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Ensuring insurance payments

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Published on: 04 September 2015
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Table of contents

  • Original news
  • What was the background to this case?
  • On what grounds did the insurers deny liability to pay the claim?
  • What was the structure of the insurance policy in question?
  • What is the significance of the court’s decision?
  • How might this decision affect future insurance policies?
  • What should lawyers take from this decision?

Article summary

Dispute Resolution analysis: How do insurers avoid paying their insurance? Andrew-Dane Fairclough, associate at Clyde & Co, comments on the ruling in Involnert v Aprilgrange and explains that there has been a huge shift from the current statutory regime to the incoming Insurance Act 2015 (IA 2015).

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