Keywords
Insurance Ombudsman, consumer of insurance services, victim, practices violating collective consumer interests, consumerism
Abstract
The article considers the issue of the competences of the Insurance Ombudsman regarding the protection of consumers of insurance services. An excessive expansion of protection given to entities that do not have the right to such protection can be observed in the activities of the Insurance Ombudsman and of other institutions set up to protect the interests of consumers. The conviction that every entity that is the weaker party in a legal relationship deserves the right to special protection is deeply rooted in the consciousness of the Insurance Ombudsman and the President of UOKiK (the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection). This article highlights this issue on the example of victims of traffic accidents who falsely try to identify themselves as consumers. The study contains an analysis of the status of the victim in a traffic accident and a discussion of the Insurance Ombudsman's activities regarding consumer protection
Recommended Citation
Patalon, A. (2014). Competences of the Insurance Ombudsman regarding consumer protection and victims of traffic accidents. internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation), 3(5), 35-53. Retrieved from https://press.wz.uw.edu.pl/ikar/vol3/iss5/2
First Page
35
Last Page
53
Page Count
18
Publisher
University of Warsaw
