Private international law of reinsurance and insurance / by Raymond Cox, Louise Merrett and Marcus Smith.

Colchester, Essex : Informa Law, 2006.

27151

Insurance law.

Reinsurance -- Law and legislation.

1. Introduction

2. Historical overview of the European private international law rules

3. Interpretation

4. Legal regimes determining jurisdiction

5. Reinsurance jurisdiction - Brussels Regulation

6. Insurance jurisdiction under the Brussels Regulation

7. Reinsurance and insurance jurisdiction at common law

8. Reinsurance and insurance jurisdiction in arbitration disputes

9. Legal regimes determining choice of law

10. Reinsurance and insurance of risks outside the EEA - choice of law and the Rome Convention

11. Insurance of risks in the EEA: choice of law and the Insurance Directives

12. Reinsurance and insurance: choice of law under the common law

13. Reinsurance and insurance: choice of law in arbitration disputes.

This book provides a clear and practical guide to identifying the applicable legal regimes and relevant rules insofar as they concern reinsurance and insurance disputes. It provides authoritative guidance on resolving the issues that have arisen in relation to reinsurance and insurance under both the European rules and the common law. It includes particular reference to the notoriously difficulty Jurisdiction Regulation 44/201, the Rome Convention on Choice of Law and the 2001 Insurance Directives and regulations.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781843115328

xlii, 555 p.