Quadra Commodities S.A. v XL Insurance & Ors [2022]

High Court guidance in relation to insurable interests and liability for late payment of an indemnity On 4 March 2022, the High Court handed down judgment in the case of Quadra
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Webinar FIDES & Insuralex: Insurance regulatory update in Latin America

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 as well as Spain and The United States.
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It’s War – But not as we know it?

As warfare has evolved, has the insurance industry provided an adequate response? At any point in time there will be war and hostilities taking place somewhere in the world.  War-
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Inability to continue the family relationship as a basis for a motor vehicle insurance claim.

Claims arising out of motor vehicle accidents have been discussed by the insurance community and insurance lawyers for many years.  Despite the fact that there has been some unification in
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Destination: Chicago “20th Insuralex Forum and Insuralex Annual Meeting”

Your boarding pass is ready.  Destination: Chicago “20th  Insuralex Forum and Insuralex Annual Meeting”  We are so pleased to advise that we are finalizing the details of the Twentieth Annual Insuralex Forum
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Use of Smart Contracts

Background Awareness of distributed ledger technology (“DTL”) (also sometimes referred to as block chain technology) has increased in recent times, even if its purpose is not (yet) fully understood.  DTL
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Significant California Decision Enforcing Statutory Prohibition on Liability Coverage for Willful Acts

  California has long had a statutory prohibition of insurer liability for a policyholder’s willful acts in Insurance Code § 533. On April 19th California’s First District Court of Appeal held
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Insuralex international webinar: Future fit insurance solutions for disaster events – where do you currently stand?

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
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Comments on the Supreme Court’s Judgement no. 129/2022, of 21 February 2022, of the Court of Social Affairs, cassation appeal no. 311/2019 on preconditions to exercise direct actions

We find ourselves before a case in which the party injured by some events exercises the direct action provided in art. 76 of the Spanish LCS and doesn’t prosecute the
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Insuralex FREE report: 2022 Overview of Life Insurance Law in Latin America

Covid 19 has impacted social dynamics around the world in multiple ways. Unfortunately, one of them has been the death of thousands of people. For the insurance industry, this has
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