JURIST

JULY 7, 2021

Ever Given , the cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly six days in March, will be released from its impoundment in the Great Bitter Lake following a settlement agreement between the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) and the ship’s owners and insurers.

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Mondaq

APRIL 28, 2022

In May 2021, the UK Government published a Consultation which set out its proposals for targeted (but significant) amendments to certain aspects of the existing UK insolvency arrangements for insurers.

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Mondaq

JULY 28, 2022

On 21 July 2022, the UK's recent sanctions against Russia came into force. This latest round of sanctions impacts the oil, insurance, energy, gold and coal markets as well as providing.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Amongst other things, the provision at hand takes into consideration direct actions of the injured party against the insurer domiciled in a Member State. Either the injured party starts proceedings against the insured, and the insurer joins proceedings at a second moment, or the damaged party brings a direct action against the insurer.

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Above The Law

JUNE 23, 2022

Insurance company gets dropped by Allstate and Progressive after pulling some light Juneteenth ignance. Marjorie Taylor Greene pulls a South Park caricature after a UK journalist asks her about gun crime. I heard if you order a Venti Justice with two pumps of Equity the company will leave you alone. [ CBS News ]. Huff Post ].

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Mondaq

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The UK Supreme Court ["SC"], on 27th November 2020, handed down its ruling in Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd, unanimously dismissing Halliburton's appeal.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The Lammy Review had previously outlined the existence of racial prejudice in the UK criminal justice system. The report therefore also recognized the neccessity to develop trust in the criminal justice system in order to insure the peoples confidence in the UK’s government as a whole.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Compensation, Punishment, and the Idea of Private Law Prof Lukas Rademacher, University of Kiel, Germany Punitive Damages and Insurance Prof Jan Lüttringhaus, University of Hanover, Germany Discussant : Prof Phillip Hellwege, University of Augsburg, Germany Why to be Afraid? Who‘s afraid of punitive damages for product liability?

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In connection with the sinking of a ship owners of the ship (Starlight and OME) demanded the insurers of that ship to pay an insurance claim based on their insurance contracts. While the legal action and arbitration were pending, Starlight, OME and the insurers concluded the settlement agreements in the UK court.

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

An article about the future of climate change insurance policies.

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Mondaq

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Our Insurance Annual Review looks back at the last 12 months and brings together the various articles that we have produced on key cases and developments during the course of 2021.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2022

James Joseph is a UK staff correspondent for JURIST. There is no provision for a pension or health insurance. We have to pay for our rent, but also we have to to pay into our own pension, for our own health insurance should we become sick. He files this report from The Hague.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

While 2021 has seen a sharp and increasing global focus on climate change, the wider topic of sustainability and the integration of sustainability-related risks is also high on the regulatory agenda for banks and insurers.

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Mondaq

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Helen Kerr discusses RICS proposals to improve the availability and affordability of insurance.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 17, 2021

John de Waal QC and James Hall discuss the thorny issue of aggregation in solicitors' professional indemnity insurance, with particular reference to the case of AIG Europe Limited v Woodman and the

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 20, 2022

This morning, the CJEU has pronounced on the interplay between the Brussels I bis Regulation and arbitration, this time in the context of the recognition in the UK of a judgment given by a Spanish court. This case C-700/20 results from the event taking place two decades ago. The Issues. Decision and Reasoning.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 10, 2021

If you work in insurance, you'll know that Lloyds of London is an expensive place to do business. Its CEO, COO and Chairman have all emphasised their intention to drastically cut costs to.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

An article outlining the UK Financial Conduct Authority's proposed regulatory approach to pricing practices within the insurance sector.

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Mondaq

JULY 28, 2021

Understanding why mistakes are made by the legal profession is often something done with hindsight.

