Practical Guidance

Insurance

Simplifying Insurance Law for You

Practical Guidance Insurance gives you quick access to the core information you need when dealing with insurance law matters. In addition to regularly updated detailed guidance notes and handy checklists written by insurance law experts, the module includes access to relevant cases and legislation. The module covers a range of topics, including making a claim, establishing cover, defence rights, disputes, regulation of the industry and natural hazards claims. The impacts of recent and upcoming changes to the law are discussed throughout, for example, the Contracts of Insurance Bill, the Natural Hazards Insurance Act 2023 and the Financial Markets (Conduct of Institutions) Amendment Act 2022.

With Practical Guidance Insurance, you can rely on trusted content written by Hesketh Henry’s team of expert insurance lawyers to get straight to the answers you need.

Whether you’re an experienced practitioner looking for a faster route to the answer; a lawyer working in an unfamiliar area of law; or someone new to the profession seeking to hit the ground running, Practical Guidance Insurance is the perfect place to start.

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Key Features

  • 12 Topics
  • 50 subtopics
  • Topic overviews
  • Guidance notes
  • Links to relevant legislation, case law and commentary
  • Tools and Checklists
  • Latest Legal Updates

Topics Covered

  • Insurance law basics
  • Types of insurance
  • Standard features of insurance contracts
  • Core principles of insurance
  • Entering an insurance contract
  • Notifications and making a claim
  • Establishing cover
  • Defence rights and subrogation
  • Ending the insurance
  • Disputes between the insurer and the insured
  • Regulating the industry
  • Natural hazards claims

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Referenced Sources

  • Kelly & Ball Principles of Insurance Law
  • Commercial Law in New Zealand
  • Insurance Claims in New Zealand 2023 (book)
  • The Laws of New Zealand
  • New Zealand Law Reports

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