Accident insurance for passengers in public transport

For the purposes of the Law on Compulsory Traffic Insurance (RS Official Gazette, No 51/2009, 78/2011, 101/2011, 93/2012 and 7/2013- Decision of the Constitutional Court), the types of compulsory traffic insurance shall be as follows:

  1. Accident insurance of passengers in public transport
  2. Third party liability insurance for owners of motor vehicles
  3. Aircraft passenger and third-party liability insurance for aircraft owners
  4. Third party boat insurance for boat owners.

The owner of the motor vehicles, aircraft and boat shall also include any user or other person registered as the owner of the means of transport in accordance with law.

Insurance against liability for damage caused to third parties concluded by the owner of the means of transport shall cover, under the conditions and in the way provided by the Law on Compulsory Traffic Insurance (RS Official Gazette, No 51/2009, 78/2011, 101/2011, 93/2012 and 7/2013- Decision of the Constitutional Court), the damages to third persons made by the means of transport, regardless of who was in the driver’s seat. Continue reading Accident insurance for passengers in public transport

Competence of the guarantee fund and indemnity procedure

The Guarantee Fund within the Association of Serbian Insurers was established in accordance with the Law on Property and Personal Insurance of 1996 and started its operations in July 1997. Pursuant to the law, operation of the Guarantee Fund is entrusted to the Association of Serbian Insurers as part of public functions.

The Guarantee Fund within the Association receives claims for compensation, assesses, liquidates and pays the sum insured i.e. compensation of damages, and settles recourse claims relating to the use of Guarantee Fund assets.

The Guarantee Fund is obliged to compensate a claim to the same extent and under the same conditions which would apply if the contract on compulsory insurance had been concluded on the date of the loss event, namely, up to the amount to which liabilities of insurance companies are limited by the law. Continue reading Competence of the guarantee fund and indemnity procedure

Compensation for damages caused by using motor vehicles registered abroad

The procedures and conditions for exercising the right to compensation for damage caused by using of a motor vehicle registered abroad are regulated by the provisions of Articles 36 to 41 of the Law on compulsory traffic insurance.

Subject matter are the following questions:

  • International certificate of motor third party liability insurance cover
  • Validity of international certificate of motor third party liability insurance cover
  • Border insurance
  • Compensation for damages caused by using foreign registration motor vehicles
  • Compensation on the grounds of border insurance
  • Compensation for damages caused by uninsured foreign registration motor vehicles. Continue reading Compensation for damages caused by using motor vehicles registered abroad