Case nr. 6036/17.5T8LSB.L1-
05-05-2020
LINK DGSI
Summary:
I- Insurance contracts are assumed to be contracts in favour of a third party, in which the policyholder acts on behalf of a determined or indeterminate insured person;
II- In such cases, the insured person is not a party to the contract, but is a third-party beneficiary. The means of defence arising from the insurance contract are enforceable against the insured, but not those arising from other relationships between the policyholder and the insurer;
III- When in such an insurance contract on behalf of a third party, an arbitration clause is inserted, it is separable from the insurance contract, and it is treated as a separate legal matter;
IV- For this reason, the arbitration agreement contained therein is valid only between the parties to the insurance contract and does not bind the insured (third party beneficiary), unless the latter expressly or tacitly agrees to it.
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