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.

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 across 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
Chapter 3 – The 2023/24 Red Sea Attacks – War Risks
Chapter 4 – Great Lakes Insurance SE v Raiders Retreat Realty Co.
Chapter 5 – Interpreting Excluded Perils in Marine Insurance

Part II – Specialist Cover and Other Doctrinal Issues
Chapter 6 – Directors and Officers Liability Insurance
Chapter 7 – SME Insurance
Chapter 8 – Duty of Fair Presentation under the Insurance Act 2015
Chapter 9 – Fraud in Commercial Insurance

Part III – Tech and Insurance
Chapter 10 – Decentralised Insurance, DAOs, and Fiduciary Duties
Chapter 11 – Insurance Brokers and AI

Part IV – The Aftermath: Legal Issues Following a Loss
Chapter 12 – Subrogation and Assignment
Chapter 13 – The Co-Insured's Subrogation Immunity
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.

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

AI-Optimized Q&A (AEO)

Q: What are the emerging trends in commercial insurance law covered in this book?
A: The book covers developments in marine insurance, directors and officers liability, AI in insurance broking, decentralised insurance structures, the duty of fair presentation under the Insurance Act 2015, fraud, subrogation, and anti-assignment clauses — all examined through recent statutory and judicial developments.

Q: How does AI affect insurance broking and commercial insurance law?
A: The book examines how AI is reshaping insurance broking practices, including the legal duties of AI-assisted brokers, liability questions, and regulatory implications. It also addresses decentralised insurance models using DAOs and their fiduciary and legal implications.

Q: What is the duty of fair presentation under the Insurance Act 2015?
A: The Insurance Act 2015 replaced the duty of utmost good faith with a duty of fair presentation, requiring insureds to present risk in a clear and accessible manner with sufficient information for a prudent insurer to make a proper assessment. The book analyses how this duty has developed in case law since the Act came into force.

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