Consumer in insurance law

The paper analyses the notion of consumer in the European Union law, and, in particular, the notion of consumer in insurance law. The author highligts the differences between the notion of consumer is in aquis communautaire and in insurance law, discussing whether the consumer can be defined in both...

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Main Author: Čorkalo Milena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Belgrade, Serbia 2016-01-01
Series:Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu
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Online Access:http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0003-2565/2016/0003-25651601260C.pdf
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description The paper analyses the notion of consumer in the European Union law, and, in particular, the notion of consumer in insurance law. The author highligts the differences between the notion of consumer is in aquis communautaire and in insurance law, discussing whether the consumer can be defined in both field in the same way, concerning that insurance services differ a lot from other kind of services. Having regarded unequal position of contracting parties and information and technical disadvantages of a weaker party, author pleads for broad definition of consumer in insurance law. In Serbian law, the consumer is not defined in consistent way. That applies on Serbian insurance law as well. Therefore, the necessity of precise and broad definition of consumes is underlined, in order to delimit the circle of subject who are in need for protection. The author holds that the issue of determination of the circle of persons entitled to extended protection as consumers is of vital importance for further development of insurance market in Serbia.
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spelling doaj.art-139b7945755e4142b7022943c47745b42022-12-22T01:12:52ZengUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Belgrade, SerbiaAnali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu0003-25652406-26932016-01-0164126027910.5937/AnaliPFB1601260C0003-25651601260CConsumer in insurance lawČorkalo Milena0University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Belgrade, SerbiaThe paper analyses the notion of consumer in the European Union law, and, in particular, the notion of consumer in insurance law. The author highligts the differences between the notion of consumer is in aquis communautaire and in insurance law, discussing whether the consumer can be defined in both field in the same way, concerning that insurance services differ a lot from other kind of services. Having regarded unequal position of contracting parties and information and technical disadvantages of a weaker party, author pleads for broad definition of consumer in insurance law. In Serbian law, the consumer is not defined in consistent way. That applies on Serbian insurance law as well. Therefore, the necessity of precise and broad definition of consumes is underlined, in order to delimit the circle of subject who are in need for protection. The author holds that the issue of determination of the circle of persons entitled to extended protection as consumers is of vital importance for further development of insurance market in Serbia.http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0003-2565/2016/0003-25651601260C.pdfconsumeracquis communitaireprinciples of European Insurance Contract LawDraft Civil Code of the Republic of Serbiaharmonization of Serbian insurance law with EU insurance law
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Consumer in insurance law
Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu
consumer
acquis communitaire
principles of European Insurance Contract Law
Draft Civil Code of the Republic of Serbia
harmonization of Serbian insurance law with EU insurance law
title Consumer in insurance law
title_full Consumer in insurance law
title_fullStr Consumer in insurance law
title_full_unstemmed Consumer in insurance law
title_short Consumer in insurance law
title_sort consumer in insurance law
topic consumer
acquis communitaire
principles of European Insurance Contract Law
Draft Civil Code of the Republic of Serbia
harmonization of Serbian insurance law with EU insurance law
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