The Single Market in Insurance: Breaking down the Barriers

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Author: Andrew McGee

ISBN-10: 1855215632

ISBN-13: 9781855215634

Category: Insurance

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Preface1Introduction1Introduction1The Insurance Market2The Regulation of Insurance3The Single Market Concept6History of EC Legislation7Home State Regulation v Host State Regulation12The Present and the Future14Conclusions202The Treaty Provisions23The Four Freedoms23Free Movement of Services233The Directives37Regulation37Insurance Contract Law374The System of Home Country Regulation63Co-ordination Between National Authorities635Insurance Contract Law77Private International Law77Jurisdiction78Choice of Law78Enforcement79The Harmonisation of Insurance Contract Law79Intermediaries95The Role of Ombudsman Schemes in the European Union986The Competition Law Aspects111Anti-competitive Practices1127The Commission's Review121Refusal to Provide Services to Non-residents122Failure to Provide Adequate Information124Fraud by Intermediaries124Distance Selling127Constitutional Aspects of the Commission's Behaviour128The Insurance Committee129Other Areas of Concern129The Next Step1318The Future133Future Europe133The Future of Financial Services134Priorities for Future Action140Index143

\ BooknewsExplores the difficulties inherent in the concept of the Single Market in the UK insurance industry, and the practical difficulties of implementation. Contains chapters on treaty provisions, directives, and the system of home country regulation, and discusses insurance contract law, competition law aspects, distance selling, and future trends. Of interest to lawyers, economists, and political scientists. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \