{"title":"Legal Regime of Insurance Outsourcing","authors":"B. Bartkiewicz, Aldona Wnęk","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0013.5729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.5729","url":null,"abstract":"Following the Solvency II Directive, the detailed rules for delegating own activities to external providers by insurance and reinsurance undertakings have been introduced into the insurance law regime, including the requirements regarding the contents of agreements under which the outsourced services are provided (outsourcing contracts). As institutions of public trust, insurance undertakings should perform their functions properly and safely for customers. Hence, the requirements for outsourcing certain activities and functions constitute an important element of the insurance company management system. Insurance outsourcing is subject to disclosure obligations, and is supervised by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF). \u0000The article discusses legal provisions specifying the basic outsourcing rules for insurance and reinsurance undertakings, including the principles for the development of internal policy and the fulfillment of disclosure requirements, with special emphasis on the outsourcing of certain activities and functions of the management system. Moreover, it also presents the requirements for outsourcing contracts which are imposed on insurance undertakings both by EU and Polish legislation. An appropriate formulation of the rights and obligations of the parties to the contract should ensure, in particular, both compliance with the law and the effective services supervision. More importantly, the KNF has been authorized to perform inspection activities in respect of entities providing outsourced services.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":277138,"journal":{"name":"Prawo Asekuracyjne","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126466583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obligations of Insurance Broker as Insurance Distributor","authors":"M. Serwach","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0013.5734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.5734","url":null,"abstract":"The Insurance Distribution Act introduced a wide variety of notions and imposed a number of new statutory obligations, in particular, the definitions of insurance distribution and insurance distributor. The aim of the article is to present the statutory obligations imposed on insurance and reinsurance brokers as insurance distributors. The author points out that these duties can be divided according to different criteria and emphasizes that the broker's obligations towards the client are the most important in insurance practice. She discusses the duty to analyse client's needs and requirements, to prepare brokerage recommendation and provide a product card or prepare it if the broker is its creator. Moreover, she discusses the necessity to reveal the nature (and sometimes even the amount) of brokerage remuneration as well as to give the information about the method and procedure of handling claims (so-called claims policy). Having analysed the statutory obligations imposed on the insurance broker, the author comes to the conclusion that the basic purpose is the protection of clients and their interests. However, there is a concern that some duties might be treated as formal ones to be fulfilled in order to avoid legal liability. Additionally, the obligation of loyalty towards the client may be derived from the duty to keep good faith and perform due diligence.","PeriodicalId":277138,"journal":{"name":"Prawo Asekuracyjne","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128781688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Securing Bank Claims by means of Credit Risk Insurance versus Insurance Recourse","authors":"Dawid Rogoziński","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0013.5733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.5733","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the specific nature of the insurance of risks directly related to lending. The dynamic development of cooperation between banking and insurance industries has resulted not only in a greater popularity of the coverages already existing on the market, but also in new types of insurance products directly linked to banking operations and covering risks that were traditionally non-transferable to insurance undertakings. Further comments refer to the functions of insurance recourse in relations with banks. However, the main focus of this study is the confrontation of results of those analyses with the phenomenon of directing recourse claims to the entities carrying the actual and final burden of the insurance cost (borrowers). Moreover, practical solutions adopted by credit institutions which involve the treatment of credit risk insurances as payment protection methods and consequently shift the burden of insurance premium onto the borrower have been assessed.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":277138,"journal":{"name":"Prawo Asekuracyjne","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128929271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mandatory Disclosure Rules – Selected Problems","authors":"Dorota Walerjan","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0013.5735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.5735","url":null,"abstract":"The article deals with issues related to the introduction of provisions concerning mandatory disclosure and tax reporting rules (MDR) in the Polish legal system. Due to the multifaceted nature and level of complexity of these new regulations, the article focuses on those aspects that are most relevant for activities carried out on the insurance market.\u0000Contrary to the common understanding of the concept of a tax scheme, reporting obligations under the MDR include transactions and operations related to tax optimization as well as standard advice or activity, as long as they meet statutory conditions. In addition, the scope of entities responsible for the implementation of the MDR is wide. Apart from the entity that \"uses\" the scheme, the reporting duties can apply to almost everyone who is professionally involved in the scheme's development, organization, or implementation.\u0000The first months of the new regulations have shown that interpretation and application are not only time-consuming, but more importantly, burdened with significant risks. Their sources include, firstly, the extremely vague and complicated provisions themselves, and, secondly, the practical considerations related to the possibility of the misinterpretation of facts or of defective assessments in situations where participants have limited knowledge or experience. These risks are of key importance due to the fact that the incorrect application of the MDR regulations can result in penal fiscal sanctions for those responsible for their implementation.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":277138,"journal":{"name":"Prawo Asekuracyjne","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122889012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Legal Conditions for Commercial Activity of Mutual Insurance Companies","authors":"M. Brajczewska, Aleksander Raczyński","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0013.5731","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.5731","url":null,"abstract":"This article aims at discussing a legal regulation relating to commercial activities of mutual insurance companies which is provided for in the Insurance and Reinsurance Activity Act, Accounting Act and the Regulation of the Minister of Finance on Specific Accounting Principles of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies. It explains the concept of commercial activity of mutual insurance company, as well as the dominant principle of mutuality. A fundamental part of the article is an attempt to interpret Article 111 paragraph 3 of the Insurance and Reinsurance Act, under which premiums from non-members of the mutual insurance company cannot constitute more than 10% (ten percent) of the gross premiums written. According to the authors, the rules for collecting premiums provided for in the Regulation on Specific Accounting Principles of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies, which are thoroughly discussed herein, are of key importance in this respect. In addition, the article also explores the effects of exceeding the limit provided for in Article 111 paragraph 3 of the Insurance and Reinsurance Activity Act, as well as the issue of settling the commercial profits.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":277138,"journal":{"name":"Prawo Asekuracyjne","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126584072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Civil Law Consequences of the Non-Adjustment of an Insurance Product by the Distributor to the Demands and Needs of a Customer","authors":"Bartosz Kucharski","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0013.5730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.5730","url":null,"abstract":"According to the author, only in certain situations may the non-adjustment of insurance products to the demands and needs of the customer lead to the invalidity of insurance contract terms, or be remedied by the interpretation thereof in favour of the customer. Thus, the basic legal remedy which can be used by the customer in such case is to claim damages from the distributor. As a rule, distributors assume contractual liability based on the presumption of fault: in the case of brokers arising from brokerage contract, and in case of other distributors from obligations specified in the provisions of the Insurance Distribution Act. Insurers bear tortious non-fault liability for the activities of their dependent agents. Basically, clients may claim full damages according to the so called “difference theory”. In many cases however the damages will be restricted to the value of the overpaid insurance premium.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":277138,"journal":{"name":"Prawo Asekuracyjne","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125873195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Client Needs Analysis – Accurate or Apparent?","authors":"Marcin Orlicki","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0013.5661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.5661","url":null,"abstract":"The article is aimed at examining the functions and method of conducting the analysis of customer needs and requirements, which was laid down in the provisions of the Insurance Distribution Act. The author defines the conditions that must be met in order to perform a proper analysis, its stages as well as functions to be fulfilled by the insurance distributor. The customer has the right to refuse to answer the distributor’s questions and to conclude the insurance contract without taking into account the conclusions drawn from the analysis. However, never should the analysis be carried out in a way that is apparent. The author points out dangers resulting from the survey performed in such a way.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":277138,"journal":{"name":"Prawo Asekuracyjne","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127858663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Statutory Duty of Customer Needs and Requirements Assessment in Liability Insurance","authors":"M. Serwach","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0013.5662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.5662","url":null,"abstract":"The article aims at considering the general rules for the assessment of customer needs and requirements as well as presenting the reasons for the introduction of this obligation and showing the differences between the above-mentioned legal concepts. Furthermore, the author examines the necessity to recognize the customer needs and requirements in the civil liability insurance. She emphasizes that, due to the nature of the civil liability insurance, it is a fundamental need of the liability insurance customer to conclude an insurance contract with the insurance cover as comprehensive as possible. In contrast to other types of insurance, in the case of which the claims settlement or the amount of compensation are also important, in liability insurance customers want to obtain a guarantee that in the event of an injury to a third party they will not be obliged to compensate it personally. This obligation will be ‘taken over’ by the insurer, with whom the liability insurance contract has been signed. It is the policyholder (the insured) and not the injured who is the liability insurance customer, whose needs and requirements are analyzed.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":277138,"journal":{"name":"Prawo Asekuracyjne","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129277796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk Assessment in Insurance Related to New Technologies in the Context of Insurance Contract Principles","authors":"K. Malinowska","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0013.5693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.5693","url":null,"abstract":"The article aims to present trends in the risk assessment and entities involved in this process in the changing world. The underwriting process has been analyzed in terms of law, in the light of changing regulations, and what is more, in the context of new technologies increasingly used in insurance. The purpose of the article is to determine if technology causes the necessity to change the approach to the principles of insurance contract and how it affects the activities of insurers. To achieve this goal two aspects have been considered, namely, whether the use of new technologies by insurers in the process of risk assessment and, on the other hand, whether the emerging risks dependent on new technologies exert an influence on the rules governing the insurance contract.","PeriodicalId":277138,"journal":{"name":"Prawo Asekuracyjne","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128061114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Complementarity of the Provision of Insurance Services and Services of a Different Kind, i.e. Cross-Selling","authors":"Dorota Maśniak","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0013.5665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.5665","url":null,"abstract":"This article focuses on discussing the standards laid down in Article 10 of the Insurance Distribution Act. It concerns the so-called packages of insurance services and other services or sale of things. Complementarity of the provision of insurance services poses the threat of misselling. Hence, the legislature desires to limit the freedom of insurance distribution by additional information obligations imposed on insurance intermediaries, to whom the analyzed regulation is primarily addressed.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":277138,"journal":{"name":"Prawo Asekuracyjne","volume":"45-46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114507939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}