RE FRIENDS PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE
                                                                    [1999] Lloyd's Rep IR 547
                                                                    CHANCERY DIVISION COURT OF APPEAL
                                                                    Before Lord Justice Simon Brown, Lord Justice Chadwick and Mr Justice Rattee
                                                                    
Insurance companies - Reinsurer and reinsured in same corporate group - Reinsurer surrendering reinsurance agreement to reinsured - Whether amounting to transfer of insurance business under Insurance Companies Act 1982, Sched 2C - Whether reinsurance is insurance - Whether approval of court should be given.