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English Court Applies Policy Time Limit to Third Party Claim Against Insurer

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Introduction - In a decision that highlights the importance of prompt notification of insurance claims, the English High Court has considered the limits of third party recovery under the Third Party (Rights Against Insurers)...more

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UK Court Judgment Highlights Febrile Geopolitical Climate for Aviation

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A recent UK High Court judgment has delivered a landmark decision for the aviation and insurance sectors as it ruled in favour of Western lessors seeking multi-billion dollar insurance payouts for aircraft stranded in Russia....more

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English High Court Judgment Offers Rare Examination of War Risks Insurance

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In a 230-page judgment handed down by Mr Justice Christopher Butcher in the English High Court on June 11, 2025, six aircraft leasing companies secured “one of the largest sums ever awarded by the English courts” (according...more

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Landlords Compelled to Hand Over Insurance Commissions to Tenants

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Summary - The English High Court has ruled in the case of London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas Ltd and others,1 that a landlord responsible for insuring leased premises cannot charge tenants for landlord...more

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What Lessors Need to Know: English High Court Rules on Russian Aircraft Losses

The Judgment addressed joined insurance claims brought by major aircraft lessors whose aircraft and engines were stranded in Russia following the imposition of sweeping Western sanctions and Russian government measures which...more

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Success for aircraft lessors in Russian aircraft lessor policy claims

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Background - The English Commercial Court has handed down a highly anticipated judgment in a multi billion-dollar insurance claim arising out of the failure of various Russian airlines to return leased aircraft to lessors...more

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Insuring data breach liabilities – how different policies can stack up and the problem of late notification

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An English Court has recently decided that three insurance policies covering the same loss – data breach settlements arising from an incorrectly addressed email – provided a combined, cumulative limit of indemnity. While the...more

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Seeing the light: rights of light in the post protocol era and early resolution of disputes

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We were delighted to be joined by our panel of leading rights of light experts, including Paul Tonkin and Jonathan Karas KC - the authors of the rights of light protocol - and Nathasha Bray and Jerome Webb, who were part of...more

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UK pension trustee liability insurance: Key insights for trustees

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Pension trustee liability (PTL) insurance can be a crucial safeguard for trustees of UK pension schemes. This article explains: the cover typically provided; the importance of timely notifications; exclusions (what isn’t...more

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UK Appeal Court Provides Authoritative Guidance on Construction All Risks Insurance Policies

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In the UK Court of Appeal decision in Sky UK Limited and Mace Limited v. Riverstone, authoritative guidance has been provided on certain key principles that apply to Construction All Risks insurance policies....more

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Taking robust security over warranty and indemnity insurance policies

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This article addresses the legal and practical issues for lenders on leveraged buy-outs in relation to taking security over warranty and indemnity insurance policies. This article first appeared in the March issue...more

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2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Weather and Natural Disasters

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The growing frequency and ferocity of major weather events and natural disasters have pushed the climate change discussion to the forefront of governments and businesses. Droughts, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, and volcanic...more

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English Court Decides COVID-19 is a “Catastrophe”

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The English Court has, for the first time, considered the meaning of a “catastrophe”, as well as how Hours Clauses work in the context of non-damage business interruption losses claimed under two Property Catastrophe Excess...more

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Association Of British Insurers Releases Guidance for Members on Taking Action Against Nature and Biodiversity Loss

The Association of British Insurers published guidance (the Action on Nature Guide) setting out what insurers and long-term savings providers can do to help prevent biodiversity loss in the UK and become more “nature...more

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Detecting Inflation-Driven Fraud in Marine Stock Throughput Insurance Claims

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Following the easing of Covid pandemic restrictions, we are now facing a fresh “cost of living crisis” created by rising inflation and soaring energy bills. The Guardian newspaper reported that forecourts at petrol...more

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Insurance Horizon Scanner – September and October 2022 edition

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A snapshot of key market and regulatory developments expected to impact the UK insurance sector over the next couple of months. Month Date Expected development September 2022   Financial Services and Markets Bill: PRA is due...more

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Feasibility of Assignment of Aviation Insurance Claims

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The hundreds of aircraft stranded in Russia, the write-offs booked by many lessors and the anticipated litigation over whether such loss constitutes an insurable event under the contingent all-risk or contingent war risks...more

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Aviation Insurance and Other Claims Arising out of Russian Sanctions

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The following materials contain a high level description of potential insurance claims and other claims that may be available to a foreign owner, lessor or financier of aircraft stranded in Russia...more

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Court of Appeal reaffirms law on aggregation of claims pursuant to a “cause” based wording

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In Spire Healthcare v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 17, the Court of Appeal reversed the first instance decision of Judge Pelling QC holding that the two sets of claims in question had in common a...more

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Arbitrator Denies Cover for Policyholders Regarding Business Interruption Losses

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A group of hospitality policyholders failed in their attempt to obtain cover under a business interruption policy as it was determined, in an ad hoc arbitration, that the UK central government did not constitute “a competent...more

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What to look for in a professional indemnity insurance policy

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A checklist setting out the key terms that insureds should review when notifying a claim or negotiating the terms of a professional indemnity insurance policy. Originally published in Practical Law....more

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HUB Talks: Insurance Coverage for COVID-19 Losses in the United Kingdom

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In this episode, Sarah Turpin, Insurance Recovery and Counseling partner in our London office, discusses insurance coverage for COVID-19-related losses in the United Kingdom, including the UK Supreme Court’s important...more

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COVID-19: Policyholders’ Claims Against Insurers Get Boost After FCA Test Case

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The UK Supreme Court issued a policyholder-friendly decision earlier this year on the Financial Conduct Authority’s business interruption test case. The judgment will apply to policyholders’ claims on a case-by-case basis....more

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English High Court Blocks Financial Services Group From Bringing Excess Insurance Claim Against UK Reinsurers in South Africa...

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After paying out more than $21 million in settlements for its mishandling of a collective investment scheme that collapsed in 2009, financial services group ABSA filed suit in South Africa against its reinsurers to enforce...more

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Insurance regulatory news, March 2021 # 5

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Settling RTA whiplash-related injuries without a medical report - The Civil Liability (Specification of Authorised Persons) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/326) have been published, together with an explanatory memorandum. The...more

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