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• Title:Insurance law in a nutshell / Christopher C. French, John F. Dobbyn.
  
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• Variant Title:Insurance law
  
• Author/Creator:French, Christopher C. (Professor), author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Dobbyn, John F., author.
  
• Published/Created:St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2022]
  ©2022
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF1164 .F74 2022
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Insurance law--United States.
  
• Edition:Sixth edition.
  
• Description:xxix, 534 pages ; 19 cm
  
• Series:Nutshell series.
  
• Summary:"Insurance Law in a Nutshell is a clear, concise, and comprehensive discussion of the fundamentals of insurance law. It covers various lines of insurance such as Auto, Commercial General Liability, Health, Life, Property, Cyber, Directors and Officers Liability (D&O), Errors and Omissions (E&O or Professional Liability), Employers Liability (EPL), and Flood. It also covers topics such as the rules of insurance policy interpretation, coverage for intentional torts, insurable interest, claims submission/handling, duty to defend and settle, insurer bad faith, insurer defenses, loss valuation, guaranty funds, "surplus line" insurers, regulation of insurers, reinsurance, risk transfer, subrogation, surety bonds, and waiver and estoppel. This new edition also has new sections that discuss insurance for natural catastrophe losses as well as business interruption insurance, which includes a brief discussion regarding the COVID-19 business interruption coverage litigation. This new edition also has an expanded discussion regarding claims made insurance, which has become the dominant form of insurance for newer lines of liability insurance." -- Publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9781636595047 (paperback)
  1636595049 (paperback)
  9781636596242 (ebook)
  
• Contents:Nature of insurance
  Insurable interest
  Insurable risks and public policy
  Persons insured
  Procedure for filing claims
  Insurer defenses to coverage
  Waiver and estoppel
  Measure of recovery
  Insurer's duty to defend
  Subrogation
  Bad faith causes of action
  Reinsurance
  Insurance-like bonds
  Regulation of insurance.