This book focuses on the global landscape in which insurance is transacted, and where it is evolving, driven from within by transformative technologies and externally by the necessity to address risks like climate change and health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
This book focuses on the global landscape in which insurance is transacted, and where it is evolving, driven from within by transformative technologies and externally by the necessity to address risks like climate change and health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Anthony A. Tarr is Director, Robyn Ashton Consulting Pty Ltd; formerly Vice Chancellor, University of the South Pacific; Dean & Professor of Law, Indiana University - Indianapolis; Dean & Sir Gerard Brennan Professor of Law, The University of Queensland, and Dean & Foundation Professor of Law, Bond University; author of ten books/treatises including Insurance Law in New Zealand and Australian Insurance Law. He has been Chairman, Managing Director or Non-executive Director of various commercial and resource sector companies; formerly Chief Executive Officer of the Queensland Law Society; Director of the Indiana Bar Foundation and Chairman of the Fiji Law Reform Commission. Julie-Anne Tarr is Professor of Commercial Law, Queensland University of Technology. She has held professorial and senior executive roles in the United States, South Pacific and Australia including at Indiana University, University of the South Pacific, the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, and Queensland's Litigation Reform Commission. Specialising in insurance and risk management, emerging technologies and complex contracting, she has authored six books/treatises including Disclosure and Concealment in Consumer Insurance Contracts and The Laws of Australia Insurance. She has published more than 100 articles and law reform reports and is the Insurance and Transport Editor for the Australian Business Law Review. Maurice Thompson is an Equity Partner at HFW (Holman Fenwick Willan) where he is the firm's Global Head of Litigation Funding. With over 30 years of experience, Maurice has a practice split between disputes and front-end work. In disputes he specialises in large-scale, multi-jurisdictional arbitrations and litigation in the insurance, shipping, aerospace, energy, drones, oil & gas, natural resources and commodities sectors. In the litigation funding space, Maurice has successfully secured funding for large and complex claims, both singular claims and class actions, involving shipping, cartels, mining disputes, commodity trading frauds, biosecurity losses, toxic tort and marine pollution cases. In front-end work, Maurice is instructed by oil & gas majors in the negotiation and drafting of offtake and services contracts, and in the resources and commodity trading sectors he regularly advises on and drafts international sales, insurance and carriage contracts. Dino Wilkinson is a Partner, Clyde & Co, Abu Dhabi. Dino is recognized as one of the leading technology lawyers in the Middle East and was named in The Legal 500's Hall of Fame for his work in technology, media and telecommunications law. Dino has advised clients throughout the region on technology contracting, data protection and cybersecurity for more than ten years. He has also worked with regional governments and regulatory authorities on a number of significant legislative developments in this area, including the drafting of electronic commerce laws, data sharing regulations and privacy legislation. Dino's expertise spans all types of technology related contracts, including data processing agreements, software development and licensing, outsourcing, research and collaboration agreements. He has worked on projects of both regional and international significance, including mobile app and internet product launches, national digital wallet schemes and ICT infrastructure rollouts.
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List of Editors List of Contributors Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Big Data Artificial Intelligence and Insurance Chapter 3 On-Demand Insurance Chapter 4 Embedded Insurance Chapter 5 Distributed Ledger Technology & Blockchain: Insurance Chapter 6 Parametric Insurance Chapter 7 Autonomous Vehicles: Liability and Insurance Chapter 8 Autonomous Ships: Liability and Insurance Chapter 9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Liability and Insurance Chapter 10 The Rise of Fintech: Liability and Insurance Chapter 11 Cyber Risk and Insurance Chapter 12 Professional Indemnity Insurance Chapter 13 Pandemics and Insurance Chapter 14 Climate Change and Insurance Chapter 15 Climate Change: Liability Risk Chapter 16 Conclusion: New and evolving challenges and opportunities
