Update on Property Insurance (12/2025)
Landmark decisions of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH); validity of significant obligations to “comply with all statutory, regulatory, and contractually agreed-upon safety regulations”; exclusion of water damage; evidence of the outward appearance of a burglary; and fabrication of an insurance claim
Latest News on Insurance Law, Recourse, Disability Insurance, and Accident Insurance (06/2025)
Current case law on insurance law in Austria, particularly regarding pre-contractual disclosure obligations and contractual obligations; Current case law on “real estate insurance law,” particularly regarding issues of insurance for third parties in the context of the WEG (German Condominium Act), the building insurer’s right of recourse against the tenant’s liability insurer, and the reimbursability of commercial depreciation and necessary repair costs; Current case law on disability insurance, particularly regarding the insured event of “disability” and issues of review, as well as on private accident insurance, particularly issues of causation, including the assessment of disability and cooperation
Contractual Obligations (§§ 28–32 VVG): Structure and Current Case Law (03/2025)
Latest News on Property Insurance (02/2025)
Current Issues and Recent Case Law on General Accident Insurance (12/2024)
Latest News on Disability Insurance (11/2024)
Latest News on Property Insurance Law (11/2024)
News from Accident Insurance (10/2024)
Latest news on accident insurance, the admissibility of declaratory actions, the burden of proof in cases of accident-related disability, disability periods and medical findings, the assessment of disability levels, and the risk of recovery of disability benefits
Insurance law (06/2024)
Current case law on insurance law in Austria, particularly regarding breaches of the pre-contractual duty to disclose and contractual obligations; Current case law on disability insurance, particularly regarding the insured event “disability,” temporary acknowledgment of liability, and issues of review; current case law on property insurance, particularly regarding issues of aggravation of risk, replacement cost coverage, recoverable costs, burglary, and the building insurer’s right of subrogation against the tenant’s liability insurer
Daily Sickness Benefit Insurance (12/2023)
Sickness insurance in the health insurance system, legal nature, fixed-sum insurance, recourse options, assignment of sickness insurance claims, inpatient and outpatient sickness insurance; current topics: Reintegration into the MB/KT, Long COVID and incapacity to work, daily sickness benefits as compensation for loss of earnings, rules regarding reduction/introduction/effectiveness, income calculation and reduction, increase by the policyholder
Recent case law from the Federal Court of Justice regarding life insurance (11/2023)