THE ESSENCE OF INSURANCE SECRECY WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO LIABILITY FOR ITS BREACH Cover Image

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THE ESSENCE OF INSURANCE SECRECY WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO LIABILITY FOR ITS BREACH

Author(s): Izabela Wysocka
Subject(s): Micro-Economics, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Administrative Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Keywords: professional secrecy; insurance secrecy; insurance company; civil liability; criminal liability; administrative liability; administrative tort; employee liability; personal rights;

Summary/Abstract: Insurance secrecy is a public law institution that has been introduced to the private system. The purpose of this institution is to protect constitutional guarantees such as the right to privacy, and also to protect human rights. This fact gives rise to the entity’s broad liability for breach of insurance secrecy. You can see civil liability as a contractual breach and tort liability. In addition, the entity obliged to maintain insurance secrecy that violates this obligation may be affected by criminal liability, the basis of which is found in several acts. It is also worth highlighting the role of administrative responsibility, in which a breach of the obligation of confidentiality is treated as an administrative tort. Due to the above, the essence of insurance secrecy is to provide protection under civil, criminal and administrative law.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 227-240
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish