Research Handbook on Marine Insurance Law / edited by Özlem Gürses.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Gürses, Özlem, editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in private and commercial law.

Research Handbooks in Private and Commercial Law Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine insurance--Law and legislation.

Marine insurance.

Conflict of laws--Insurance.

Conflict of laws.

Technology and law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2024]

Summary:

"This erudite Research Handbook presents in-depth analyses on marine insurance law, exploring its fundamental issues, legal conflicts and the ways in which technology has changed the marine insurance landscape. Bringing together a vast array of expert legal scholars and practitioners, this book adeptly relates marine insurance to international trade, cyber insurance and pandemic exclusions. Chapters cover protection and indemnity insurance, marine insurance fraud and emerging technology, total losses under marine policies and the insurance requirements in Incoterms® 2010 and 2020. Offering a detailed assessment of crucial legal principles including duty of utmost good faith, subrogation in co-insurance, wilful misconduct of the assured and conflicts of law, this Research Handbook provides a vital contribution to this continually developing legal field. The Research Handbook on Marine Insurance Law will be a necessary resource for academics, researchers and students specialising in maritime law, international commercial law, insurance law and private international law. Providing practical case studies as evidence, it will also be beneficial to legal practitioners and professionals working in shipping and international trade industries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Introduction to Research Handbook on Marine Insurance Law

PART I

1. Marine insurance law as a treasure trove of legal principles

2. Protection and indemnity insurance: is it truly insurance?

PART II

3. Has the principle of 'utmost good faith' in marine insurance law become like the Cheshire Cat - now you see it and now you don't?

4. Co-insurance and rights of subrogation post-Gard Marine and Energy v China National Chartering Company Ltd

5. Scuttling, fortuity and marine perils - from the mortgagee's and the cargo owner's points of view

PART III

6. To what extent should marine cargo insurance be construed to include cover for financial loss?

7. Total losses under marine policies

8. Forwarding cargo to destination: a review of Rules F and G, York-Antwerp Rules

PART IV

9. Protection &amp

indemnity clubs and arbitration clauses

10. Taxonomizing third-party rights of direct action against marine liability insurers

11. Choice-of-law issues in marine insurance cases in the United States

PART V

12. Insurance requirements in Incoterms® 2020

13. The use of insurance documents in international trade: enabling digitalisation

PART VI

14. Marine insurance fraud and emerging technology

15. The role of insurance in regulating cyber risks in the shipping industry

16. Legal and regulatory issues for sustainable marine insurance: the Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance

17. The German Pandemic Exclusion Clause and its write-back clauses

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-80392-668-6