This brand new book provides an authoritative working guide to consumer insurance law. It takes the form of a multi-authored handbook explaining the reforms brought about by the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 and the impact these reforms will have on consumer insurance law.
Contents includes: Consumer insurance - the current law on pre-contractual information; Self-regulation and the failure of previous reform initiatives; The FSA - the impact of rules, guidance and TCF initiatives; The Financial Ombudsman Service - its role and approach and the effect of its decisions; The Law Commissions' reform proposals and the impact of the new Act; Perspectives; Looking forward - what's next on the reform agenda?; Preparing for change; Looking forward - what's next on the reform agenda?
Also includes appendices containing the text of the self-regulatory codes, the relevant FSA rules and the new Act.
This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Insurance Law online service.
Edited by:
Peter J Tyldesley Imprint: Bloomsbury Professional Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 242mm,
Width: 168mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 760g ISBN:9781847669186 ISBN 10: 1847669182 Pages: 440 Publication Date:28 February 2013 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Peter J Tyldesley, Senior Research Fellow in Law, St Mary's University College, Twickenham is a leading insurance law academic and a former Law Commission researcher involved with insurance law reform.