39So far as the term ‘insurance transactions’ is concerned, the Court has, however, ruled that the essentials of an insurance transaction are, as generally understood, that the insurer undertakes, in return for prior payment of a premium, to provide the insured, in the event of materialisation of the risk covered, with the service agreed when the contract was concluded (Card Protection Plan, paragraph 17, and Skandia, paragraph 37).
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