2020 (Re) Insurance arbitration in Latin America report
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
by Insuralex
The use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms for insurance and reinsurance has become a growing practice in Latin America. In particular, arbitration has been widely accepted as offering flexibility, celerity and high qualified and specialized arbitrators, generating confidence, guaranteeing access to the administration of justice and relieving congestion in the ordinary jurisdiction Arbitration regulations in
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California court revisits “Genuine issue doctrine” Applicability to consultant opinions
Friday, 12 June 2020
by Insuralex
Andrew B. Downs In California, an insurer breaches the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing when it unreasonably and without proper cause deprives the policyholder of contractual benefits. For about twenty years, insurers in California have been able to use the existence of a “genuine issue” as to coverage as a ground for
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
Save the date Insuralex 2020 AGM
Monday, 08 June 2020
by Insuralex
Insuralex AGM – 2020 (Zoom) PLEASE SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING JULY 9 -10TH, 2020
- Published in News + Articles
Covid-19: Furlough FAQs
Monday, 01 June 2020
by Insuralex
ONE MILLION businesses are using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to fund the wages of 7.5 million employees at a cost to the government of £12bn a month. The scheme, under which employers may apply for government grants equivalent to 80% of furloughed employees’ pay, has been a lifeline to firms in peril as a
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
Cyber in the times of Covid-19: the cybercrime triad.
Friday, 15 May 2020
by Insuralex
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) measures is the key to a proper response to the cyber-risk, mitigating the potential harm of
- Published in Belzuz Abogados Spain, News + Articles
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 News + Articles
Morrisons v Various Claimants (1 April 2020) Supreme Court
Monday, 27 April 2020
by Insuralex
Judgment regarding application of vicarious liability test in Class Action against employer in context of malicious data use Supreme Court corrects misunderstanding of lower Courts’ interpretation of vicarious liability test and decides Morrisons supermarkets were not vicariously liable for their employee’s conduct The Supreme Court ruling of WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc v Various Claimants [2020]
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
Insuralex´s Exclusive Member in California recommended as a leading firm in chambers USA 2020 survey
Friday, 24 April 2020
by Insuralex
Bullivant attorneys Andrew Downs and Thomas Hutchinson have been recognized as ranked lawyers in the latest edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2020). Andrew Downs is ranked in California in the area of insurance law and Thomas Hutchinson is ranked in Oregon in the area of general commercial litigation. The Chambers guide, described as the most
- Published in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, News + Articles
Covid-19: Some reinsurance perspectives
Friday, 24 April 2020
by Insuralex
One hundred years after the Spanish flu pandemic, Marsh and Munich Re, in May 2018, launched an innovative parametric insurance product, PathogenRX. This provided insurance against business interruption caused by a pandemic. In October 2018, Marsh presciently observed in a paper entitled “Pandemic Readiness: Risk Finance and Mitigation Strategies”: “Although recent pandemics and epidemics have
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles
Covid-19: Insurance Implications
Thursday, 23 April 2020
by Insuralex
Life, travel and event cancellation insurers closely engage in the rapidly unfolding global development of COVID-19 and prepare for the next few months. CPB Partner, Helen Tilley, comments on the insurance implications alongside local perspectives from Insuralex network member law firms in Italy, France, Spain and Japan The 2019 Novel Coronavirus that originated in the
- Published in Carter Perry Bailey LLP, News + Articles