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...
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Webinar FIDES & Insuralex: Insurance regulatory update in Latin America
May 11, 2022
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 policyholder causing them. The Supreme Court repeats that in civil liability insura...
April 19, 2022
Manufacturer’s civil liability and state of the art at the time the product was put into circulation
We face a scenario that most likely could take place, especially nowadays, when the state of the art rapidly changes in short periods of time. Technical knowledge available under the state of the art, at the time of manufacturing, may change after la...
March 8, 2022
Insuralex Report: Class Action systems in Europe
At the moment, there is quite a diverse legal landscape of different kinds of “class action” in Europe. While some countries do not provide a ‘class action system’ at all, other jurisdictions have already implemented at least something similar to a c...
February 3, 2022
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 services such as “comprehensive medical directory from...
December 16, 2021
Approval of the Royal Decree on training within the scope of insurance distribution
Latest additions to the Royal Decree on training in order to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97. A few weeks ago, the Council of Ministers in Spain approved the Royal Decree 287/2021, of 20 April, on training and statistical-accounting reporting of ins...
May 26, 2021
Civil liability, vaccination, and vaccines: a European and national perspective
We are currently living what can be considered the most important massive vaccination campaign in the recent history of humankind. Scientific advisors and governments from all over the world have assured that the COVID-19 vaccine is effectively and t...
March 16, 2021
The corporate group and the individual civil liability vs. joint and several liability
The civil liability that may arise within a specific company that is a part of the corporate group operating under one trade name, in many occasions raises questions when determining which entity must respond in the event of a civil liability case. A...
February 22, 2021
Cyber in the times of Covid-19: the cybercrime triad.
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 cyber-attacks. Taking preventive (ex ante) and repair (ex post) measu...
May 15, 2020
Cyber-risk and cyber-insurance (II): silent cyber, an ongoing revolution?
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 implications of NotPetya case for the f...
March 6, 2020
Cyber-risk and cyber-insurance in Spain: the necessary uncertainty.
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,...
January 23, 2020
Highlights of the II Insuralex Latin American Insurance Conference in Madrid
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 insurance professionals from around the globe. The m...
September 30, 2019
BELZUZ ABOGADOS SLP: PRODUCT LIABILITY IN A LOSS OCCURRENCE
Download in PDF October 20, 2016 PRODUCT LIABILITY IN A LOSS OCCURRENCE From the Insurance Department of Belzuz Abogados we shall analyse what are known as serial losses. In the case of product liability is concerned, particularly when ...
October 20, 2016
