A Gloss to the Judgement of the Supreme Court of 24 January 2020, III CZP 51/19, on Legal Nature of Benefits under Unit-Linked Life Insurance

The judgment discussed herein concerns the essential characteristics of the unit-linked life insurance, which play a major role for the insurance theory and practice. Given the complexity of this type of contact, the nature of benefits on the part of the insurance company gives rise to some questions in legal writings and in the jurisprudence, thus justifying the need for an in-depth analysis thereof.