Impact of COVID-19 on the operational and construction all risk insurances
Tuesday, 08 September 2020
Our exclusive member of Argentine has published an article (in Spanish) on the Impact of COVID-19 on the operational and construction all risk insurances. Please find the article below. The
- Published in Allende & Brea, News + Articles
2020 Insurance digital commercialization in Latin America report
Monday, 07 September 2020
Digital commercialization for insurers in Latin America ceased to be a long-term development project to became a top priority to them. It gained special relevance during the year 2020 due
- Published in Allende & Brea, BLP Costa Rica, BLP Guatemala, Brigard Urrutia, D’Empaire, Estudio Carvallo Abogados, Ferrere Abogados, Jáuregui y Del Valle, Moreno Baldivieso, News + Articles, Osterling Abogados, Pereyra & Asociados, Pérez Bustamante & Ponce, Peroni Sosa Tellechea Burt & Narvaja, Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Reports, Sucre | Arias | Reyes
FCA business interruption insurance test case – a recap as we await judgment
Friday, 04 September 2020
A summary of the background to the test case and the keys issues following the conclusion of the hearing On 30 July 2020, the High Court hearing of the FCA’s
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
Insuralex Board of Director´s Member Rick Hammond appointed to Illinois Supreme Court Task Force on Court Operations During COVID-19
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Rick Hammond, current member of Insuralex´s board of directors, Illinois Defense Counsel (IDC) past president and partner with HeplerBroom LLC, has been appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to the
- Published in HeplerBroom LLC, News + Articles
Actual Knowledge or Awareness That Product is Sold in Washington Required for Personal Jurisdiction Based on Stream of Commerce
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
On July 13, 2020, the Washington court of appeals issued the third in a trilogy of decisions regarding whether a showing of actual knowledge or awareness that a product is
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
Business interruption insurance: But for COVID-19 / But for the lockdown regulations?
Friday, 17 July 2020
Businesses across most landscapes have suffered immensely due to the impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Business insurance appears to be no exception. In a ground-breaking decision, the Western Cape High Court
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California Legislators Attempt to Create Business Income Coverage for COVID-19 by Reversing Burdens of Proof
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
One of the less exciting components of litigation is the burden of proof. The lack of excitement, however, masks its importance. In many instances, which party is assigned the burden
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
T. David Rheney Elected President of Insuralex
Monday, 13 July 2020
A new board of directors elected for the global insurance lawyers group Gallivan White Boyd partner T. David Rheney was elected as president of Insuralex during its recent annual meeting.
- Published in Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A, News + Articles
COVID-19 and the Global (Re)Insurance Industry – Thinking Ahead
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Thursday, July 9th, 2020 (6:00-8:00 Los Angeles / 9:00-11:00 New York / 14:00-16:00 London / 22:00-24:00 Tokyo) Please join our panel of Insuralex legal experts from across the globe for
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Risks of pandemic-related insurance – a public-private partnership on the horizon…
Thursday, 18 June 2020
The enforceability of extension clauses relating to contagious or infectious diseases contained in certain business interruption insurance policies has raised legal and policy considerations, with different opinions being advanced from
- Published in News + Articles
2020 (Re) Insurance arbitration in Latin America report
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
The use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms for insurance and reinsurance has become a growing practice in Latin America. In particular, arbitration has been widely accepted as offering flexibility, celerity
- Published in Allende & Brea, BLP Costa Rica, BLP Guatemala, Brigard Urrutia, D’Empaire, Estudio Carvallo Abogados, Ferrere Abogados, Jáuregui y Del Valle, Moreno Baldivieso, News + Articles, Osterling Abogados, Pereyra & Asociados, Pérez Bustamante & Ponce, Peroni Sosa Tellechea Burt & Narvaja, Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Reports, Sucre | Arias | Reyes
California court revisits “Genuine issue doctrine” Applicability to consultant opinions
Friday, 12 June 2020
Andrew B. Downs In California, an insurer breaches the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing when it unreasonably and without proper cause deprives the policyholder of contractual benefits.
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
Save the date Insuralex 2020 AGM
Monday, 08 June 2020
Insuralex AGM – 2020 (Zoom) PLEASE SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING JULY 9 -10TH, 2020
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Covid-19: Furlough FAQs
Monday, 01 June 2020
ONE MILLION businesses are using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to fund the wages of 7.5 million employees at a cost to the government of £12bn a month. The scheme,
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
Cyber in the times of Covid-19: the cybercrime triad.
