Principles of Insurance Law (2 Volumes)

............................................................................................................................
Description
When the commissioning editor of LexisXexis put the last edition of this book in my hand to elicit a response if I would edit this book, I realised that I could not get hold of the book because of its bulk! My first question was, would she mind if I trim down the size to its essentials. In the year 1997, when Prof Madhava Menon had, in his words of appreciation, commented that the book was nearly 600 pages and perhaps more than the size of the conventional text books, I was wondering what he would have said when the subsequent editions carried the size of the book to more than 1800 pages, three times the size of the 199"7 edition. Dr Avatar Singh, the editor-in-chief of the seventh edition had given a structure to the book outlining the statutory coverage through study of case law and made the reading comprehensive with expansion of headings and subheadings. A more detailed subject index and table of statutes were to help the reader track the diffusion of the wide canvas containing several statutes dovetailed to what was still relevant to a better understanding of the law of insurance. An enlarged appendix in the seventh edition was justification for bringing to the reader, in one volume several other relevant legislation besides subsidiary pieces of administrative instructions, circulars and regulations that affected the subject o£ insurance.
............................................................................................................................
Contents
Principles of Insurance Law
General Contents
Volume 1
Part I - Principles of Insurance Law
Chapter 1      Basic Insurance
Chapter 2      Insurance Business in India
Chapter 3      Law Relating to Insurance Contracts
Chapter 4      Proposal, Acceptance and Issuance of Policy
Chapter 5      Terms, Conditions and Exceptions of Policy
Chapter 6      Classification, Commencement, Duration and Revival of Policy
Chapter 7      Utmost Good Faith
Chapter 8      Insurable Interest
Chapter 9      Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution
Chapter 10    The Risk
Chapter 11    Payment
Chapter 12    Reinsurance
Chapter 13    Insurance Agents & Brokers
PART II - Marine Insurance—Special Aspects
Chapter 14    Scope and Nature of Marine Insurance
Chapter 15    Insurable Interest [Sections 6-16, Marine Insurance Act, 1963]
Chapter 16    Disclosure and Representation [Sections 19-23, Marine Insurance Act]
Chapter 17    The Marine Policy [Sections 18, 24 to 33 Marine Insurance Act, 1963]
Chapter 18    Warranties [Sections 35-43, Marine Insurance Act, 1963]
Chapter 19    The Voyage [Sections 44-51 Marine Insurance Act, 1963]
Chapter 20    The Insured Perils
Chapter 21    Proximate Cause
Chapter 22    Loss and Abandonment [Sections 55-63, Marine Insurance Act, 1963]
Chapter 23    Partial Losses and General Average [Sections 64-66,
                          Marine Insurance Act, 1963]
Chapter 24    Measure of Indemnity [Sections 67-76 and 81, Marine Insurance Act, 1963]
Chapter 25    Rights of Insurer on Payment [Sections 79, 80 and 81 Marine Insurance Act, 1963]
PART III - Fire Insurance
Chapter 26    Nature of Fire Insurance Contract
PART IV - Accident and Motor Insurance—Special Aspects
Chapter 27    Scope and Nature of Motor Insurance
Chapter 28    Non-disclosure and Misrepresentation
Chapter 29    Terms, Exceptions and Conditions of the Policy
Chapter 30    Motor Claims
Chapter 31    Types of Policies of Insurance of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 32    Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals
Chapter 33    Miscellaneous Insurance
VOLUME 2
PART V - Life Insurance—Special Aspects
Chapter 34    Formation of Life Insurance Contract
Chapter 35    Insurable Interest
Chapter 36    Proposal and Policy
Chapter 37    Non-disclosure and Misrepresentation
Chapter 38    Assignment & Nomination
Chapter 39    Tax Laws and Life Insurance
Chapter 40    Life Insurance and Stamp Duties
Chapter 41    Medical Insurance
Chapter 42    Personal Accident Insurance
PART VI - Other Types of Insurance
Chapter 43    Agricultural Insurance
Chapter 44    Burglary and Theft
Chapter 45    Fidelity Insurance
Chapter 46    Aviation Insurance
Chapter 47    Liability Insurance
Chapter 48    Contractors' Risk Insurance
Chapter 49    Credit Insurance
Chapter 50    Consequential Insurance
Chapter 51    Insurance Covering Risk of Flood, Storm, and Tempest
Chapter 52    Professional Indemnity Insurance
Chapter 53    Employees' State Insurance
Chapter 54    Nuclear Liability Insurance
Chapter 55    Forums of Adjudication
Appendices
APPENDIX I    The Insurance Act, 1938
APPENDIX II   The Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956
APPENDIX III  The Marine Insurance Act, 1963
APPENDIX IV  The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972
APPENDIX V   The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999
APPENDIX VI  The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
...............................................................................
Author Details
M N Srinivasan & K Kannan Principles of Insurance Law, 10th edition, is a brilliant piece of work which nearly covers entire insurance law jurisprudence at one place in an orderly and user friendly manner. General principles of the law of insurance have been explained lucidly, and all specific forms of insurance like life, fire, theft, marine, motor accident, personal accident, medical, nuclear, agriculture, aviation and the like, have been dealt with individually at length. This edition also includes new commentary on important and emerging areas of insurance such as tax planning in insurance business, nuclear insurance, aviation insurance, agricultural insurance and medical insurance.
The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Act, 2015 has brought in major reforms in the insurance law. The amendments in insurance law and case law development have been meticulously captured in this edition. It also contains various new policies, regulations, standard insurance forms under general insurance and detailed information on the practices and procedures relating to insurance law. Insurance is a niche area of law — An up to date and reliable commentary in this area is indispensable for common man, academia and the legal industry.
...............................................................................