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Professor Hector MacQueen of Professor of Private Law at the University of Edinburgh, Patrick Layden QC, former Deputy Solicitor to the Scottish Government and Stephen Phillips, partner in the Edinburgh office of CMS Cameron McKenna will discuss “Scottish independence? The implications for the insurance market” at 1pm on 30th July 2014 at The Old Library, Lloyd's, Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ, courtecy of Lloyd's of London in association with the Lloyd's Market Association (LMA)

Dr Rosa Lastra of QMC will be presenting "Prudential regulation: what can insurance expect from banking regulation?" on 20 June 2014

We are collating a publication covering the last 30 years of BILA

The BILA 50th Anniversary Colloquium and Dinner bookings are open...

A message from the Chairman, David Kendall, regarding recent media coverage and the forthcoming 50th Anniversary Colloquium and Dinner

Update on Competition Law and the Insurance Sector

Dorothy Livingston (Herbert Smith Freehills) and Beckett McGrath (Edwards Wildman)

The Insurers' "Fraudulent Device" Defence:  Its Existence, Scope and the Effect of Human Rights

Speaker: Chirag Karia QC

Location: The Old Library, Lloyd's, Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ

In association with the Professional Negligence Bar Association

Topic: “The Insurance Broker’s Changing World”

Location: Parliament Chamber, Inner Temple, London

Speakers: Glen Davis QC & Mark Arnold QC

Topic: “Directors Duties”

Location: The Old Library, Lloyd's, Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ

Details of BILA's response is available to BILA Members from the Research/Articles Menu, or the link below:-

https://bila.org.uk/research/articles/

On 18 October 2013 the BILA Book Prize was awarded in the Lloyd's Library on the occasion of
BILA's AGM. The winning book was "Research Handbook on International Insurance and
Regulation" edited by Julian Burling and Kevin Lazarus and published by Edward Elgar Publishing.

Speakers: Richard Jacobs QC, Gavin Kealey QC, Tom Newman, Paul Stanley QC and David Scorey

Location: Old Hall, Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2A 3TL

Cost:£160.00 (Members: £90.00)

Eagle members will discuss the latest challenges to the insurance industry and defense bar and the new and old issues making litigation in the States so unique.

The European Commission, under the auspices of the DG Justice, has set up an Expert Group to assist it in examining whether and to what extent differences in contract laws pose an obstacle to cross-border trade in insurance products

Asbestos – the Future Risk is a special report that pulls together the historical background as to how this mineral came to be so widely used; the medical view of asbestos related diseases and their treatment; the current patterns of consumption that indicate where future claims may come from; and current practice for dealing with asbestos in the built environment, exposure to which has spread asbestos-related diseases to people outside those occupations that worked directly with asbestos.

AIDA Greek Chapter (HILA)
in association with the International Association of Insurance Law (AIDA World) is pleased to announce the organization of the international conference entitled:
Life, Health and Pension Insurance in the new Economic Environment