Privatversicherungsrecht

Private insurance law is dogmatically challenging, dynamic, and economically significant. Christian Armbrüster explores systematically the structures and guiding principles of this area of law, highlights current developments and combines academic depth with clear, concise presentation.

Private insurance law is a dynamic field of private law with numerous connections to civil law. At its core, it is concerned with making a wide variety of risks manageable for individuals through contractual arrangements, thereby providing legal and planning certainty. Christian Armbrüster examines the legal framework governing these arrangements. Since the publication of the previous edition in 2019, private insurance law has continued to develop dynamically. Societal events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the growing threat of cyberattacks, and the increasing importance of sustainability issues have left their mark on legislation, case law, and product development. These developments, along with recent legal trends relating to the “classical” topics of private insurance law, are reflected in the present new edition.

Born 1964; studied law in Mainz and Geneva; PhD in 1994; habilitation in 2000; 2000-03 Chair of Private Law I at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg; since 2004 Chair of Civil Law, Commercial and Corporate Law, Private Insurance Law, and Private International Law at Freie Universität Berlin; 2007-13 Judge at the Berlin Court of Appeal.

• By (author) Christian Armbrüster