TY - JOUR

T1 - Misleading Conduct by Insurers in Sales of Insurance Policies in China

AU - Jing, Zhen

N1 - This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Company Lawyer following peer review. The definitive published version is available online on Westlaw UK or from Thomson Reuters DocDel service .

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - This paper considers the insurers’ pre-contractual misleading conduct and the legal consequences for such misconduct under the Insurance Law, examines possible private right of action available to the insureds in the case of the insurers’ misleading misrepresentation and intentional concealment of material information under the Chinese Contract Law, and puts forward recommendations, with reference to approaches in some states of the US, for effective remedies to the insureds where the insurers’ misleading misrepresentation or intentional concealment of material information has induced him to enter into the insurance contract

AB - This paper considers the insurers’ pre-contractual misleading conduct and the legal consequences for such misconduct under the Insurance Law, examines possible private right of action available to the insureds in the case of the insurers’ misleading misrepresentation and intentional concealment of material information under the Chinese Contract Law, and puts forward recommendations, with reference to approaches in some states of the US, for effective remedies to the insureds where the insurers’ misleading misrepresentation or intentional concealment of material information has induced him to enter into the insurance contract

KW - Misleading conduct, non-disclsure, misrepresentation, China, US

UR - http://bit.ly/2gu4xea

M3 - Article

VL - 38

SP - 28

EP - 36

JO - Company Lawyer

JF - Company Lawyer

SN - 0144-1027

IS - 1

M1 - 3

ER -