Insurance Notes

9 months to go: How ready is the market for the Insurance Act 2015?

With just 9 months to go until the Insurance Act 2015 comes into force, how ready is the market? A recent survey carried out by Airmic among its members …

A "blot on English insurance law"

Insurers successfully avoided a policy on the grounds of inadvertent non-disclosure. The High Court commented on the different outcome that would have …

Mitigating cyber security exposures: Risk transfer through cyber insurance

Now may be the time to review your cyber risk mitigation strategy and give serious consideration to whether the financial cost of cyber attacks could be …

Privy Council decision on limitation in professional negligence cases

A recent Privy Council decision has considered the point at which damage is suffered where a claimant has entered into a flawed transaction as a result …

Court requires disclosure of insurance details by defendant in personal injury context – wider implications as yet unclear

In Senior v Rock UK Adventure Centres and other the court ordered disclosure of the defendant’s insurance arrangements in the context of a personal …

Supreme Court confirms employer's liability insurers have a right to seek contribution from the insured and other insurers in mesothelioma claims

An employer which exposes an employee to asbestos creating a risk of mesothelioma is, as matter of English law, treated as causing later contracted …

Court of Appeal considers meaning of a Product under a Contractors' Combined Liability Policy

In Aspen Insurance UK Limited v Adana Construction Limited [2015] EWCA Civ 176, the Court of Appeal considered the meaning of a "Product" under the terms …

Court of Appeal reaffirms that rights of recovery and subrogation in situations of joint insurance will depend upon the terms of the underlying contractual relationship

In the recent cases of Gard Marine & Energy Ltd v China National Chartering Co Ltd and China National Chartering Co Ltd v Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaishai …

Insurance & Reinsurance Disputes Annual Review 2014 published

Court of Appeal implies waiver of subrogation

In Rathbone Brothers plc v Novae Corporate Underwriting [2014] EWCA Civ 1464, the Court of Appeal confirmed that an individual engaged in a consultancy …