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WEBINAR - UofG Law BILA DISSENT IN INSURANCE LAW 6TH JULY 2021, 9.30 - 16.20 BST This is a joint event hosted by the University of Glasgow With a keynote…

BILA is delighted to congratulate BILA President, Sir Julian Flaux upon his appointment on 3 February 2021 as the Chancellor of the High Court. The Chancellor of the High Court…

Following the British Insurance Law Association’s AGM held virtually on 22 October 2020, Alison Green, Chair of the BILA Charitable Trust, announced the award of the 2020 BILA Book Prize…

Tom has experience of acting in matters involving material non-disclosure, inducement, incorporation of terms, waiver and notification under the terms of a professional indemnity policy. He acts for both Claimants…

The talk will introduce the new insurance provisions of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 and discuss areas of uncertainty. It will then look briefly beyond the Act to consider other areas that need reform.

The presentation will consider the major issues which have arisen under the 1930 Act and still arise under the 2010 Act, in light of recent decisions, including Cultural Foundation v Beazley (2018).

In this lecture, Alison Padfield QC will explain and discuss non-party costs orders against insurers.

War Risks Cover – The Drugs Don’t Work

Tuesday 24th July 2018 - 13:00 - 14:00

In this BILA lecture, Philppa Hopkins QC and David Walsh of Essex Court Chambers will examine the recent Supreme Court decision in Navigators Insurance Company Limited & ors v Atlasnavios – Navegação LDA (The “B Atlantic”) [2018] UKSC 26

Philippa Hopkins QC and David Walsh of Essex Court Chambers will examine the recent Supreme Court decision in Navigators Insurance Company Limited & ors v Atlasnavios – Navegação LDA (The “B Atlantic”) [2018] UKSC 26, in which the Court held that war risks underwriters were not liable for the total loss of the “B Atlantic”, which had been confiscated by the Venezuelan authorities after cocaine was found attached to her hull. They will consider the Supreme Court’s treatment of the malicious act peril and the infringement of customs regulations exclusion, and they will reflect on the implications of the case for the market.

2nd July 2018

“Too Big to Fail?”

The collapse of the construction and outsourcing giant Carillion hit the headlines earlier this year. This, coupled with other regular news stories of data breaches and misuse of personal information on a seemingly industrial scale, raise the spectre of systemic issues that have the potential severely to disrupt commercial life. In an era of ever greater inter-connectivity, can financial institutions, companies or infrastructure ever be “Too Big to Fail”? And when things do go wrong, what is the role of insurance?

Join BILA on 2 July for a discussion of the insurance, legal and regulatory issues involved when the “Too Big to Fail”, do fail. 

Direct Rights of Action/Anti-Suit Injunctions

Friday 15th June 2018, 13:00 - 14:00

In this BILA lecture, David Lewis QC and Oliver Caplin will discuss the direct rights of action/anti-suit injunctions

David and Oliver will explore legal issues surrounding third party claims advanced against insurers under direct action statutes, covering both English and European jurisprudence. Amongst other things, they will draw on their experiences of acting for the direct action statute claimant in the Court of Appeal in The Yusuf Cepnioglu [2016] 3 All ER 697, addressing the consequences of that decision for insurers and direct action claimants seeking or resisting anti-suit injunctive relief, and the impact that case has had, and might have had for this area of law had it been heard (as it almost was late last year) by the Supreme Court.

Insurance-Linked Securities

Friday 18th May 2018 13:00 - 14:00

In this BILA lecture, Katherine Coates will talk about Opportunities for U.K. based ILS issuers under new U.K. ILS legislation

Summary of the key aspects of the new legislation
● Structures available to UK issuers
● Initial practical experience of the new regime
● Some of the differences between UK and other regimes
● Market opportunities

Latin American Jurisdictions - A discussion of global insurance programmes and the challenges they present.

Friday 20th April 2018, 13:00 - 14:00

In this BILA lecture, Christopher Cardona (HFW London) and Geoffrey Conlin (HFW Paulo) will talk about their experience of Latin American jurisdictions to inform a discussion of global insurance programmes and the challenges they present.

In an increasingly global marketplace, many international corporates operate in a wide variety of jurisdictions, where the commercial, fiscal and regulatory environment differs significantly from that of their home territory. While such companies face different risks across the globe, they want to ensure that they manage their risk in a consistent manner wherever they are doing business. The assessment of that risk and the composition of an appropriate insurance programme is a huge challenge.

In this presentation, Christopher Cardona (HFW London) and Geoffrey Conlin (HFW Paulo) will use their experience of Latin American jurisdictions to inform a discussion of global insurance programmes and the challenges they present, focusing in particular on the so-called financial interest clause, which purports to provide cover to a parent company in respect of any damage to its financial interest in its overseas subsidiaries.

They will consider:

• Different types of global programme e.g. local policies, global policies, controlled master programs and the operation of DIC/DIL and financial interest clauses
• Some of the main challenges posed by local regulatory, legal and claims regimes of key Latin American jurisdictions e.g. fronting ins/reinsurers, cession rules, interest and monetary correction
• Potential advantages and disadvantages of financial interest clauses
• English and local law issues when considering financial interest clauses e.g. insured interest, calculation of indemnity and local compliance issues

In this joint BILA and IIL lecture Melissa Collett will talk about the meaning of professionalism, ethics and duty of care in the context of insurance, and how to put professionalism into practice. She will also explain the professional body's role in raising standards of professionalism across the insurance sector.

Professionalism is vital to building public trust in insurance. Professionalism is not just about following regulator's rules and regulations. It's about creating the right culture and ethical standards. Breaking down professionalism into three key elements: competence, ethics and duty of care, can help put professionalism into practice. The Chartered Insurance Institute is here to help insurance professionals on their journey.

By the end of this lecture members would have gained an insight into:

• The 3 key elements of professionalism for insurance professionals
• How to put professionalism into practice
• The professional body's role in raising standards across the sector

This month, the London market launched the Single Claims Agreement Party model ("SCAP"). This is a ground-breaking agreement which is the product of collaboration between the London and International Insurance Brokers Association ("LIIBA"), the Lloyd’s Market Association ("LMA") and the International Underwriting Association ("IUA").　 SCAP is an agreement between insurers which will allow a single London market underwriter, whether in the Lloyd’s or company market, to agree claims on behalf of all underwriters subscribing to a slip on the same terms, whether they are in the Lloyd’s market, the company market or overseas.　 

In this talk, Simon Cooper of Ince & Co will discuss the structure, scope and operation of the SCAP as well as some of the issues and challenges that arose in drafting this important new agreement.

A medley of cases about building defects. Where does the risk lie?

Mark Williamson and Isabel Ost of Clyde & Co LLP will be speaking about GDPR