Insurance Law Monthly

In Poole v Her Majesty’s Treasury [2006] EWHC 2731 (Comm) the question was whether the UK Government was in breach of its obligations under European Community law on the ground that it had failed to implement the EC’s Insurance..

The Court of Appeal has, in KR v Royal & Sun Alliance plc [2006] EWCA Civ 1454, reversed the ruling of Simon J ([2006] Lloyd’s Rep IR 327) and has ruled that an assured company was unable to recover under a liability policy for losses..

In AIG Europe (Ireland) Ltd v Faraday Capital Ltd [2006] EWHC 2707 (Comm) the question before Morison J was whether a reinsured had broken a condition precedent which required the notification of losses to the reinsurers as soon as practicable..

Prior to the entry into force of the new Insurance Contracts Act (SFS 2005:104), the Insurance Contracts Act 1927 had been under scrutiny for several decades. A tangible outcome was the Consumer Insurance Act 1980. The new, comprehensive Insurance..