Life and personal injury insurance: accident

In Quek Kwee Kee and Another v American International Assurance Co Ltd and Another [2017] SGCA 10 the Singapore Court of Appeal has discussed at length the meaning of the word “accident” in a personal injury policy. As this was the first occasion on which the issue has arisen in that jurisdiction, the court undertook its usual thorough analysis, taking into account the decisions of all relevant common law jurisdictions.

Quek : the insurance policies