The Modern Law of Marine Insurance

This latest and fourth volume in the series comprises ten contributions written by an expert team of academics and practitioners and which collectively analyse and expound many of the contemporary legal issues and debates in the law and practice of marine insurance. Some of the contributions touch upon areas of the law which will be amended by the Insurance Act 2015, and provide an insight to the future changes in the law. The topics covered are An assessment of the Marine Insurance Act 1906Construction of marine policiesLitigating against brokers - the measure of damagesCo-insurance and leading underwriter clausesDuties of good faith of insurers and reinsurersAssured right to interest when a policy is avoidedThe impact of The Cendor MOPU on the Institute Cargo ClausesFraudulent claimsAspects of SubrogationConflict of laws in light of the recast Brussels I Regulation This book is essential reading for maritime lawyers, brokers and insurance market practitioners, academics, and companies associated with the marine insurance markets worldwide.