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When coverage disputes arise they can bring with them reputational and commercial risks. Our specialist team of coverage lawyers focus on providing clients with an early accurate assessment of the likely outcome so that only the right battles are fought.
We take a pragmatic and commercial approach to coverage investigations and advise in the context of our clients’ claims philosophies and their regulatory responsibilities.
We have considerable experience of advising insurers on policy interpretation issues that impact upon large volumes of claims across entire books of business. Our lawyers work closely with our specialist claims analysts to map potential exposure in a user friendly way so that our clients’ senior management teams can take informed decisions about strategy and reserves.
The forced closure of many businesses as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Recent reports from the Office for National Statistics state that the economy was 25% smaller in April than it was in February this year.
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In the context of sanctions and heightened tensions in the Middle East and Russia, the recent Mamancochet judgment is important and will be of interest to insurers who insure businesses that are exposed to risks in these markets.
The University of Nottingham, in collaboration with Browne Jacobson, have undertaken a detailed academic study into the readability of insurance policies, with some fascinating results.
A recent Court of Appeal judgment on 16 May 2018 considered the test for relevant ‘knowledge’ within section 14A of the Limitation Act. The Appellant was appealing against a decision granting the Respondents summary judgment on the basis that the claims against them in negligence and for breach of contract were time barred.
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A very close knit insurance focused team with top notch skills across the full gamut from coverage through regulatory to corporate. You get as good if not better than a magic circle service.
Acting on behalf of our client in a coverage dispute on a claim against an MGA for breach of the terms of the binding authority and claims handling agreement.
Advising our insurer client in relation to a coverage issue with its E&O insurer relating to its own claims handling and extent of cover afforded by its policy, regarding a marine total loss.
Advising a large insurer on policy coverage matters arising out of the notification of large numbers of claims notified to a public liability policy following the discovery that a doctor had sexually abused patients at a GP surgery. The matter involved complex issues of double insurance and analysis of compliance with policy terms and conditions. The full value of all potential claims could have exceeded £10m+.
Working with our client’s underwriters and claims team to analyse over a hundred underwriting files and draw together a complex multi-faceted coverage analysis to enable our client to accurately analyse and manage their exposure to misselling of financial products across an entire book of business.
Working with our client’s underwriters and claims team to analyse over a hundred underwriting files and draw together a complex multi-faceted coverage analysis to enable our client to accurately analyse and manage their exposure to mis-selling of financial products across an entire book of business.
The UK court has recently clarified the law in relation to causation and loss in broker’s negligence claims in the case of Dalamd Limited v Butterworth Spengler Commercial Limited [2018] EWHC 2558.
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The court has granted an application for an interim injunction against the claimant’s former employee to enforce non-competition restrictive covenants and confidentiality clauses in his employment contract
The Commercial Court has refused to grant summary judgment in relation to a claim which it held had not been included in a Part 36 offer which was subsequently accepted.
A Defendant was awarded significant damages after demonstrating that he had suffered a loss following the court’s ruling that the Claimant had obtained freezing injunctions to which it was not entitled.
Partner and Head of Financial Services & Insurance