The Insurance Act 2015 (-the Act-) is the first comprehensive statutory reform of the insurance law of the United Kingdom since the Marine Insurance Act 1906. It introduces thorough and, in some cases, fairly drastic reform of some of the core tenets of UK insurance law, including: the insured's pre-contractual duty to the insurer, and remedies for its breach; the knowledge of the insured and the insurer for the purposes of the pre-contractual duty; the effect of insurance warranties and other terms tending to reduce the risk of loss; fraudulent claims, and damages for failure to pay an...
The Insurance Act 2015 (-the Act-) is the first comprehensive statutory reform of the insurance law of the United Kingdom since the Marine Insuranc...