2022 Insuralex report: Overview of reinsurance law in Latin America

Insurance companies, like many others, are exposed to multiple risks and, therefore, they are concerned about having mechanisms to ensure their operations, avoiding that, in the event of a large
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GUATEMALA: Insuralex covers another jurisdiction in Latin America

GUATEMALA: Insuralex covers another jurisdiction in Latin America

GUATEMALA: Insuralex covers another jurisdiction in Latin America   Prestigious Guatemala´s law firm BLP has been chosen by Insuralex Global Insurance Lawyers Group, a worldwide association of independent insurance and reinsurance
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Reinsurance Round-Up 2021

Reinsurance Round-Up 2021 The all-pervading topic of conversation, worldwide, over the last year has been Covid-19. Much has been written about insurance coverage and there has been litigation in many
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Low-Cost insurances as a result of the Covid pandemic

Low-Cost insurances as a result of the Covid pandemic. ABSTRACT Currently, and as a result of the pandemic, a variety of low-cost policies has entered the healthcare insurance market, advertising
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Foreign accident claims – has the Supreme Court opened the door to floods of claims?

Foreign accident claims – has the Supreme Court opened the door to floods of claims? The Supreme Court handed down judgment in FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie [2021]
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Proposing for insurance – a question open to interpretation?

A reminder of when insurers can(not) exercise their entitlement to avoid The High Court has, in its judgment in Ristorante Ltd t/a Bar Massimo v Zurich Insurance plc [2021] EWHC
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Insuralex chooses MehaffyWeber as its exclusive member in Texas

MehaffyWeber, a top ranked law firm and a provider of legal services in the area of insurance law and related litigation, has been selected to serve as the exclusive member
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FIDES launches insurance regulatory report in collaboration with Insuralex

FIDES (Federación Interamericana de Empresas de Seguros) has launched a report on insurance regulatory matters in the countries where FIDES has member insurer associations. FIDES represents 18 Latin American Countries
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2021 Insuralex report: Insurers ´subrogation in Latin America: An overview

The right of subrogation of insurers is a common institution in most Latin American countries. However, although in all cases law establishes the right, the conditions regulating its exercise differ
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A new scope/purpose of duty test in professional negligence cases

A summary of the Supreme Court judgment in Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP   On 18 June 2021, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark judgment in
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