Legal Protection of Policyholders in Insurance Agreements in Indonesia: A Stage-Based Doctrinal Analysis of Preventive and Remedial Mechanisms

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Muhammad Arief Saleh Faculty of Law, Pohuwato University

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PT Media Jurnal dan Pendidikan

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2986-2094

eISSN

2985-900X

Received

14 October 2026

Accepted

17 October 2026

Online

21 June 2025

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025)

Pages

21-24

Article ID

577

Language

English

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Abstract

Insurance agreements allocate specified risks between insurers and policyholders, but disputes may arise over product information, policy wording, claim assessment, and payment of benefits. This article examines the legal framework governing insurance agreements in Indonesia, the preventive and remedial mechanisms available to policyholders, and the limits that can be identified through doctrinal analysis. It uses normative legal research with statutory and conceptual approaches. Primary materials comprise the relevant legislation, particularly the Indonesian Civil Code, the Commercial Code, Law No. 40 of 2014 on Insurance, Law No. 8 of 1999 on Consumer Protection, and the applicable financial-services consumer-protection framework. Secondary materials are used to clarify contractual imbalance, standard-form contracts, and dispute resolution. The analysis distinguishes four stages of the insurance relationship: pre-contractual disclosure, formation and interpretation of the policy, claim handling, and insurer solvency or failure to pay. The framework provides preventive safeguards and avenues for complaints and dispute resolution; however, the existence of these rules alone does not establish how effectively they are enforced in individual cases. The article's contribution is a stage-based synthesis of policyholder protection and a calibrated set of normative recommendations. Because this study does not conduct an empirical review of enforcement decisions or a systematic case study, it does not quantify the frequency of violations or conclude that supervisory failure caused particular losses.

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Arianandha, N. E., & Saleh, M. A. (2025). Legal Protection of Policyholders in Insurance Agreements in Indonesia: A Stage-Based Doctrinal Analysis of Preventive and Remedial Mechanisms. Journal Law and Justice, 3(1), 21–24. https://doi.org/10.59211/mjpjlj.v3i1.577

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