Life Insurance Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean, 2nd editionWritten by Claude Denbow
Life Insurance Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean, 2nd edition provides a unique amalgam of the many influences that go to make life insurance law in the Commonwealth Caribbean.
Providing a comprehensive study of the English law of life insurance as it applies in Trinidad and Tobago, it deals with the relevance of the doctrines and terminologies it has absorbed and adopted from other jurisdictions and provides a detailed overview of the many crucial issues of modern life insurance law including:
Lapse and forfeiture of life policies and application of the doctrine waiverThe legal framework governing group life policies and the common lawStatutory treatment of names beneficiaries
New Case Law - New Legislation - New Content
Now in its second edition, this authoritative work has been thoroughly updated and revised to take account of all relevant case law and legislative changes and development. New coverage in this edition includes:
The treatment of the new statutory provisions dealing with beneficiary designationsThe decision of the Court of Appeal in Trinidad and Tobago in the case of Cheong v Board of Inland RevenueThe repeal of the English Life Insurance Act of 1774The decision of the Court of Appeal in Trinidad and Tobago in the case of Bank of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago Limited v LakhanThe new forms of life policiesThe question of insurable interestThe issue of policies being used as instruments to extract bonuses in a tax free manner in Trinidad and TobagoThe presumption against suicide
This is essential reading for all insurance company staff, insurance brokers, solicitors, accountants, tax consultants and financial planners throughout the Commonwealth.
Bibliographic detailISBN: 9781847663641 / 978 1 84766 364 1
Publication date: Feb-09
Format: Hardback
Availability: In print
List price: £70
Contents
Chapter 1: The sources of law
Chapter 2: Life insurance business and life policies
Chapter 3: Insurable interest
Chapter 4: Formation of the contract
Chapter 5: Non-disclosure, misrepresentation and misstatement
Chapter 6: Considerations after issue of policy
Chapter 7: Terms and conditions of policy
Chapter 8: Assignments and mortgages of life policies
Chapter 9: Special types of policies
Chapter 10: Beneficiaries
Chapter 11: Claims to policy proceeds
Chapter 12: Income tax