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The London subscription insurance market is characterised by the participation of a number of separate underwriters in a single risk. Those underwriters either take a greater or lesser role in the placing of the risk, the investigation of losses and the management of claims. There are Leading Underwriters and Following Underwriters.

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In person event with Andrew Milne, Aaron Noble and Kristyna Muhlfeitova of CMS

Virtual lecture with Alex Potts KC of 4 Pump Court

Virtual lecture with Alicia Tew of Hailsham Chambers

Virtual only

Nicolas Bouckeart
Kennedys

An overview of French insurance law, discussing key issues and giving practical pointers regarding what insurers and practitioners should have in the forefront of their minds.

Virtual only

Sir Richard Aikens
Brick Court Chambers

The English conflict of laws rules on “applicable law” to insurance contracts and the arbitration agreements that are often found in them have been affected by Brexit,  the Supreme Court’s decision in Enka v Chubb and now the Arbitration Bill 2023.  This talk attempts to summarise where we are now and look at what the future may hold.

Arguably one of the biggest FCA initiatives in recent times, the fast approaching new Consumer Duty is one of the latest regulatory developments the general insurance sector is grappling with. General insurers as manufacturers play a key role in ensuring good outcomes for ‘retail customers’, but many in the sector are still asking questions such as:

How is this any different from treating customers fairly?

• Aren’t we already compliant because we comply with the FCA’s rules on product oversight and governance introduced in October 2021?

In this session, DLA Piper Insurance Regulatory solicitors Matthew Hunter and Rhea Ingram-Smith will address these questions, and demystify some of the key areas of the Consumer Duty as it will affect general insurers.

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Panel Discussion – Inclusion in insurance: the power of authenticity

Location: DLA Piper LLP, 160 Aldersgate St, Barbican, London EC1A 4HT

This is a free event but prior registration is required.

Please join BILA YP and a panel of insurance professionals for a discussion on diversity & inclusion within the insurance industry, with a focus on the importance of empowering individuality and bringing your whole self to work. Hear from the Panel on how the London insurance market can secure its future as the world’s leading insurance market by supporting individuality and promoting a diversity of talent.

Following a structured panel discussion, there will be time for you to ask your own questions of the panellists in a Q&A session.
Confirmed panellists:

• • • Mark Lomas (Head of Culture, Lloyd’s)
    • Vishal Desai (Chief Risk Officer, MS Amlin)
    • Laura Marcelli (Legal Director, DLA Piper)
    • Brittany Boykin (In-House Counsel – Head of Claims and Underwriting, Brit Insurance)

Timings:
17.45: Registration and welcome drinks
18.30: Panel session
19.30: Networking reception
21.00: Close

Kindly sponsored by DLA Piper

BILA Young Professionals Panel Session - 26 April 2023

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In Stonegate v MS Amlin Butcher J decided preliminary issues in a claim for COVID-related business interruption loss, reducing the quantum of Stonegate’s claim from over £1billion to a few million pounds. This talk will consider aggregation clauses in the light of that judgment. To put matters in context it will begin with a recap of the relevant findings from FCA v Arch and an overview of Butcher J’s findings as to what constitutes a covered event. Freddy will then look in depth at both the existing principles which Butcher J reiterated (how to approach the language of aggregation clauses and the relevance of ‘remoteness’) and the new principles he decided (as to the time at which, and the knowledge with which, aggregation is to be considered). To bring those principles to life, Freddy will consider their application to the facts of Stonegate and finish with an overview of the other matters decided by Butcher J (e.g. the treatment of furlough payments) in Stonegate and the related cases of Various Eateries v Allianz and Greggs v Zurich.