Events

In -person event at the offices of Clyde & Co LLP, The St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AR

Özlem Gürses is Professor of Law at Tulane University Law School, USA. Prior to joining Tulane, she taught Insurance Law at King’s College London. She is Chair of the AIDA Reinsurance Working Party and serves as Vice Chair of the British Insurance Law Association (BILA).

Professor Gürses will deliver this year’s BILA Annual Update, providing an analysis of key developments in insurance law over the past twelve months.

The lecture will cover a broad range of recent cases and issues, including the duty of fair presentation of risk, avoidance of an insurance contract and waiver, the distinction between direct, and significant causes of loss, insurance brokers’ duties, double insurance, conditions precedent to insurers’ liability, aggregation and the meaning of “any one event”, sue and labour, constructive total loss, abandonment of vessels, mortgagee’s interest insurance, pay-to-be-paid clauses, reinsurance, full reinsurance and claims co-operation clauses.

We look forward to welcoming you.

IN-PERSON EVENT AT CLYDE & CO LLP, THE ST BOTOLPH BUILDING, 138 HOUNDSDITCH, LONDON, EC3A 7AR

To be held on : Wednesday 25th November 2026 at 2.15pm

At: Clyde & Co, The St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AR

For the business to be transacted at the meeting, please see the attached Agenda.

AGENDA

1. Apologies for absence.

2. To consider and approve the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 4th November 2025.

3. Matters arising.

4. To consider the Annual Report for the year ended 28 February 2026, including the reports of the Acting Chair, the Honorary Treasurer, the AIDA Representative and the conductor of the Financial Statements Review.

5. Pursuant to rule 8(4)(a) of the constitution, to elect members of the Committee.

The following current members of the Committee stand for election:

Manoj Vaghela, Prof Özlem Gürses, Prof James Davey, Peter MacDonald Eggers KC, Christine Williams, Sarah Irons, Sonja Tuvnes, Dr Franziska Arnold-Dyer, Arabella Ramage, Prof Miriam Goldby, Christopher Jones, Rupert Warren, Ron Chatterjee, Josh Cartwright-Bain, Dan Brooks, Dr Katie Richards, Dr Livashnee Naidoo, Matthew Hunter, Jonathan Moss, Gwawr Evans and Siân Purath.

(Note: By virtue of rule 8 of the constitution, the following shall also be members of the Committee without requiring election at the AGM: the Life Vice-Presidents (Jacquetta Castle, Tim Hardy, Alison Green, David Nayler, Julian Burling, Stephen Lewis)); and the persons elected by the Committee after the AGM to be the President and the Deputy President.)

6. Pursuant to rule 14(2) of the constitution, to elect the conductor of the Financial Statements Review (defined by rule 18(6) as “an assurance review under the International Standard for Review Engagements (ISRE (2400), an audit or a similar review of the statement of accounts that satisfies legal and regulatory requirements”).

7. Any other Business

NOTE: Copies of this Agenda, the 2025 AGM Minutes and the Annual Report for the year ended 28 February 2026 will be placed within the members’ area of the BILA website. Please contact the Secretariat should you require a hard copy of any of these documents – Email office@bila.org.uk

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One year after Brazil’s new Insurance Law came into force, the market is now dealing with a new wave of regulation that is reshaping how Brazilian risks are reinsured, as well as how property and casualty insurance is written. In this follow-up to our 2025 session, we will look at the key regulatory developments and impacts for the London market, focusing on:

The new reinsurance regulation (CNSP Resolution No. 494): the new framework for reinsurance, retrocession, co-insurance and insurance placed abroad, which replaces Resolution No. 451/2022, including rules regarding reinsurers’ participation in claims adjustment, tacit acceptance, advance payment of recoveries, preferential offers and deadlines.

P&C insurance (CNSP Resolution No. 496): a single contractual framework, the end of the “large risks” regime and new claims adjustment rules.

What’s next: draft regulations under public consultation on requirements for reinsurance proposals and on publishing arbitral decisions.

This follow-up seminar is a must-attend for anyone involved in risks placed in the Brazilian insurance and reinsurance market, offering practical insight into how the new regulatory framework works and what it means for wordings, placement and claims.

Our Speakers:

Marcia Cicarelli is a Partner at Demarest Advogados and Head of the Insurance, Reinsurance, Health, and Private Pension practice area. She holds a master’s degree in civil law from the University of São Paulo (USP) and a specialization in Insurance and Reinsurance Law from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). Marcia has more than 25 years of experience advising on a wide range of insurance matters, including contract review, product development, operations, and claims adjustment.

Lucas Nascimento is a Senior Associate at Demarest Advogados in the Insurance, Reinsurance, Health, and Private Pension practice. He earned his Master of Law (LL.M.) in Insurance Law from Queen Mary University of London and has a specialization in Civil Procedure law from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. With over 10 years of experience, Lucas’ practice focuses on claims adjustment, insurance consultancy and policy drafting, as well as litigation matters within the insurance industry.

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