Commercial Insurance Law: Emerging Trends and New Perspectives

Authors:

Barry Soyer

• ISBN: 9781032954509
• Published: February 2026
• Format: Hardback
• Language: English
• Publisher: Informa Law from Routledge

Description:

Commercial Insurance Law: Emerging Trends and New Perspectives provides a timely and practical analysis of current developments in commercial insurance law. The book explores how legal doctrine is evolving in response to modern commercial realities, technological change, and global risks. It examines both doctrinal issues and their relationship with real-world market practice, offering a contemporary perspective for professionals working in insurance, transport, maritime, and commercial law.

The work is divided into four parts. The first analyses recent statutory and judicial developments in English law, with an emphasis on their practical impact. The second addresses specialist cover and doctrinal issues. The third examines current developments in tech and insurance law, while the fourth focuses on legal issues arising after a loss, including subrogation, assignment, and anti-assignment clauses.

This title will be of particular interest to practitioners and academics in England and Wales, as well as to specialists in maritime and transport law, commercial insurance, and comparative insurance law across a wide range of jurisdictions. It also offers value to university libraries and research collections focused on insurance, commercial law, and international legal developments.

Key Features:

Up-to-date analysis of emerging trends in commercial insurance law.

Explores recent statutory and judicial developments with practical implications.

Covers specialist doctrinal issues, including directors and officers liability, SME insurance, fraud, and fair presentation.

Examines the intersection of insurance law with technology, AI, and decentralised insurance structures.

Addresses post-loss issues such as subrogation, co-insured immunity, and anti-assignment clauses.

Written by specialist contributors with strong academic and professional expertise.

Coverage:

Marine insurance and direct claims against marine insurers.

Salvage to wreck removal and war risk issues.

Excluded perils in marine insurance and international case analysis.

Directors and officers liability insurance.

SME insurance and fair presentation under the Insurance Act 2015.

Fraud in commercial insurance.

Decentralised insurance, fiduciary duties, and AI in insurance broking.

Subrogation, assignment, and co-insured immunity.

Anti-assignment clauses and insurance disputes.

About the Authors:

Barry Soyer is a recognised expert in insurance and commercial law. This volume brings together contributions from leading academics and practitioners, offering both scholarly insight and practical relevance. The contributors examine current and emerging issues in commercial insurance law from a range of domestic and international perspectives.

Table of Contents:

Part I – Marine Insurance: Emerging and Practical Issues

Chapter 1 – Direct Claims against Marine Insurers

Chapter 2 – From Salvage to Wreck Removal – The Uncertain Transition from H & M to P & I

Chapter 3 – The 2023/24 Red Sea Attacks – Highlighting the Blurred Lines of War (Risks)

Chapter 4 – Great Lakes Insurance SE v Raiders Retreat Realty Co.: The United States Supreme Court Addresses Marine Insurance for the First Time in Almost Seven Decades

Chapter 5 – Interpreting Excluded Perils in Marine Insurance: Insights from the China Maritime Court

Part II – Specialist Cover and Other Doctrinal Issues

Chapter 6 – Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Policies – Observations on 21st Century Developments

Chapter 7 – SME Insurance – A Different Beast in Need of Different Treatment?

Chapter 8 – Duty of Fair Presentation under the Insurance Act 2015 – The Development of Law

Chapter 9 – Fraud in Commercial Insurance: The Legal Response

Part III – Tech and Insurance

Chapter 10 – Navigating the Edge of Regulation: How Decentralised Insurance Uses DAOs, Fiduciary Duties and Discretionary Mutual to Manage Risks

Chapter 11 – Insurance Brokers and AI

Part IV – The Aftermath: Legal Issues Emerging Following a Loss

Chapter 12 – Subrogation and Assignment: Why the Distinction Matters in Insurance

Chapter 13 – The Co-Insured’s Subrogation Immunity – How to Express It and How to Draft the Underlying Contract to Make Sure It Arises

Chapter 14 – Anti-assignment Clauses and Insurance

Why buy this book?

This book is a strong addition for legal practitioners, law libraries, insurance specialists, and academics seeking an authoritative and current treatment of commercial insurance law. It combines doctrinal depth with practical application, addresses emerging issues such as AI and decentralised insurance, and offers international relevance across insurance and maritime law contexts. For institutions and professionals needing current analysis beyond standard textbooks, this is a sharp and useful title.

Keywords:

commercial insurance law, insurance law, marine insurance, insurance litigation, subrogation, assignment, insurance fraud, directors and officers liability, insurance act 2015, fair presentation, AI and insurance, decentralised insurance, maritime law, transport law, legal risk, insurance regulation

Target Audience:

insurance lawyers, commercial law practitioners, maritime lawyers, transport law specialists, academics, university libraries, law libraries, insurers, insurance brokers, legal researchers

Genre:

law, commercial law, insurance law, maritime law, professional books, academic books

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