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Denis Ev. Zaykov - Candidate of Law, associate professor of the department ‘Civil law, international private law and civil procedure’ of the Law Institute of the Russian University of Transport

Abstract. Disputes between insurance companies and consumers (third parties who have acquired rights of consumers’ claim against an insurance company) arising from compulsory civil liability insurance contracts for vehicle owners are widespread. In this connection, the introduction of a mandatory claim procedure for their resolving with the participation of the financial consumer ombudsman has created the necessary conditions both for their prompt, high-quality and legal resolution, and for the exercise of the right to go to court. At the same time, the existing legal regulation of the institution of the claim procedure for resolving disputes on the contracts of compulsory motor third-party liability insurance allows for ambiguous interpretation, and the judicial practice of its application has multidirectional development, which negatively affects the possibility to protect the rights and legitimate interests of consumers and determines legal uncertainty in these relations. The author of the current paper has analyzed the existing problems of the relevant legal regulation and judicial practice, and suggested ways to resolve them.

Keywords: contract of motor third-party liability (MTPL) insurance; financial consumer ombudsman; insurance organization; consumer; court; claim procedure; vehicle.

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