Insurance Law in Ireland

A comprehensive analysis of the law relating to general insurance in Ireland. It deals with all significant Irish cases on insurance up to July 1997, as well as relevant UK cases - about 1000 cases altogether. It focuses on the legal aspects which arise in day-to-day practice of insurance, and includes: intermediaries and the law; duty of disclosure; general principles of insurance; policy conditions; policy interpretation; motor insurance; liability insurance, including public, products, employers' and professional liability; material damage; and business interruption. Among the general principles of the different classes of insurance it covers are: indemnity; insurable interest; subrogation and contribution; the duties of insurance intermediaries; the implications of Section Four of the Insurance Act 1989; the law relating to warranties and conditions and the particular conditions applicable to most insurance policies; the law on policy interpretation; policy exceptions and proximate cause; and the law relating to the major classes of general insurance, including motor, liability, property and business interruption.
 
A comprehensive analysis of the law relating to general insurance in Ireland. It deals with all significant Irish cases on insurance up to July 1997, as well as relevant UK cases - about 1000 cases altogether. It focuses on the legal aspects which arise in day-to-day practice of insurance, and includes: intermediaries and the law; duty of disclosure; general principles of insurance; policy conditions; policy interpretation; motor insurance; liability insurance, including public, products, employers' and professional liability; material damage; and business interruption. Among the general principles of the different classes of insurance it covers are: indemnity; insurable interest; subrogation and contribution; the duties of insurance intermediaries; the implications of Section Four of the Insurance Act 1989; the law relating to warranties and conditions and the particular conditions applicable to most insurance policies; the law on policy interpretation; policy exceptions and proximate cause; and the law relating to the major classes of general insurance, including motor, liability, property and business interruption.