Explore the intricate landscape of corporate law within the insurance and reinsurance sectors. This topic provides essential insights and practical guidance for legal practitioners, focussing on corporate governance, mergers, acquisitions, and compliance issues unique to the industry.
This week's edition of Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights includes EIOPA’s consultation on a draft supervisory statement promoting greater...
Insurance & Reinsurance analysis: The Commercial Court held that a D&O policy provision prevented insurers from avoiding cover for alleged fraudulent...
This week's edition of Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights includes: an analysis of Liberty Managing Agency Ltd and others v Marwan Chedid and...
This week's edition of Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights includes EIOPA’s areas of activity and supervisory priorities for 2027–2029, and an...
Public liability insurance—essentialsPublic liability insurancePublic liability insurance is a form of liability insurance that indemnifies a...
Subrogation in insurance and reinsuranceWhat is the right of subrogation?In the context of insurance and reinsurance, the right of subrogation...
Insurable interestThis Practice Note considers insurable interest, including insurable interest in construction and liability insurance. It also...
Insurance agents and brokersWhat is the difference between an agent and a broker?Where insurance is transacted through an intermediary, that...
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a
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