보험계약상 최대선의의 원칙에 관한 연혁적 고찰

The expression “Utmost Good faith” appear to derive from the idea of “Uberrimae fidei” There is in a controversy with the need of the same concept in the insurance contract. But in the insurance contract, the trust must be kept among insurance contract parties, namely the insurer, the insured etc. and to compare with the other general contract, the insurance contract required in the utmost good faith. In this thesis, I will inquire into the means of the good faith or the Utmost good faith in the insurance contract. To put it concretely, I will consider the corrective definition and the coverage of the utmost good faith in the insurance contract. In the method, I will choose the historical survey method in the law system of the several countries such as Italy, France, Spain and British. By the investigation result, the rule of the good faith has been applied to the common law and the transaction usage related the other contract as well as the insurance contract for a long time. Especially, in the insurance contract, it has been requested in the utmost good faith that all of the insurer and the insured keep their duties. Furthermore, the duty is fulfilled from the formation of the contract to the performance of the contract. The content of the duty is explained in this paper concretely.