A firm with over 130 years in the field is going to create some high expectations. In an interview with Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer, Manuel Carvallo of Estudio Carvallo Abogados in Chile discusses his firm’s 2019 “Law Firm of the Year” award for Insurance Law; his best advice for client service; the changes coming to Chilean consumer practice; and
Osterling Abogados, Insuralex´s exclusive member in Peru, advised the Peruvian association of insurance companies when making their case for the regulator to reconsider an opinion formerly issued against the validity of “claims made” clauses included in liability policies. In recent days, the Peruvian Superintendence of Banking, Insurance and Pension Funds Administrators (SBS as per its
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, a U.S. West Coast based law firm providing legal services in the area of insurance law and related litigation, announced that it has become the exclusive member firm in California for the Insuralex Global Insurance Lawyers Group, the world’s leading insurance and reinsurance law firm network. As part of Insuralex, clients
Introduction The right to an individual’s data protection is fundamental, being enshrined in article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Human Rights as well as article 16 of the European Union Treaty. Therefore, all subjects who collect, manage, store, transfer or treat personal data, regardless of whether they are sensitive or not, must adopt a
Preliminary and jurisdictional considerations in insurance litigation In what fora are insurance disputes litigated? As Italy is part of the EU, jurisdiction in matters relating to insurance is determined in accordance with the provisions of section 3 (articles 10 to 16) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1215/2012 of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the
‘Loss of chance’ claims continue to attract interest from the Courts. In our latest article Mark Aizlewood considers the Supreme Court decision in Perry v Raleys. The Supreme Court goes back to basics to redress the public policy Court of Appeal decision on loss of chance claims Introduction The Supreme Court has, in its first opportunity to
In tumultuous times for the UK, we are delighted to welcome a distinguished panel to consider London’s future as a global market leader in (re)insurance, financial services and resolving disputes: Dominic Grieve QC MPMP for Beaconsfield, Privy Counsellor, President of the Franco-British Society and former Attorney General, Dominic is now at the forefront of the
Summary: The conditions for access and exercise of the insurance and reinsurance distribution activity are regulated by a new legal regime, approved by Law 7/2019 of 16 January, which transposes into the Portuguese law the Insurance Distribution Directive – Directive (EU) 2016/97 (IDD). Although the said Law has introduced significant changes to the previous regime,
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
