Practical Problems of Professional Liability Insurance: Medical Liability (Problemas De Aplicación Del Seguro De Responsabilidad Civil Profesional En Su Modalidad De Responsabilidad Médica)

Revist@ e-mercatoria, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2008

47 Pages Posted: 25 Oct 2009

Date Written: 2008

Abstract

The Insurance of Professional Liability is a subject that has acquired relevance due to the problematic given by practical cases, thus, we see in this matter the subject of analisys of the present article. The application of the litigation principle of oppositions, the rights of the victim as beneficiary of the indemnification, the claims made clauses introduced into Colombian legislation by Act 389/1997 and the risks that can be insured under this modality. We also give a perspective of a new debated subject: Professional Liability as a rigorous manifestation of the general regime of contractual and non contractual civial liability.

Keywords: Civil Liability, Insurance, Clauses Claims Made, Opposability of Exceptions

JEL Classification: K13, K29, K41

Suggested Citation

Arias Barrera, Ligia Catherine, Practical Problems of Professional Liability Insurance: Medical Liability (Problemas De Aplicación Del Seguro De Responsabilidad Civil Profesional En Su Modalidad De Responsabilidad Médica) (2008). Revist@ e-mercatoria, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1493219

Ligia Catherine Arias Barrera (Contact Author)

Universidad Externado de Colombia ( email )

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Bogota D.C, Cundinamarca 3456
Colombia

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