Compulsory Liability Insurance from a European Perspective / / ed. by Attila Fenyves, Christa Kissling, Stefan Perner, Daniel Rubin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Bär, Hubert,; Cerini, Diana,; Cousy, Herman,; Dobiáš, Petr,; Faure, Michael,; Gürses, Özlem,; Heiss, Helmut,; Koch, Robert,; Memola, Anna Teresa,; Merli, Franz,; Norio-Timonen, Jaana,; Perner, Stefan,; Rubin, Daniel,; Stäubli, Andrea,; Takáts, Péter,; Tettamanti, Bernard,; Van Schoubroeck, Caroline,; Werz, Jean-Claude,
• HerausgeberIn: Fenyves, Attila,; Kissling, Christa,; Perner, Stefan,; Rubin, Daniel,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Tort and Insurance Law ; 35
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIII, 564 p.)

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

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Questionnaire -- Country Reports -- 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 -- Special Reports -- 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 and Conclusions -- Comparative Report -- Conclusions -- Annex: Rules on Compulsory Liability Insurance -- Austria -- Belgium -- Czech Republic -- Finland -- Germany -- Hungary -- Italy -- Switzerland -- United Kingdom -- List of Contributors and Editors -- Index -- Publications