Reinsurance: claims control clauses

In Beazley Underwriting Ltd and Others v Al Ahleia Insurance Co [2013] EWHC 677 (Comm) Eder J analysed in some detail the meaning of the wording of a claims control clause used in a reinsurance contract. This is the first analysis of such a clause for some time. In the event the learned judge found that there was no breach of the clause by reason of negotiations between the assured, the reinsured and one of the subscribing reinsurers.

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