Commonwealth Caribbean Insurance Law Commonwealth Caribbean Law Series

This book sets out in a clear and concise manner the central principles of insurance law in the Caribbean, guiding students through the complexities of the subject. This book features, among several other key themes, extensive coverage of:

• insurance regulation;
• life insurance;
• property insurance;
• contract formation;
• intermediaries;
• the claims procedure; and
• analysis of the substantive laws of several jurisdictions.

Commonwealth Caribbean Insurance Law is essential reading for LLB students in Caribbean universities, students in CAPE Law courses, and practitioners.

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

1 INSURANCE REGULATION

2 THE NATURE OF INSURANCE

3 CONTRACT FORMATION

4 INSURABLE INTEREST IN LIFE INSURANCE

5 INSURABLE INTEREST IN PROPERTY INSURANCE

6 THE STATUS OF THE BENEFICIARY IN LIFE INSURANCE

7 UTMOST GOOD FAITH, FRAUD, MISREPRESENTATION AND NON-DISCLOSURE

8 CONTRACTUAL TERMS

9 CAUSATION

10 CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONTRACT OF INSURANCE

11 THE CLAIMS PROCEDURE

12 PUBLIC POLICY

13 INTERMEDIARIES

14 SUBROGATION, MEASURE OF LOSS AND REINSTATEMENT

Index

Lesley A. Walcott is Senior Lecturer in Law at Cave Hill, University of the West Indies, Barbados.