Commercial Insurance
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Part 36 offer for defendant to accept 95%: was this a genuine attempt to settle?
The issue of whether a Part 36 offer is a “genuine attempt to settle the claim” is not new. The Civil Procedure Rules Committee recognised its importance by including it in the 2015 amendments to Part…
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Insurance Fraud Taskforce have their say
The Insurance Fraud Taskforce have now delivered their final report. Their findings will not come as a surprise, as the Taskforce released their initial recommendations in two tranches over September…
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Late payment of insurance claims - Third Reading of the Enterprise Bill
In our two previous Briefing Notes we have discussed the detailed provisions of the Enterprise Bill 2015 that relate to the late payment of insurance claims. If it is enacted the Enterprise Bill will…
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Avoidance Upheld
The Commercial Court in London has recently upheld an underwriter’s avoidance of an insurance policy covering a multi-million Euro Super Yacht M/Y GALATEA (“the Yacht”). The Court found that, before…
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Part 36 offers: whether genuine attempt to settle
When Part 36 was reformed in April, one of the amendments was aimed at addressing “cynical Part 36 offers”. The court always had to consider a number of factors when deciding whether it is unjust to…
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What are the initial recommendations from the Insurance Fraud Taskforce?
The Insurance Fraud Taskforce, under the chairmanship of David Hertzell have been very busy since they released their interim report back in March of this year, but they have now released the first…
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The Enterprise Bill: “late” payment of insurance claims
Long-heralded and reportedly dropped from the recent Insurance Act 2015 so as to make the passage of that statute through Parliament more ‘uncontroversial’, the Enterprise Bill now tackles “late”…
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The Enterprise Bill 2015: Late payment of claims
The Insurance Act 2015 was originally going to include provisions introducing damages for late payment of claims. However, this was considered to be too controversial to pass through Parliament under…
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Collateral warranties and third party agreements
Collateral warranties and third party agreements have been part of the landscape in appointment documentation for many years but some mystique and uncertainty still surrounds them, says Mark Klimt.
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"Is it a bird, is it a plane…is that drone insured?”
As their price has fallen below £100 in many instances, so “drones” have become increasingly useful tools for commercial SME enterprises and popular recreational gadgets for the public. This has…
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