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1 Online-Ressource (338 Seiten)
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2nd ed
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9789403513584
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Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- The Authors -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- General Introduction -- 1. GENERAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION -- I. Political System -- II. Commerce and Industry -- III. Financial Institutions -- IV. Currency, Legislation and Monetary Regulations -- V. Insurance Business, General Organisation and Special Features -- 2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF INSURANCE AND INSURANCE LEGISLATION -- I. Before the Commercial Code -- II. The Commercial Codes of the Nineteenth Century -- III. Twentieth Century: European Law as a Driving Force for Renewal -- IV. The Twenty-First Century: The RJCS and the Continuing Role of European Law -- 3. SOURCES OF INSURANCE LAW -- I. Legislation -- A. International Law -- B. European Law -- C. National Law -- II. Governmental Regulations and Regulations by Governmental Agencies -- III. Private International Law -- A. Jurisdiction -- B. Conflict-of-Law Rules -- 1. The Succession of Laws and Their Application in Time -- 2. Definition of the Insurance Contract -- 3. Civil Code (Until 31 December 2008) -- 4. Rome Convention (From 1 September 1994 to 16 December 2009) -- 5. RJCS (From 1 January 2009 until 16 December 2009) -- 6. Rome I Regulation (From 17 December 2009 until Now) -- a. Mandatory Insurances -- b. Objective Connection -- c. Compulsory Insurance -- i. Insurance Contracts Covering Risks for which a Member State Imposes an Obligation to Take Out Insurance -- ii. Insurance Excluded from the Scope of Rome I -- d. Conflict Autonomy -- i. Mass Risks Insurance Contracts (Paragraph 3) -- ii. Individual Cases of Paragraph 3 Sub-paragraph 1 -- IV. Jurisdiction and Role of Scholarship -- 4. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND ARBITRATION -- 5. PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE PARTIES (IN GENERAL AND IN REGARD TO INSURANCE) -- I. Mass Risks Versus Large Risks
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II. Consumer Protection -- III. Contracts of Adhesion -- IV. Protection Against Discrimination -- 6. COMPULSORY INSURANCE -- Part I. The Insurance Company -- Chapter 1. The Insurance Company: Its Form -- 1. MUTUAL INSURANCE, PREMIUM INSURANCE AND OTHER -- 2. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NATURE -- 3. FACTUAL DATA -- Chapter 2. Access to Business: Authorisation - Requirements and Procedures -- 1. GENERAL -- 2. AUTHORISATION: REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES -- I. Insurance Company Limited by Shares -- II. Mutual Insurance Company -- III. Insurance and Reinsurance Business by Branch Offices Established in the Territory of EU -- IV. Insurance and Reinsurance Business by Branch Offices Established Outside of the Territory of EU -- V. Insurance Companies Operating Through Freedom of Services -- Chapter 3. Supervision -- 1. SOLVENCY CONTROL -- 2. SUPERVISION OF TARIFFS AND INSURANCE CONDITIONS -- Chapter 4. Technical Reserves and Investments -- Chapter 5. Accountancy -- Chapter 6. Taxation of the Company -- Part II. The Insurance Contract: General -- Chapter 1. Generalities -- 1. DEFINITION OF INSURANCE -- 2. RULES ON INTERPRETATION OF INSURANCE CONTRACTS -- 3. CATEGORIES OF INSURANCE -- 4. GENERAL PRINCIPLES -- 5. INCLUSION AND CONTENT CONTROL OF STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF INSURANCE CONTRACTS -- I. Insurance Contract and Law on SCT -- II. Protection of Addressees of SCT -- A. Information Duties and Exclusion of SCT -- B. Voidness and Prohibition of SCT -- 1. Forbidden SCT: The Principle of the Good Faith -- 2. Contracts Between Businesses or Equivalent Entities and Contracts with Final Consumers -- C. Procedural Mechanisms -- Chapter 2. Insurable Risk -- 1. RISK AND INTEREST -- 2. INSURABLE RISKS -- 3. DELIBERATE CAUSATION OF THE INSURED EVENT -- Chapter 3. Formation of the Insurance Contract -- 1. PRE-CONTRACTUAL PHASE.
