Gloss to the Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European
Union of 24 February 2020 in Joined Cases C-143/20
and C-213/20 on the Information Disclosure of Life
Insurance Undertakings in Unit-linked Insurance Contracts Cover Image

Glosa do wyroku Trybunału Sprawiedliwości Unii Europejskiej z dnia 24 lutego 2020 r. w sprawach połączonych C-143/20 i C-213/20 w sprawach obowiązków informacyjnych zakładów ubezpieczeń w ubezpieczeniach na życie z ubezpieczeniowym funduszem (…)
Gloss to the Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 24 February 2020 in Joined Cases C-143/20 and C-213/20 on the Information Disclosure of Life Insurance Undertakings in Unit-linked Insurance Contracts

Author(s): Magdalena Szczepańska
Subject(s): EU-Legislation, Court case
Published by: Fundacja "Prawo Ubezpieczeniowe"
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union; unit-linked life insurance; investment insurance; information obligations of insurers; investment risk of the policyholder or the insured;

Summary/Abstract: The gloss refers to the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 24 February2020 in joined cases C-143/20 and C-213/20 concerning information disclosure of life insuranceundertakings in unit-linked life insurance. This judgment provides guidance on information obli-gations in this type of insurance with respect to entities whom the information is to be commu-nicated and as regards the scope of the information provided. Said issues seem to be essentialfor insurance practice, yet they fail to be clearly defi ned by legislation in force or in case law.The gloss does not address all the questions that have been submitted to the Court, focusing onlyon the scope of the information obligations in unit-linked life insurance contracts.

  • Issue Year: 2/2022
  • Issue No: 111
  • Page Range: 106 - 117
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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