Consumer Insurance Law: Disclosure, Representations and Basis of the Contract Clause

This is an authoritative working guide to the UK's consumer insurance law. It takes the form of a multi-authored handbook explaining the reforms brought about by the UK's Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill 2012 and the impact of these reforms on consumer insurance law. Contents includes: commentary on current consumer insurance law
• the role and operation of self-regulatory codes and treating customers fairly
• the Financial Services Authority (FSA): how the rules, guidance, the Treating Customers Fairly principle, etc. operate
• the Financial Ombudsman Service, its role, and effect of decisions
• previous initiatives for reform and why they failed
• the Law Commissions' new proposals
• the consumer perspective
• preparing for change: a guide for regulated firms
• looking forward: what's next on the reform agenda?