Insurance and Human Rights (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

This volume examines the impact of and interplay between human rights and insurance. National, supranational and international legal instruments regulating the taking-up and pursuit of the business of insurance and reinsurance, (re)insurance distribution and the insurance contract often refer to or impact on human or fundamental rights. Courts are often faced with the sometimes seemingly impossible task of reconciling insurance core principles, practices and mind-sets with the principles and values stemming from human rights protection. In some cases, such as that of discrimination in insurance, this discussion has been going on for decades. Some deal with hot topics which have more recently emerged in light of developments stemming from technologic innovations ('InsurTech'). The first part of the book focuses on insurance and the right to equal treatment. Discrimination on the basis of factors such as gender or age is tackled, from the perspectives of the European Union, Canada and South Africa. The second part of the book highlights the very relevant role played by insurance in the upholding of the right to health, covering the United States of America, Africa and Brazil. The third part of the book explores InsurTech's manifold challenges upon the right to privacy, focusing on European Union. The fourth part tackles the threat posed by insurance on the right to life in general, but with a particular focus on the United Kingdom. Written by legal scholars and practitioners, the book offers international, comparative and regional or national perspectives, aiming to contribute to a more thorough and systematic understanding of the interactions between these two very different fields of law, providing the industry as well as the scientific community with insights from both sides of this seemingly difficult to transpose divide.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation, 5
Release date:	February 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Margarida Lima Rego • Birgit Kuschke
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	262
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-082703-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Financial services industry Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International human rights law Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Databases > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International economic & trade law > General
LSN:	3-03-082703-8
Barcode:	9783030827038

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