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2. ACTUAL FORMATION OF THE CONTRACT -- 3. VALIDITY REQUIREMENTS -- 4. PROOF OF THE CONTRACT -- 5. INSURANCE POLICIES -- Chapter 4. Obligations of the Insured -- 1. PAYMENT OF PREMIUM -- I. Concept and Setting of the Premium -- II. Payment of the Premium -- III. Default on Premium Payments -- 2. OTHER DUTIES OF THE POLICYHOLDER -- I. Pre-contractual Duty of Disclosure -- A. Scope of the Pre-contractual Duty of Disclosure -- B. Consequences of Infringement of the Duty -- II. Duties During the Contract -- A. Statutory Duties -- 1. Communication of the Aggravation of Risk -- a. Overview of the Applicable Norms -- b. Scope of the Duty to Communicate the Aggravation of Risk -- c. Consequences of Infringement of the Duty -- d. Interplay with the Rules on Pre-contractual Disclosure of the Risk -- 2. Mitigation of the Loss -- a. Overview of the Applicable Norms -- b. Scope of the Duty to Mitigate -- c. Consequences of Infringement -- d. The Right to Reimbursement of Mitigation Expenses -- 3. Communication of the Insured Event -- a. Overview of the Applicable Norms -- b. Scope of the Duty to Communicate the Insured Event -- c. Consequences of Infringement -- B. Contractual Duties -- Chapter 5. Obligations of the Insurer -- 1. MAIN OBLIGATIONS -- I. Paying Out the Insurance Money or Performing the Services Promised -- A. Critical Overview of the Norms on Insurers' Performance and Delay -- B. Corrective Mechanisms -- C. Protection of Third Parties' Rights -- II. Rules Applicable to Indemnity Insurance -- A. Indemnity Principle: Loss as a Limit -- B. Multiple Insurance -- C. Subrogation -- D. Over-Insurance and Under-Insurance -- 1. Over-Insurance -- 2. Under-Insurance -- E. Valued Policies -- III. Rules Applicable to Fixed Sums Insurance -- 2. INFORMATION DUTIES -- I. Different Sources of Information Duties
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II. In Particular, the RJCS as a Source of Information Duties -- A. General Pre-contractual Duties of Information: Scope -- B. General Pre-contractual Duties of Information: Consequences of Their Infringement -- C. General Ongoing Duties of Information -- D. Special Norms for Personal Insurance -- E. Administrative Offence under Supervisory Law -- Chapter 6. Insurance and Third Parties -- 1. INSURANCE FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A THIRD PARTY -- 2. THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY CLAUSES -- 3. DIRECT ACTION -- 4. GROUP INSURANCE -- I. Concept of Group Insurance -- II. Modalities of Group Insurance -- A. Contributory and Non-contributory Group Insurance -- B. Single Insurance Contract or Multiple Insurance Contracts -- III. Main Points of Regulation -- A. Modification or Termination of Contracts -- 1. Termination (or Lack of Efficacy) due to Default on the Premium -- 2. Termination by the Insured, Exclusion of the Insured, Termination by the Policyholder and Maintenance of Cover -- 3. Exclusion of the Insured -- 4. Termination of the Contract -- 5. Maintenance of Cover -- B. Duty to Inform the Insureds -- Chapter 7. Modification and Termination of the Insurance Contract -- 1. MODIFICATION OF THE RISK -- I. Aggravation of Risk -- II. Reduction of Risk -- III. Modification of General Background Circumstances -- 2. GENERAL GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION OF THE INSURANCE CONTRACT -- Part III. Property and Liability Insurance -- Chapter 1. Fire Insurance -- Chapter 2. Loss of Benefits Insurance -- Chapter 3. Transport Insurance -- Chapter 4. Liability Insurance -- 1. INTRODUCTION AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK -- 2. TYPES OF GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE -- I. Private Liability Insurance -- II. Professional Liability Insurance -- III. Commercial Liability Insurance -- IV. Special Liability Insurance -- Chapter 5. Motor Vehicle Insurance (Pro Memoria) -- Chapter 6. Legal Aid Insurance
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Chapter 7. Aviation and Space Insurance -- 1. AVIATION IN GENERAL -- 2. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS -- Chapter 8. Theft and Embezzlement Insurance -- Chapter 9. Agricultural Insurance, Hail Insurance and Livestock Insurance -- Chapter 10. Catastrophe Insurance -- 1. GENERAL -- 2. NUCLEAR RISKS -- 3. NATURAL CATASTROPHES -- Chapter 11. Credit and Caution Insurance -- 1. CREDIT INSURANCE -- 2. CAUTION INSURANCE -- Chapter 12. Technical Insurance -- Chapter 13. Miscellaneous Insurance -- 1. ASSISTANCE INSURANCE -- Part IV. Compulsory Motor Vehicle Insurance -- Chapter 1. Applicable Law -- Chapter 2. Duty to Insure -- Chapter 3. Insurance Scope -- 1. MATERIAL SCOPE -- 2. TERRITORIAL SCOPE -- 3. INSURED LIABILITY: COVERAGE AND EXCLUSIONS -- Chapter 4. Insured Capital -- 1. MINIMUM INSURED SUM -- 2. INSUFFICIENT CAPITAL -- Chapter 5. Right of Recourse Against the Insured Person/Entity -- Chapter 6. Motor Vehicle Guarantee Fund -- 1. MATERIAL SCOPE -- 2. SUBROGATION -- Chapter 7. Procedural Rules and Proceedings -- Chapter 8. Insuring Other Risks -- Part V. Insurance of the Person -- Chapter 1. Workmen's Compensation and Occupational Disease -- 1. GENERAL -- 2. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES -- 3. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION FOR INDEPENDENT WORKERS -- 4. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION FUND -- 5. COMPENSATION DUE TO OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES -- Chapter 2. Bodily Injuries: Personal Accident Insurance -- 1. TERMINOLOGY AND SCOPE OF THE REGIME -- I. Bodily Injuries vis-à-vis Personal Accident Insurance -- II. Concept of Personal Accident -- 2. THE PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE REGIME -- Chapter 3. Private Health Insurance -- 1. SCOPE OF THE REGIME -- I. Role of Private Health Insurance in Portugal -- II. Concept and Possible Forms -- 2. REGIME OF PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE -- Chapter 4. Life Insurance -- 1. INDIVIDUAL LIFE INSURANCE.
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I. Concept of Life Insurance Contract and Main Norms Applicable to It
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Anjos, Joana Neto Insurance Law in Portugal Alphen aan den Rijn : Wolters Kluwer Law International,c2024 ISBN 9789403513386
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