(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 ago as to what, if any, terms will be agreed as the basis for Brexit. Meanwhile, the London market has been planning for a no
- 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 cost be discounted for betterment? These were the issues that arose under a property insurance policy in Sartex Quilts & Textiles Limited v Endurance Corporate
- 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 insurance professionals from around the globe. The mix of delegates included Latin American Insuralex Insurance lawyers as speakers from different Latin American Countries. The below
- Published in Belzuz Abogados Spain, News + Articles
Photos: Insuralex U.S. Seminar on Cutting-Edge Legal Issues Part 2
Friday, 20 September 2019
- Published in News + Articles
Photos: Insuralex U.S. Seminar on Cutting-Edge Legal Issues
Thursday, 19 September 2019
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California Supreme Court Concludes Notice-Prejudice Rule Applies To Consent Clauses In First-Party Insurance Policies
Friday, 06 September 2019
Insuralex´s exclusive member in California writes about the notice-prejudice rule. August, 2019 By Andrew B. Downs When it comes to insurance coverage, one cue to the court’s feelings about an issue is whether it views that issue as a “technicality.” When that happens, good things rarely result. Another cue is when the case turns on an
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
A deal is not a deal: California Court uses uniform voidable transactions act to invalidate policyholder release of bad faith claim
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
In a case that ought to remind us that there are few limits to the creativity of the policyholder bar, and that if a course of action seems too cute, it probably is, the California District Court of Appeal used the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act to invalidate a policyholder’s release of extracontractual claims. Potter v.
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
UK: Court of Appeal restates the law of fraudulent misrepresentation and the principle of transferred loss
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Nederlandse Industrie Van Eiprodukten v RembrandtEnterprises Inc [2019] EXCA Civ 596 Court of Appeal restates the law of fraudulent misrepresentation and the principle of transferred loss This appeal raised two important issues in relation to fraudulent misrepresentation and the scope of the principle of ‘transferred loss’. Background The case arose out of the avian flu
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
Insuralex chooses Barze Taylor Noles Lowther (BTNL) as its exclusive member in Alabama, USA
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Barze Taylor Noles Lowther LLC (BTNL), a top-ranked law firm and a provider of legal services in the area of insurance law and related litigation, announced that it has become the exclusive member firm in Alabama for the Insuralex Global Insurance Lawyers Group, the world’s leading insurance and reinsurance law firm network. As part of
- Published in Barze Taylor Noles Lowther LLC, News + Articles