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Airmic’s Insurance Act clause: DIY law reform
Will the Insurance Act suffer the same lawyerly sleight of hand that largely neutralised the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act?
Enforcing the quest for compensation
A piece of delayed legislation, which finally comes into effect this summer, will make it easier for accident victims to secure compensation from an insolvent insured
How to construe a claims control clause
The UK heard case of Beazley & Others v Al-Ahleia concerned a claims control clause (CCC) in a reinsurance. Compliance with the CCC was a condition precedent to the liability of reinsurers.
Beware disclosure traps
Insurers and insureds alike tend to think of "disclosure" in terms of the pre-contractual duty of the insured to disclose to the insurer every material circumstance known or deemed to be known to the insured.
Rule reform proposals
The English and Scottish Law Commissions have combined forces to publish a consultation paper setting out proposals for reform of the law relating to misrepresentation, non-disclosure and warranties.