Regulacja prawna organów towarzystwa ubezpieczeń wzajemnych
Legal Regulation of Bodies of the Mutual Insurance Society

Summary/Abstract: Mutual insurance societies constitute a small part of the Polish insurance market, dominated byinsurers operating in the form of joint-stock companies. However, recent years have seen a kind ofrenaissance of mutual insurance, including the establishment of mutual insurance companies forspecific industries. At the same time, the legal framework for this form of insurance activity rema-ins incomplete and does not keep up with the changing market environment. It applies, in particular, to the regulations of the bodies of mutual societies, which do not comply with the dynamicmodifications introduced in commercial law in recent years. The author of the article discussesthe basic issues related to the design and operation of the bodies of a mutual society, reviewsthe historical changes to those regulations, analyzes the application of joint-stock companyregulations to bodies of mutual societies and finally formulates de lege ferenda conclusions.

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