<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Currently, no internationally unified legal regulation of group insurance contracts and reinsurance contracts is available. As a result, a national legal regulation determined according to conflict-of-law rules is applied to both types of contracts in legal relations with an international element. The differences between national legal regulations could be overcome through the application of optional instruments, namely the Principles of the European Insurance Contract Law and the Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law.</p></abstract>

Currently, no internationally unified legal regulation of group insurance contracts and reinsurance contracts is available. As a result, a national legal regulation determined according to conflict-of-law rules is applied to both types of contracts in legal relations with an international element. The differences between national legal regulations could be overcome through the application of optional instruments, namely the Principles of the European Insurance Contract Law and the Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law.

Group Insurance and Reinsurance Business in the Legal Relations with an International Element

International and Comparative Law Review

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Currently, no internationally unified legal regulation of group insurance contracts and reinsurance contracts is available. As a result, a national legal...

Group Insurance and Reinsurance Business in the Legal Relations with an International Element

Published Online: Jan 24, 2018

Page range: 209 - 220

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/iclr-2016-0025

Keywords
insurance, reinsurance, insurer, policyholder, insured

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Group Insurance and Reinsurance Business in the Legal Relations with an International Element

Published Online: Jan 24, 2018

Page range: 209 - 220

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/iclr-2016-0025

Keywordsinsurance, reinsurance, insurer, policyholder, insured

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
insurance, reinsurance, insurer, policyholder, insured