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Insurance Act 2015: Some Insurers Crying Foul
When the Insurance Act 2015 came into force in August 2016, it was hailed as the biggest reform of this area of law in…
Fenchurch Law appoints Morris to strengthen financial lines insurance disputes team
Fenchurch Law, the UK’s leading firm working exclusively for policyholders and brokers on complex insurance disputes,…
No on-going obligation to assess if a claim is likely: Zurich -v- Maccaferri
In a (predictably?) pro-policyholder decision, the Court of Appeal (Black and Christopher Clark LJJ) yesterday…
“The Worst of Both Worlds”: Spire Healthcare Ltd v RSA
2016 was a bumper year for aficionados of aggregation cases. (One might say that it saw a series of related cases…) In…
Exclusion clauses clarified
In the recent decision of Impact Funding v. AIG the Supreme Court gave important guidance on the construction of…
“One event or two?” What is the proper construction of the phrase “arising from one event” within the aggregation clause in a reinsurance contract?
Re MIC Simmonds v. AJ Gammell The commercial court upheld an arbitration award and concluded that the arbitrators had…
The ordinary measure of indemnity: Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) SE v Western Trading Limited
In the latest in a series of pro-policyholder decisions by the courts, the Court of Appeal yesterday handed down a…
“When the lie is dishonest but the claim is not” – collateral lies and dishonest exaggerations
Two recent Supreme Court judgments have considered the impact of dishonesty – on an insurance claim and on a settlement…
Fenchurch Law boosts insurance disputes team with three new appointments
Fenchurch Law, the UK’s leading firm working exclusively for policyholders and brokers on complex insurance disputes,…