Part I: Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in Cross-Border Insurance Disputes -- The EU Regulations on Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in Cross-Border Insurance Disputes and their Interaction -- Part II: Law applicable to insurance matters according to Rome I Regulation (and national laws) -- Law applicable to large risks insurance contracts -- Article 7(3) Rome I Regulation and the Law Applicable to Non-Life Mass Risk Insurance Contracts: A Critical Appraisal (excluding life insurance) -- Private international law of group insurance. The impact of recent CJEU case law -- Compulsory insurance in private international law -- Life insurance contracts in private international law -- Overriding mandatory rules in international insurance -- Law applicable to the insurance recourse -- Part III: Jurisdiction in matters relating to insurance -- Jurisdiction under art. 11 of the Brussels I bis Regulation -- Grounds of jurisdiction for liability insurance contracts -- Jurisdiction based upon uncontested appearance in insurance matters -- The action of the insurer brought against the weaker party -- Choice of Court Agreements in insurance contracts -- Part IV: Reinsurance -- Reinsurance in private international law -- Part V Actio directa -- Actio directa in international jurisdiction and applicable law in private international law -- Part VI: IDD and private international law -- Private international law of insurance intermediation and the IDD -- Civil liability of insurers in the cross-border context -- Part VII: Space Insurance -- Private international law and space insurance -- Part VIII: Semi-Automated and Automated Vehicles -- Semi-Automated and Automated Vehicles, Insurance, and Private International Law -- Part IX: Recourse Claim -- The recourse claim of the Polish compensation body in cases of uninsured vehicles - analysis of its nature and scope in the light of private international law.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of jurisdiction and law applicable in cross-border insurance matters. The first book to address cross-border insurance cases from the perspective of European Union regulations, international conventions, and national laws applicable to insurance and insurance-related issues, it explores the concept of cross-border insurance issues and specific institutions related to insurance matters. In the process, it covers both classic private international law matters and specific issues, such as autonomous vehicles in cross-border cases, new technologies, and the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD). Given its focus, the book offers a valuable asset for academics, judges, legal practitioners and insurance companies, and other institutions frequently dealing with cross-border insurance matters.