The Principle of Indemnity in Marine Insurance Contracts A Comparative Approach /

• Main Author: Noussia, Kyriaki (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Law.; Insurance.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Trade.; Law of the sea.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.; International Economic Law, Trade Law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.

Marine Insurance is considered one of the oldest of the many forms of commercial protection. It has flourished through the establishment of the institution of the ''coffee-houses'', wherein ''underwriting" was being conducted and from where the evolution and domina...

Table of Contents:

• The history and legislative framework of marine insurance
• Indemnity marine insurance contracts: basic features and cover provided
• Types of losses in marine insurance contracts
• Valuation and the measure of indemnity in marine insurance contracts
• Subrogation rights arising from marine insurance contracts
• Discussion on the principle of indemnity in marine insurance contracts.