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The Importance of In-House legal Services in legal Protection Insurance
The Importance of In-House legal Services in legal Protection Insurance

Author(s): Jan Moerland
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Polska Izba Ubezpieczeń
Keywords: Legal Protection Insuranc; Claims management; Legal services.

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author discusses the claims handling framework in European legislature, describes factors which influence in-house claims handling and elaborates on the organisation of in-house legal services. He explores the effectiveness of customer protection which EU regulation intends to offer in the area of in-house legal services. He concludes that the Solvency II Directive equips in-house lawyers with a set of effective and tested measures to deal with (potential) conflicts of interest.He further evaluates the benefits of in-house claims handling and the potential it has for access to justice.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 63-78
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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