Friday, 15 May 2020
ABSTRACT: The exceptional situation that the world is living in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic has come with an increase in the exposure of companies and public institutions to
- Published in Belzuz Abogados Spain, News + Articles
Business Inter/uption/pretation
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly led every business to assess their existing insurance cover in the hope that they have business interruption cover in place. Many would have been excited
- Published in News + Articles
Morrisons v Various Claimants (1 April 2020) Supreme Court
Monday, 27 April 2020
Judgment regarding application of vicarious liability test in Class Action against employer in context of malicious data use Supreme Court corrects misunderstanding of lower Courts’ interpretation of vicarious liability test
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
Insuralex´s Exclusive Member in California recommended as a leading firm in chambers USA 2020 survey
Friday, 24 April 2020
Bullivant attorneys Andrew Downs and Thomas Hutchinson have been recognized as ranked lawyers in the latest edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2020). Andrew Downs is ranked in California in the
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
Covid-19: Some reinsurance perspectives
Friday, 24 April 2020
One hundred years after the Spanish flu pandemic, Marsh and Munich Re, in May 2018, launched an innovative parametric insurance product, PathogenRX. This provided insurance against business interruption caused by
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
Covid-19: Insurance Implications
Thursday, 23 April 2020
Life, travel and event cancellation insurers closely engage in the rapidly unfolding global development of COVID-19 and prepare for the next few months. CPB Partner, Helen Tilley, comments on the
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
FREE INSURALEX WEBINAR: Impact of Covid-19 on the Latin American (Re) Insurance Industry (II)
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
This is the second of two unparalleled webinars offering a regional overview about the impact of the Covid-19 on the Latin American (Re) Insurance Industry. This webinar is aimed at
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FREE INSURALEX WEBINAR: Impact of Covid-19 on the Latin American (Re) Insurance Industry (I)
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
This is the first of two unparalleled webinars offering a regional overview about the impact of the Covid-19 on the Latin American (Re) Insurance Industry. This webinar is aimed at
- Published in News + Articles
Pandemic’s Impact on Case Evaluations
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
As we have seen to tragic effect around the world, the COVID-19 virus has proved to be unpredictable, with guidelines from state and federal governments and health agencies evolving from
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
The COVID-19 Pandemic and an Insurer’s Duty of Good Faith
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
Managing Crisis: The COVID-19 Pandemic and an Insurer’s Duty of Good Faith “Statutory Claims Handling Guidelines Remain in Effect!” By: Rick Hammond, HeplerBroom, LLC* Background Numerous state governors have
- Published in HeplerBroom LLC, News + Articles
Insurance: When is a shareholder’s interest an insurable one?
Friday, 10 April 2020
The concept of an insurable interest forms part of the foundation of a contract of insurance. In South African insurance law, without an insurable interest a contract of insurance will
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Paycheck Protection Program An Economic Lifeline During an Unprecedented Crisis
Wednesday, 08 April 2020
The U.S. Treasury Department released new implementation guidance on April 6, 2020 regarding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), including changes to interpretations for loan amount calculation. Additionally, the new guidance
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
The Math Just Got More Complicated
Tuesday, 07 April 2020
California Insurance Commissioner Suspends All Statutory and Contractual Deadlines For 90 Days After the Termination of State of Emergency California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has suspended all statutory and contractual
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
2020: Taxation on reinsurance premiums in Latin America
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
The world’s main reinsurance markets typically provide its services on a cross-border basis for Latin American based cedants, considering that the reinsuring capacity within the region is limited, in comparison
- Published in Allende & Brea, BLP Costa Rica, BLP Guatemala, Brigard Urrutia, D’Empaire, Estudio Carvallo Abogados, Ferrere Abogados, Jáuregui y Del Valle, Moreno Baldivieso, News + Articles, Osterling Abogados, Pereyra & Asociados, Pérez Bustamante & Ponce, Peroni Sosa Tellechea Burt & Narvaja, Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Reports, Sucre | Arias | Reyes
Does Time Stand Still? The Procedural Implications of COVID-19 in Washington, Oregon, and California
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Insuralex´s exclusive member in California explains procedural implicatons of COVID-19 in Washington, Oregon and California The Procedural Implications of COVID-19 in Washington, Oregon, and California The judiciary tends to lag
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
The Coronavirus’ Impact on Business Interruption Coverage Is “Direct Physical Loss” Being Redefined?
Thursday, 12 March 2020
Background Recent years have witnessed pandemic outbreaks of Ebola, H1N1, Avian flu and Legionnaires’ disease, and now the world is reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 (“Coronavirus disease”). Pandemics
- Published in HeplerBroom LLC, News + Articles
COVID-19: Insurance Implications
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Insuralex´s exclusive member in the UK comments on the insurance implications alongside local perspectives from Insuralex network member law firms in Italy, France, Spain and Japan Life, travel and event
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
Germany: Coronavirus and insurance cover
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Insuralex´s exclusive member in Germany writes about the coronavirus and insurance cover. The coronavirus is currently causing a lot of uproar. Many companies are reviewing their risks in case
- Published in Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, News + Articles
Cyber-risk and cyber-insurance (II): silent cyber, an ongoing revolution?
