Articles, insurance and reinsurance issues and cases

FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie

Proposing for Insurance – a question open to interpretation?

A summary of the Supreme Court judgment in Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP

X v Kuoni Travel Limited [2021] – Legal obligations for package travel operators.

Don't count on cover if diamonds aren't forever...

World at Law – For the Heart of everything football!! – A discussion of recent research on cardiac risks associated with playing football

Approved Judgment - Equitas Anr v Sande Investments & Ors [2021] EWHC 631 (Comm)

Does a broker owe a 'duty to nanny'?

New uses for Insurtech in claims

CPB Promotions - May 2021

Trial Witness Statements - no more 'over-lawyering'

COVID 19 - One Year on - Insurance implications

R (Maughan) v HM Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire - standard of proof for Coroners' Inquests

Does a failure to mediate inevitably lead to costs sanctions?

FCA BI Insurance Test Case - Supreme Court Judgment

Round up of 2020

How dishonest does dishonesty have to be?

FCA Test Case Judgment - CPB Summary - 18 September 2020

FCA BI Insurance Test Case - Recap

Podcast - "Ready, Get Set - Go!" - A discussion about the implications of the Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019 (Ireland)

Can you afford not to mediate?

COVID-19 - Business Interruption

COVID-19 - Furlough FAQs - UPDATED 18 May 20

Podcast - "Rise of the machines" - considering the increased use of AI from an insurance perspective.

Podcast - "Heads Up" - A review of recent research on head injuries and concussion.

Anticipated impact of Covid-19 on Professional Indemnity Claims

COVID-19 - Employer's liability for employees returning to work

COVID-19 - Reinsurance Perspectives

Morrisons v Various Claimants

COVID-19 - Furlough FAQs

COVID-19: Insurance Implications

Artificial Intelligence - Where do the claims fall?

Edwards (on behalf of the estate of the late Thomas Arthur Watkins) v Hugh James Ford Simey (A Firm)

Travelers Insurance Ltd v XYZ

Reinsurance Round-up - Autumn 2019

Sartex Quilts & Textiles Limited v Endurance Corporate Capital Limited [2018] - Reinstating Reinstatement

Nederlandse Industrie Van Eiprodukten v Rembrandt Enterprises Inc [2019] - Court of Appeal restates the law of fraudulent misrepresentation and the principle of transferred loss

Perry v Raleys - The Supreme Court goes back to basics to redress the public policy Court of Appeal decision on loss of chance claims

GDPR - 6 months on

The Insurance Distribution Directive: a sheep in wolf's clothing?

Reinsurance Round-Up 2018

The more it changes, the more it stays the same

Claims Control Clauses – how much control do they give

EU sanctions prohibiting insurance and reinsurance – recent developments and practical steps

Courts deal with pitfalls at either end of litigation journey

Is your expert witness interested enough – or too much

Recent developments in the area of Solicitors Professional Indemnity

Reinsurance round-up Autumn 2017

English Jurisdiction Clauses in Insurance Policies

Insuring Intangible Assets

Brokers, Brexit and Relocation

AIG Europe Limited v Woodman and others

Dreamvar v Mishcon de Reya

Cyber Security in 2017

Zurich Insurance PLC v Maccaferri

Flood Re - A Lifeline for victims drowning in premium

The Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 Revisited

Changes for Professional Indemnity Insurance

Reinsurance Round-Up (Autumn 2016)

Fraudulent Devices and Collateral Lies

Gaps in Cyber Risk Coverage - Lesson from PF Chang's China Bistro v Federal Insurance Co (June 2016)

Solicitors' Professional Indemnity - The Aggregation of 'Related' Claims (May 2016)

The meaning of "Deliberate or Fraudulent" non-disclosure in insurance policies (April 2016)

Cyber Risks - Proposals for the EU-US Privacy Shield (March 2016)

Does a Professional Owe a Continuing Duty of Care? (February 2016)

Cyber Risks - No Safe Harbor for Data Stored in USA (December 2015)

Reform of English Law - Damages for Late Payment of Insurance Claims (November 2015)

Cyber Risks – Reform of EU Data Protection Law (November 2015)

Insuring the Risks of Nanotechnology (July 2015 talk for FDCC)

Recent Cases on Setting Aside Judgment on the Grounds of Fraud (July 2015)

Hot topics in Reinsurance

Window on the World (2): Comparing Arbitration in USA with UK, Europe and Australia (October 2013 talk for FDCC).