Seguro de responsabilidad en el contexto de la pandemia COVID-19

Autores/as

  • Kyriaki Noussia University of Exeter

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14422/icade.i110.y2020.006

Palabras clave:

responsabilidad legal, fuerza mayor, seguros, COVID-19

Resumen

La pandemia de COVID-19 ha significado la interrupción de las relaciones comerciales y contractuales. La pandemia también ha supuesto que surjan responsabilidades legales debidas a las interrupciones, cancelaciones o al cese impuesto a la vida cotidiana. En este artículo se analizan la fuerza mayor y la interrupción de contratos en casos donde las circunstancias han cambiado debido a eventos no naturales como la pandemia de COVID-19 y el impacto que esta tiene en la interrupción de los negocios y seguro de responsabilidad. Se discute el alcance de la cobertura del seguro para riesgos catastróficos y el seguro de responsabilidad civil, así como la cobertura de interrupción del negocio y se extraen conclusiones sobre el papel de los seguros en la pandemia COVID-19, ya que los casos y la pandemia per se continúan barriendo a la humanidad de una manera sin precedentes.

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Publicado

2021-01-20

Cómo citar

Noussia, K. . (2021). Seguro de responsabilidad en el contexto de la pandemia COVID-19. ICADE. Revista De La Facultad De Derecho, (110), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.14422/icade.i110.y2020.006