Friday, 06 March 2020
ABSTRACT: cyber-risk is a source of opportunity but also of uncertainty towards traditional property and civil liability insurance policies. Cyber-insurance has been born to prevent silent cyber. We analyse the
- Published in Belzuz Abogados Spain, News + Articles
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: WHERE DO THE CLAIMS FALL?
Wednesday, 04 March 2020
Amazon Go Grocery, the first full ‘cashier-less’ supermarket, opened in Capitol Hill this week. With the increase in the use of Artificial Intelligence and computers carrying out roles that had
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
Insuralex´s exclusive member in Chile celebrates its 135th anniversary
Monday, 02 March 2020
Insuralex´s exclusive member in Chile, Estudio Carvallo Abogados, is celebrating its 135th anniversary on 2020. The firm was established on Feb 12th 1885 when their “book of assignments” was initiated in the
- Published in Estudio Carvallo Abogados, News + Articles
Insuralex ranked Band 1 in Insurance by Chambers and Partners
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Insuralex has been again ranked Band 1 by Chambers and Partners in 2020. The prestigious British publication Chambers and Partners identifies and ranks the most outstanding law firms and lawyers
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Cyber-risk and cyber-insurance in Spain: the necessary uncertainty.
Thursday, 23 January 2020
ABSTRACT: Digitalisation is an unstoppable process that changes, day by day, the framework of interaction between citizens, companies and Public Administrations. Although the digitalisation simplifies recruitment processes and boosts the market,
- Published in Belzuz Abogados Spain, News + Articles
2020 Parametric Insurance in Latin America: An overview
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
The use of parametric insurance as an alternative to traditional indemnity-based insurance has increased over the last twenty years, particularly as a mechanism for insuring against extreme weather risks. Following
- Published in Allende & Brea, BLP Costa Rica, BLP Guatemala, Brigard Urrutia, D’Empaire, Estudio Carvallo Abogados, Ferrere Abogados, Jáuregui y Del Valle, Moreno Baldivieso, News + Articles, Osterling Abogados, Pereyra & Asociados, Pérez Bustamante & Ponce, Peroni Sosa Tellechea Burt & Narvaja, Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Reports, Sucre | Arias | Reyes
California’s New Year’s Resolution: Let’s Make Discovery More Expensive
Wednesday, 08 January 2020
California has long given parties producing documents the option of producing them either as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or organized and labeled to correspond to
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
The Only Constant is Change: New California Insurance Laws for 2020
Friday, 03 January 2020
Insuralex´s exclusive member in California talks about the new California insurance laws for 2020 The California legislature didn’t exactly leave coal in the insurance industry’s stocking in 2019, but it
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
Exclusive Insuralex´s member in Florida wins a defense verdict in Miami
Thursday, 02 January 2020
Attorneys from Marlow, Adler, Abrams, Newman & Lewis, Exclusive Insuralex´s member in Florida (US) recently won a defense verdict on behalf of a security guard and security company in a 10
- Published in Marlow, Adler, Abrams & Rotunno, News + Articles
Supreme Court decision restricts Insurers’ exposure to non-party costs orders
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
Travelers Insurance Ltd v XYZ Supreme Court decision restricts Insurers’ exposure to non-party costs orders On 30 October 2019, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Travelers Insurance Co
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
Insuralex´s Latin American members awarded by Chambers in Miami
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
Insuralex is happy to announce that an important number of its Latin American members have been shortlisted and awarded by Chambers Latin America. The Chambers Latin America Awards 2019 are
- Published in News + Articles
Seminar Cyber beyond borders
Wednesday, 06 November 2019
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(Re)Insurance Round-up 2019
Thursday, 31 October 2019
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAST YEAR Brexit: It might be said that this does not sit well under the heading “Developments”, as we seem no wiser than we were a year
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
Sartex Quilts & Textiles Limited v Endurance Corporate Capital Limited
Monday, 14 October 2019
Reinstating Reinstatement Can an insured claim under its property damage policy for the reinstatement cost of a property that had not actually been reinstated and, if so, should the reinstatement
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
Highlights of the II Insuralex Latin American Insurance Conference in Madrid
Monday, 30 September 2019
The second annual Latin American Insurance Conference hosted by Insuralex and Belzuz Abogados in 2019 was a resounding success. The 2019 edition was attended by an important numbers of
- Published in Belzuz Abogados Spain, News + Articles