On 15 January 2021 the UK Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated judgment in the FCA Test Case. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the UK Government to introduce public health measures which have resulted in...more
1/27/2021
/ Business Interruption ,
Business Losses ,
Causation ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Policy Terms ,
Property Insurance ,
UK ,
UK Supreme Court
This article follows on from a series of previous articles seeking to address climate change litigation in the context of insurance and reinsurance. Three different, but important, decisions in December 2019 have once again...more
1/30/2020
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Civil Liability ,
Climate Change ,
Commission on Human Rights ,
Criminal Liability ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Policies ,
European Convention on Human Rights ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Martin Act ,
Natural Disasters ,
Oil & Gas ,
Philippines ,
Policy Terms ,
Reinsurance ,
Risk Management ,
Severe Weather ,
Supreme Court of the Netherlands ,
Underwriting
Over the past decade, as commercial property insurance rates softened, so too have terms and conditions. In some instances, attempts to broaden coverage have also had the effect of diluting the clarity and consistency of...more
1/17/2020
/ Business Interruption ,
Catastrophic Events ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Dispute Resolution Clauses ,
Insurance Brokers ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Insurance Rates ,
Jurisdiction ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Policy Terms ,
Property Damage ,
Property Insurance ,
Property Owners ,
Property Valuation ,
Terms and Conditions