11 Challenges in a changing world: why insurance matters (reprise)
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Chapter
Publication Date:
16 Mar 2023
Page Range:
137–152
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800884229.ch11
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Providing a comprehensive overview of the body of law that regulates the insurance business, this Advanced Introduction evaluates the governing principles, policies, values, and purposes of insurance legislation and related judicial doctrines. It examines the ways in which the industry's origins help us understand the present, and how insurance connects to major public policy issues that will shape the world for future generations.

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Cover Advanced Introduction to Insurance Law
Advanced Introduction to Insurance Law
Publication Date:
16 Mar 2023
Print ISBN:
9781800884212
eISBN:
9781800884229
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800884229
Page Count:
170
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Front Matter
1 Introduction to insurance law
2 The purpose, meaning, and roles of insurance
3 Conceptualizing insurance
4 The nature of the insurance business
5 The nature of insurance law and regulation
6 Elements of an insurance contract
7 Fundamental assumptions of insurance (and their limits)
8 Insurance as agreement: the influence of contract law
9 Scope of coverage: the boundaries of the insurer's obligation
10 Liability insurance: indemnity, defense, and settlement obligations
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