The Form of Pre-contractual Obligations of the Parties to the Insurance Contract Provided for in Polish Legislation and the Modern Market Requirements

Abstract

This article is concerned with the form of activities performed by the parties to the insurance contract in the pre-contractual phase. Selected provisions of the Civil Code, the Insurance and Reinsurance Activity Act and the Insurance Distribution Act have been analyzed with regard to the form of particular steps aimed at the conclusion of the insurance contract. This comparison suggests the legislator’s inconsistency as to the formal requirements to be met by the communications between prospective contractors. It is hard to admit that these provisions pursue a single and coherent legislative intention. On the contrary, the impression of randomness arises. The Civil Code, which creates the strictest requirements, ‘does not keep up with’ the solutions adopted in other acts, especially those which have originated in the EU legislation. As a consequence of these findings, de lege ferenda postulates have been formulated.