Insurance law in a nutshell
"Insurance Law in a Nutshell is a clear, concise and comprehensive discussion of the fundamentals of insurance law. It covers various lines of insurance such as Auto, Commercial General Liability, Health, Life, and Property. It also covers topics such as bad faith, claims submission/handling, duty to defend and settle, insurable interest, insurer defenses, loss valuation, regulation of insurers, reinsurance, risk transfer, subrogation, surety bonds, and waiver and estoppel. This new edition als…
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- Full title :Insurance law in a nutshell / John F. Dobbyn, Professor of Law, Villanova University ; Christopher C. French, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Penn State University.
Summary
"Insurance Law in a Nutshell is a clear, concise and comprehensive discussion of the fundamentals of insurance law. It covers various lines of insurance such as Auto, Commercial General Liability, Health, Life, and Property. It also covers topics such as bad faith, claims submission/handling, duty to defend and settle, insurable interest, insurer defenses, loss valuation, regulation of insurers, reinsurance, risk transfer, subrogation, surety bonds, and waiver and estoppel. This new edition also has new sections that cover the rules of insurance policy interpretation; other lines of liability insurance such Cyber, Directors and Officers Liability (D&O), Errors and Omissions (E&O or Professional Liability), Employers Liability (EPL), Environmental Impairment (EIL), Flood, and Terrorism; the key issues of "trigger," "number of occurrences" and "allocation" in long-tail liability claims; "personal or advertising" liability coverage; the "business risk" and "owned property" exclusions; the "duty of utmost good faith" and the "follow the fortunes" doctrine under reinsurance treaties; guaranty funds; and "surplus line" insurers"--
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- Publication Date:©2016
- Edition:Fifth edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):West Academic Publishing
- Place of Publication:St. Paul, MN
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2016
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxix, 537 pages ; : 19 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781634599191, 1634599195
- oclc:ocn930665042
- LC Classification:KF1164.85
- Dewey Decimal:346.086
Table of Contents
Nature of insurance -- Insurable interest -- Insurable risks -- Persons insured -- Procedure for filing -- Defenses of the insurer -- Waiver and estoppel -- Measure of recovery -- Insurer's duty to defend -- Subrogation -- Bad faith causes of action -- Reinsurance -- Insurance-like bonds -- Regulation of insurance.
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