Suicide as an insurance accident

This paper constitutes an attempt at the analysis of provisions of the Civil Code regarding suicide in an insurance contract. The aim of the paper is to analyse the economic aspect of a suicidal death. Regardless of this analysis, a few aspects related to death by suicide in the insurance industry h...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aneta Paleczna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego 2020-01-01
Series:Acta Iuris Stetinensis
Subjects:
Online Access:https://wnus.edu.pl/ais/en/issue/1190/article/18888/
_version_ 1818726976929660928
author Aneta Paleczna
author_facet Aneta Paleczna
author_sort Aneta Paleczna
collection DOAJ
description This paper constitutes an attempt at the analysis of provisions of the Civil Code regarding suicide in an insurance contract. The aim of the paper is to analyse the economic aspect of a suicidal death. Regardless of this analysis, a few aspects related to death by suicide in the insurance industry have been indicated. In this paper, the author also analysed the German legal system conception. Therefore, the method of examining applicable laws and the legal- comparative methods have been used herein. The main conclusion drawn up on the grounds of the conducted research is that strict legal regulations are not compatible with suicide as a complex psychological and social process.
first_indexed 2024-12-17T22:06:46Z
format Article
id doaj.art-536c422d9e8f47a38b6abc139e8791d3
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2083-4373
language English
last_indexed 2024-12-17T22:06:46Z
publishDate 2020-01-01
publisher Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
record_format Article
series Acta Iuris Stetinensis
spelling doaj.art-536c422d9e8f47a38b6abc139e8791d32022-12-21T21:30:51ZengWydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu SzczecińskiegoActa Iuris Stetinensis2083-43732020-01-013110.18276/ais.2020.31-04Suicide as an insurance accidentAneta PalecznaThis paper constitutes an attempt at the analysis of provisions of the Civil Code regarding suicide in an insurance contract. The aim of the paper is to analyse the economic aspect of a suicidal death. Regardless of this analysis, a few aspects related to death by suicide in the insurance industry have been indicated. In this paper, the author also analysed the German legal system conception. Therefore, the method of examining applicable laws and the legal- comparative methods have been used herein. The main conclusion drawn up on the grounds of the conducted research is that strict legal regulations are not compatible with suicide as a complex psychological and social process.https://wnus.edu.pl/ais/en/issue/1190/article/18888/suicideinsuredinsurance accidentinsurance contractinsurance benefit
spellingShingle Aneta Paleczna
Suicide as an insurance accident
Acta Iuris Stetinensis
suicide
insured
insurance accident
insurance contract
insurance benefit
title Suicide as an insurance accident
title_full Suicide as an insurance accident
title_fullStr Suicide as an insurance accident
title_full_unstemmed Suicide as an insurance accident
title_short Suicide as an insurance accident
title_sort suicide as an insurance accident
topic suicide
insured
insurance accident
insurance contract
insurance benefit
url https://wnus.edu.pl/ais/en/issue/1190/article/18888/
work_keys_str_mv AT anetapaleczna suicideasaninsuranceaccident