The book analyses the legal conditions for the use of insurance in waste management. The main focus of the study is the regulations of the EU and selected European countries, supplemented by a comparison with the legal regulations in the USA. The choice of the EU as the main subject of the research is due to the concept of rational ecological waste management developed in EU law. However, national and international legal instruments regulating waste management are not precisely reflected in insurance concepts covering waste risks. It proves necessary to develop a conceptual apparatus related to the definition of insurance waste risks. It seems valuable to define the role of insurance in a comprehensive waste risk management system at local and regional level.
The book examines the legal conditions for the use of insurance as a method of waste risk management. Therefore, part of the book is devoted to the application of EU environmental and waste management rules to the interpretation of financial collateral requirements and the use of insurance as a financial instrument. A special place in the book is occupied by considerations devoted to a less well-known insurance activity than the insurance contract, namely the insurance guarantee. Its qualities are increasingly recognised in the insurance market. The book draws attention to the attractiveness of the insurance guarantee for solving problems arising from the financing of waste management. The book will be of interest to both lawyers and economists, academics and practitioners in the insurance and waste management industry.
Introduction.- Waste risks.- Principles supporting the development of
the waste insurance.- Insurance as a type of financial security.- Waste
insurance guarantee.- Subject, coverage and distribution of waste insurance.-
Conclusion.
Dorota Maniak, Ph.D., professor at the University of Gdansk, head of the Insurance Law Laboratory in the Department of Civil Law and Legal Tradition of the UG; legal advisor specialising in insurance law; academic lecturer, personal trainer for insurance companies, insurance intermediaries and banks; the person leading and co-creating the interdisciplinary programme of the innovative course of studies at the University of Gdansk - Insurance. She served as the President of the Polish Section of AIDA (International Association of Insurance Law) for the term 2020-2022 and is currently a member of the Board of Directors. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Financial Ombudsman for the term 2023-2026 and the member of the International Expert Group (IEG) of the Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation, coordinated by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) She is also the Board of Directors. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Financial Ombudsman for the term 2023-2026.
