Insurance Law Monthly

Most forms of insurance typically impose two claims obligations upon the assured. The first is to notify the insurers of any loss or circumstances which may give rise to a loss. The second, following notification, is to cooperate with the insurers..

It is extremely common for insurance policies taken out by builders or manufacturers to cover two quite separate forms of risk: losses which occur during the building process; and liability incurred by the assured supplier in the event that the work..

BP plc v Aon Ltd [2005] EWHC 2554 (Comm), forthcoming in [2006] Lloyd’s Rep IR, raised issues as to the jurisdiction of the English court to join a broker to English proceedings, whether England was the most appropriate forum for the hearing..

Two short but important points on the application of the Brussels Convention 1968 was referred to the European Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling by the French Cour de Cassation in Groupement d’Interet Economique Reunion Europeenne v..

Two novel points of law fell to be decided by Christopher Clarke J in Equitas Ltd v Wave Shipping Co Ltd [2005] EWHC 923 (Comm), forthcoming in [2006] Lloyd’s Rep IR: can a reinsurer seek negative declaratory relief when it is being sued in..

In Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council v Municipal Mutual Insurance and Commercial Union Assurance, May 2005, HHJ Kershaw QC ruled that public liability policies expressed to provide indemnity against bodily injury or illness were triggered not by..