Reinsurance Practice and the Law

Reinsurance Practice and the Law is a comprehensive text that has been specially designed to offer you sound advice and coverage of every area of reinsurance law. Offering a clear explanation of the basics of reinsurance contracts, including the relationships between the parties and various types of contracts, this new edition is up-todate with all the latest legal developments, including the House of Lords' decision in Wasa v Lexington.

Written by the reinsurance team at Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP, with a foreward by Rolf Tolle of Lloyd's, this book concentrates throughout on how the law relates to actual market practice. It will guide you through the pitfalls of forming and negotiating reinsurance agreements, highlighting problem areas in wordings. It also tackles areas as diverse as dispute resolution and the liabilities of intermediaries and includes sections on the Chinese market, Singapore and Hong Kong law.

Reinsurance Practice and the Law is an essential reference source for any busy insurance or reinsurance professional.

Table of Contents:

Section 1. Reinsurance contracts, markets and participants

Section 2. Making the reinsurance contract

Section 3. Interpreting the reinsurance contract

Section 4. Premium, brokerage and commission

Section 5. Lloyd's

Section 6. Reinsurance alternatives

Section 7. Claims

Section 8. Expiry and termination of the reinsurance contract

Section 9. Transfer, run-off and insolvency

Section 10. Remedies and resolving disputes

This book is part of the Insurance Law Library.