Compulsory liability insurance from a European perspective / / Attila Fenyves [and three others] (eds) ; with contributions by Hubert Bär [and eighteen others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910466435703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 3-11-048618-0; 3-11-048554-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (580 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Collana: Tort and Insurance Law, ; ; Volume 35
• Classificazione: PU 1546
• Disciplina: 346.03
• Soggetti: Torts; Liability (Law); Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Questionnaire -- Compulsory Liability Insurance in Austria -- Compulsory Liability Insurance in Belgium -- Compulsory Liability Insurance in the Czech Republic -- Compulsory Liability Insurance in Finland -- Compulsory Liability Insurance in Germany -- Compulsory Liability Insurance in Hungary -- Compulsory Liability Insurance in Italy -- Compulsory Liability Insurance in Switzerland -- Compulsory Liability Insurance in the United Kingdom -- Compulsory Liability Insurance and European Union Law -- Compulsory Liability Insurance and Constitutional Law -- Compulsory Liability Insurance in the Principles of European Insurance Contract Law (PEICL) -- Compulsory Liability Insurance: Economic Perspectives -- Compulsory Liability Insurance in a Changing Legal Environment – An Insurance and Reinsurance Perspective -- Comparative Report -- Conclusions -- Austria -- Belgium -- Czech Republic -- Finland -- Germany -- Hungary -- Italy -- Switzerland -- United Kingdom -- List of Contributors and Editors -- Index -- Publications
• Sommario/riassunto: Statutory obligations to take out liability insurance are, in practice, the ; most important means to ensure compensability of damage arising from dangerous activities. However, in contrast to the significant practical impact, academic research on the topic has not been extensive so far. This study, therefore, undertakes a comprehensive survey of compulsory liability insurance from nine national perspectives (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom) and takes constitutional and European law (four freedoms, European Convention on Human Rights) as well as the Principles of European Insurance Contract Law (PEICL) into account. It also contains an extensive economic analysis of compulsory liability insurance and discusses aspects of insurability. A Comparative Report, Conclusions and an Annex containing a compilation of rules on compulsory liability insurance in the nine national legal systems complete the study. It considers in particular: the aims of provisions stating an obligation to take out liability insurance the mandatory content of insurance cover the protection mechanisms linked to compulsory liability insurance the control mechanisms and the sanctions imposed structural deficiencies of existing compulsory liability insurance systems