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Mondaq

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Although the Brexit transition period ended on 31 December 2020, insurers were insulated from the full impact of the UK's withdrawal from the EU during 2021.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 25, 2022

Insurance aggregation in solicitors' professional indemnity insurance might seem a dry and technical topic which ought to remain the preserve of insurance law specialists.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 12, 2022

The MFSA's Insurance and Pensions Supervision has published a notice that EIOPA has issued a Consultation Paper on the supervisory statement on the use of governance arrangements in third countries, including the UK.

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Intelligize Blog

JULY 6, 2023

Enterprise software company Sprinklr in a 10-Q filing from 2022 pointed out that jurisdictions outside of the United States, EU and UK are beginning to pass more stringent data privacy and security laws, rules and regulations that may affect its operations. courts or other federal or state laws or regulations.” filed this past March.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 5, 2022

Leading insurance risk and commercial law firm BLM has welcomed one of the UK's leading surrogacy and reproductive rights specialists, Colin Rogerson, to the firm. Rogerson becomes a partner in BLM's London family law team.

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The Parliaments in Westminster and Strasbourg will examine separate (and slightly different) sets of proposals for restricting the scope of motor insurance to something a lot closer to that which applied before the Vnuk decision in 2014.

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SimplyLawJobs

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Ask the driver(s) for the details of their car registration, license, and insurance ID card. It’s wise not to get into a debate with the people involved in the crash regarding who is at fault or how much insurance you have; rather, be calm and note down everything. Finally, let your insurance agent know about the accident right away.

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Law 360

JANUARY 19, 2024

The past week in London has seen a bankrupt English local council bring a construction claim against insurer Axis, a Cypriot cheese trade protection body appeal a UK IPO decision granting trademark registration for ‘Grilloumi’, and employees of supermarket giant Morrison’s shop around for compensation in a claim over equal pay.

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Mondaq

MARCH 7, 2022

On 1 February 2022, the government agreed to amend the Immigration Rules to end the unfairness faced by EU citizens who successfully obtained British citizenship.

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Mondaq

MAY 3, 2021

This article looks to explain why broker letters are needed in commercial real estate financings and what we can do to reduce the strain they can cause.

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Mondaq

APRIL 24, 2022

The first reported judgment considering whether insurers are liable to pay damages for late payment of an indemnity was handed down recently.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 3, 2025

The date of birth is part of the social insurance number. The insurance number contains blank spaces in this regard. Anthimos: UK Third Party Costs Orders Enforceable in Greece (German) A UK third-party costs order (TPCO) is a totally unknown procedural concept in Greece.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 16, 2020

On December 3 rd the Dutch Bar Association (NOvA) announced an experiment to give more leeway to lawyers from legal assistance insurers and claims settlement offices, by letting lawyers not employed by a law firm represent clients in court. However, by also catering to non-insured persons SRK would violate that principle.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

But, when considering worldwide trends, a real question arises as to whether this inquiry is too narrow, and whether the FCC should not be taking more steps to insure the continuation of a free, local broadcast service. Moreover, the US broadcast system has developed as one reliant on local commercial services both in radio and TV.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In the same session where the decision was adopted, several Parties made notable funding pledges including $100 million from the UAE, $100 million from Germany, £60 million from the UK, $17.5 At the previously mentioned Joint SDG Fund event, a tax on aviation fuel and insurance were among possible solutions floated as well.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2018

One is a UK citizen, the second a citizen of Poland. The FCC yesterday issued a Declaratory Ruling approving the acquisition of an FM radio station in upstate New York by a company that is 100% controlled by two individuals, neither of whom is a US citizen. These individuals have lived in the US for three years.

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The Fashion Law

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

UK and Canada studied the interaction between three parties that are concerned with our data: us as individuals, the companies we interact with, and third parties. Insurance companies, for example, offer personalized quotes based on intimate details of our lives including our medical histories. Current regulation is inefficient.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 9, 2021

The British victim sued the British couple, their French public liability insurer, the French contractor carrying out renovation works on the swimming pool and its French public liability insurer for personal injury compensation. British Carnival Cruise under Article 44 Chinese Conflicts Act. In case YANG Shuying v.

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