 1980. The article then discusses the dichotomy between consumer and business insurance given that this distinction underpins the LCCP and its approach towards reforming the pre‐contractual duty of good faith. By way of backdrop to the analysis, we consider the approach taken towards reforming the law governing intermediaries acting for prospective assureds during the disclosure process. Finally, the proposed rules for warranties and similar terms are examined. It is argued that the proposal to retain continuing warranties in business insurance contracts will, if implemented, represent a missed opportunity to rid insurance contracts of terms long criticised as draconian and disproportionate in their effect
Actuarial science · Agency (philosophy) · Bad faith · Business · Commercial law · Commission · Duty · Economics · General insurance · Insurance law · Insurance policy · Intermediary · Law and economics · Law reform · Political science · Principal (computer security) · Sociology · Warranty · Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction · European and International Contract Law · Finance · Law · Legal principles and applications
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2015 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |