Transparency in Insurance Intermediation and Regulation in Austria

Author(s):  
Sebastian Wöss
Author(s):  
Amanda Adamska ◽  
Anna Maria Barańska

The responsibility of an insurance company for damages caused by an insurance agent The subject of this article is the responsibility of an insurance company for damages caused by an insurance agent in connection with the performance of agency activities. The Act on Insurance Intermediation of 22 May 2003 lays down a liability regime based on the principle of risk. It also contains the definition of an insurance agent and performed agency activities. In the next part of the article there is analysed the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court concerning the interpretation of article 11 1 of the abovementioned Act. It discusses an attempt at defining the difference between activities performed “in connection with” and “at the occasion of” other activities. Finally there is analysed an issue of the contribution of the injured party to the occurrence of the damage in this type of cases article 362 of the Civil Code.


2018 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 147-167
Author(s):  
Piotr Ochman ◽  
Sebastian Solecki

Criminalization of insurance intermediation in criminal economic lawThe subject of the article is the analysis of criminal laws criminalizing insurance intermediation in Poland. This is an issue that falls under the dogmatic considerations of criminal economic law in the aspect of protecting the statics of economic turnover, i.e. its basic structures and institutions. The evolution of the criminalization of this sector of the insurance market, the genesis of current criminal law regulations as well as critical remarks to the latest penal provisions of the Insurance Distribution Act will be presented. The analyzes will be the basis for presenting de lege lata’s comments and the de lege ferenda proposal.


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