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A recent ruling from the High Court of Justice (a trial level court) in London, highlights the serious consequences of professional negligence in insurance broking and clarifies how “other insurance” clauses interact with one...more
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
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
On 15 January 2021, the United Kingdom Supreme Court delivered its judgment on the appeals in the Business Interruption Insurance (BII) test cases between the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority and eight UK insurance companies....more
Warranty and indemnity insurance (W&I) in recent years has become a customary aspect of private equity and other M&A transactions, with investors well aware of the deal-enabling benefits (in particular, the transfer of risk...more
COVID-19: FCA update on BI insurance test case - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on its business interruption (BI) insurance test case....more
On 15 February 2021 the FCA released the draft “declarations” that the parties are asking the Supreme Court to make following its judgment in January. The declarations are intended to neatly capture the decisions of the...more
This LawFlash provides a summary of the UK Supreme Court’s final decision in the FCA Business Interruption test case. The judgment is more policyholder friendly than the High Court judgment, particularly in relation to...more
COVID-19: Judgment in FCA's business interruption insurance test case - The High Court has handed down judgment in FCA v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd and others [2020] EWHC 2448 (Comm) (15 September 2020), the test case...more
The eagerly anticipated judgment of Lord Justice Flaux and Mr. Justice Butcher in the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) test case in relation to cover afforded under various business interruption wordings has now been...more
This week the High Court has delivered its eagerly anticipated ruling in the FCA Business Interruption Test Case. The case was brought by the Financial Conduct Authority on behalf of business interruption policyholders, with...more
On 17 March 2020, in announcing an “unprecedented” range of measures designed to support businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, said that “for those businesses which do have...more
Through the High Court test case, the UK Financial Conduct authority hopes to obtain legal clarity on business interruption insurance during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. ...more
As the economic impacts of the pandemic continue, many businesses in the UK will be turning to their insurance providers to claim under their Business Interruption policies in respect of financial losses arising from...more
Due to the worldwide spread of COVID-19, most UK businesses face potentially significant, but as yet unquantifiable, financial losses from the virus. The same can be said for insurers who are being presented with a large...more
How can deal teams capitalise on the latest trend in the deal insurance market to improve bid success? The emergence of contingent risk insurance policies, which address known risks that would otherwise be excluded from...more
In a dispute involving a complex, multilayered excess insurance policy, the Commercial Court of the Queen’s Bench Division enjoined Weyerhaeuser, a Washington company, from suing Catlin Syndicate Limited, a London-based...more