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Insuralex international webinar: Future fit insurance solutions for disaster events – where do you currently stand?

Wednesday, 20 April 2022 by Insuralex
Please join Insuralex for a discussion on global insurance industry developments following the pandemic with a focus on disaster-related insurance cover.   Our team of experts from South Africa, London and New York will unpack court judgments on business interruption losses, the position for brokers in light of possible coverage issues and what the future holds in respect of business interruption
  • Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, News + Articles
Tagged under: Business Interruption, Insuralex Insurance Lawyers, Insurance Solutions disaster events, International Insurance Lawyers

Assessing insurance claims in light of intentionally missed premium payments

Tuesday, 06 July 2021 by Insuralex
In instances where someone fails to pay an insurance premium and it amounts to a repudiation of an insurance contract, the insurer need not provide an extension for the payment of a premium (grace period) regardless of the wording of the policy. This was held in the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal
  • Published in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, News + Articles
Tagged under: Assessing insurance claims, Insuralex South Africa, Insurance Attorneys South Africa, Insurance Lawyers South Africa

A kind of digital vaccine: The importance of insurance coverage for cybercrime

Monday, 19 April 2021 by Insuralex
COVID-19, in and amongst all its other ramifications, has been a catalyst for digital evolution. In this context, it is important to note that the threats and vulnerabilities of the digital world are not new but have become more frequent. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported a 300% increase in cybercrimes in April 2020.
  • Published in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, News + Articles
Tagged under: Insuralex South Africa, insurance coverage cybercrime south Africa, Insurance Lawyers South Africa

South Africa: Professional indemnity insurance amidst COVID

Thursday, 05 November 2020 by Insuralex
Economies across the globe, specifically small businesses, have taken a pounding from the effects of the pandemic. Practicing lawyers have not been immune to the adverse effect of it. This discussion is centered more directly on the impact of COVID-19 on Professional indemnity and the impact it may have on South African lawyers and law
  • Published in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, News + Articles
Tagged under: Insuralex South Africa, Insurance Lawyers South Africa, Professional indemnity insurance amidst COVID

There is no “lawyer’s paradise”: Interpreting contracts of insurance

Thursday, 01 October 2020 by Insuralex
It is well known that insurance contracts need not be reduced to writing to be rendered enforceable, however, given that insurance is, by and large, a risk transferring enterprise it is commonplace to find the terms of the contract reduced to a written agreement (policy). This obviates the need for either party to prove the
  • Published in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, News + Articles
Tagged under: Insuralex South Africa, Insurance Lawyers South Africa, interpreting contracts insurance South Africa

Business interruption insurance: But for COVID-19 / But for the lockdown regulations?

Friday, 17 July 2020 by Insuralex
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 in the case of Café Chameleon v Guardrisk Insurance Company Ltd (WCHC, Case no. 5736/2020, 26 June 2020) ruled against an insurer for payment of
  • Published in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, News + Articles
Tagged under: Business Interruption Insurance South Africa, Insuralex South Africa, Insurance Lawyers South Africa

Risks of pandemic-related insurance – a public-private partnership on the horizon…

Thursday, 18 June 2020 by Insuralex
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 within legal circles. The South African Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) and Prudential Authority (PA) (collectively, the Authorities) have released Joint Communication 5 of 2020.
  • Published in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, News + Articles
Tagged under: Insuralex South Africa, Insurance Lawyers South Africa, Pandemic Insurance South Africa

Business Inter/uption/pretation

Tuesday, 12 May 2020 by Insuralex
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 at the inclusion of a section titled “Business Interruption” in their policy wording, but in the insurance world, that blanket term does not guarantee cover
  • Published in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, News + Articles
Tagged under: Business Interruption South Africa, Insuralex South Africa, Insurance Lawyers South Africa

Insurance: When is a shareholder’s interest an insurable one?

Friday, 10 April 2020 by Insuralex
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 be invalid. Usually, a person is said to have an insurable interest where he or she faces financial harm on the loss or destruction of
  • Published in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, News + Articles
Tagged under: insurable shareholder interst, Insuralex South Africa, Insurance Lawyers South Africa

Insuralex chooses Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) as its exclusive member in South Africa

Friday, 15 March 2019 by Insuralex
Insuralex chooses Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) as its exclusive member in South Africa Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH), a top ranked law firm and a provider of legal services in the area of insurance law and related litigation, announced today that it has become the exclusive member firm in South Africa for Insuralex Global Insurance Lawyers
  • Published in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, News + Articles
Tagged under: Insuralex Insurance Lawyers, Insuralex Member South Africa, Insurance Law Firm South Africa, Insurance Lawyers South Africa

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