Consumer Insurance Law

This brand new book provides an authoritative working guide to consumer insurance law in the UK. It takes the form of a multi-authored handbook explaining the reforms brought about by the UK's Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 and the impact these reforms will have on consumer insurance law. Contents includes: consumer insurance - the current law on pre-contractual information * self-regulation and the failure of previous reform initiatives * the FSA - the impact of rules, guidance, and TCF initiatives * the Financial Ombudsman Service - its role and approach and the effect of its decisions * the Law Commissions' reform proposals and the impact of the new Act * preparing for change * looking forward - what's next on the reform agenda? * appendices containing the text of the self-regulatory codes, the relevant FSA rules, and the new Act.

Peter J Tyldesley, Senior Research Fellow in Law, St Mary's University College, Twickenham is a leading insurance law academic and a former Law Commission researcher involved with insurance law reform.