Insurance UK

  • August 13, 2024

    Oil Co. Denies Breaching Terms Of Shell Asphalt Deal

    A Greek oil business has hit back against a $3.7 million claim by Shell over a soured asphalt cargo sale, arguing it did not breach the terms of the deal by delivering a different product than specified.

  • August 13, 2024

    UK Riots Likely To Cost Insurers Less Than £250M

    The insurance sector will probably suffer total losses of less than £250 million ($320 million) from anti-immigration riots that swept the U.K. last week, experts said Tuesday.

  • August 13, 2024

    UK Regulators Mull Digital Reporting Future Outside EU

    Britain's accounting watchdog on Tuesday proposed a number of potential reforms for the future of digital reporting in the U.K., amid recent legislative changes after the country's departure from the European Union.

  • August 13, 2024

    Stranding Of Planes Was A Commercial Decision, Insurer Says

    Fidelis Underwriting Ltd. has said it is not liable for almost $45 million being claimed by an Irish aircraft operating company to cover the loss of planes stranded in Russia because it was a commercial decision by the operator to retain the aircraft.

  • August 13, 2024

    UK Wage Data Likely To Fuel Next State Pension Increase

    The state pension might rise next year in line with earnings growth rather than inflation, experts said Tuesday, after official figures revealed a 4.5% increase in the U.K. average salary.

  • August 13, 2024

    Linklaters-Led Fund Buys Blackstone JV Homes For £405M

    Britain's biggest private pension fund said on Tuesday that it has acquired 3,000 shared-ownership homes from a joint venture that is majority-owned by Blackstone Inc. for £405 million ($518 million).

  • August 12, 2024

    FRC Sees Too Many Cos. Using 'Boilerplate' Wates Filings

    The Financial Reporting Council said Monday that 30% of large private firms favor the Wates corporate governance principles for filing company reports, but many companies still need to improve their disclosures.

  • August 12, 2024

    EU Watchdog Warned Of Crypto Risk For Retail Funds

    Fund managers warned the European Union markets regulator Monday that there is no consensus on how to value crypto-assets, in a consultation on whether such products should be accessible to retail funds.

  • August 12, 2024

    Pay Riot Damage Claims Quickly, Gov't Urges UK Insurers

    The insurance sector should quickly pay compensation to small companies affected by the anti-immigrant riots that have swept the country this month, the business secretary said on Monday.

  • August 12, 2024

    UK Pensions Body Calls For Reform For Investment Plan

    The government should consider introducing planning reform and tax incentives to encourage pensions providers to invest more in U.K. assets, a trade body said on Monday, as the new administration considers how to tap into the sector to fuel a national economic recovery.

  • August 12, 2024

    LCP Launches Tool To Check Gov't Pension Payment Errors

    Consultancy Lane Clark & Peacock LLP has launched an online tool designed to help retirement savers check what state pension they can get amid "worrying evidence" that some widows and widowers are not receiving their full entitlement.

  • August 09, 2024

    Insurers Call For Planning Reform As Claims Surge To £1.4B

    A trade body for insurers on Friday called on the government to bolster the U.K.'s defenses against extreme weather, as the value of property claims paid out by the sector rose to £1.4 billion ($1.8 billion) in the past quarter.

  • August 09, 2024

    Pension Protection Fund Marks Progress On Climate Goals

    The U.K. Pension Protection Fund has said it is making good progress on its climate ambitions but needs to "keep pushing" for better quality climate data across its portfolio.

  • August 09, 2024

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen China Evergrande Group file a commercial fraud claim against its founder's ex-wife, legal action by Manolete Partners against the directors of an insolvent construction company, VietJet tackle a claim by French banking group Natixis and more developments in the "Dieselgate" scandal. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • August 09, 2024

    Plane Stuck In Russia 'Not Lost,' Reinsurers Argue

    A batch of reinsurers has denied they must pay out in a row over $44 million to cover the alleged loss of a plane leased to a Russian airline, arguing the plane is not lost and would not be covered by the policy.

  • August 09, 2024

    UK Tightens Disclosure Rules For Greensill-Type Finance

    The U.K.'s accounting watchdog on Friday set out amendments to reporting exemptions from international accounting standards available to subsidiaries of groups, including around disclosure of supplier finance arrangements, as used by collapsed Greensill Capital.

  • August 09, 2024

    The Top Commercial Dispute Trials & Rulings Of 2024 So Far

    So far in 2024 disputes lawyers have been treated to the first trial in the U.K. of an opt-out collective action, the Pope's chief of staff giving evidence, and Mozambique being awarded more than $825 million for the tuna bond scandal.

  • August 09, 2024

    FCA Warned Over Risks From Value-For-Money Pension Rules

    The Financial Conoduct Authority's new "traffic light" system for assessing the value-for-money offered by a pension scheme could create unintended consequences, experts warned Friday.

  • August 09, 2024

    Hargreaves Lansdown Agrees To £5.4B CVC Takeover Offer

    Hargreaves Lansdown PLC said Friday that its board has agreed to a £5.4 billion ($6.9 billion) take-private offer from a consortium of private equity companies, including CVC and the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi.

  • August 08, 2024

    EU Watchdog Finds Poor Practices In Nonbank Lenders

    The European Union's banking watchdog has found that nonbank lenders are often failing to verify the accuracy of information they gather on borrowers, helping to put them in too much debt.

  • August 08, 2024

    Finance Co. Botched Risk Outline In Fire Claim, Insurer Says

    A subsidiary of U K Insurance Ltd. has denied having to pay out on a policy with Parker Asset Management Ltd. over a fire that destroyed a property costing around £4.2 million ($5.3 million), saying the company did not fairly present its insurance risk.

  • August 08, 2024

    Insurer Hiscox Puts Aside $28M To Cover Baltimore Bridge

    Insurance giant Hiscox said it has put aside $28 million to pay potential claims from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore earlier this year.

  • August 08, 2024

    UK Gov't Refunds £57M In Pension Freedoms Overtaxation

    The government has been forced to repay £59.6 million ($75.5 million) in the three months between April and June to people who overpaid tax after they tapped into their pensions for the first time, according to HM Revenue and Customs.

  • August 08, 2024

    FCA Proposes Framework For Long-Term Pensions Value

    The finance watchdog has said it is planning a new "traffic light" guide for retirement investment plans as it seeks to improve long-term value in workplace pensions, shifting the emphasis for providers from a simple consideration of costs.

  • August 07, 2024

    Chubb, Fidelis Deny Liability For Planes Stranded In Russia

    Two insurers have separately denied they are liable for $325 million in losses claimed by a group of aircraft leasing businesses stemming from jets grounded in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.

Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    Law Schools Should Be More Like Medical Centers

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    Medical centers and their faculty matter to the practice of medicine. Law schools and their faculty do not matter to the practice of law, says J.B. Heaton of J.B. Heaton PC.

  • Opinion

    Courts Are Getting It Right On Litigation Funding Discovery

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    Earlier this month, a California federal court denied discovery into the identification of third-party funders with a financial interest in the outcome of an underlying patent infringement action. This decision in MLC v. Micron follows a long line of well-reasoned precedent across U.S. federal courts, say Matthew Harrison and Sarah Jacobson of Bentham IMF.

  • Worldwide Freezing Orders Can Backfire Without Proper Care

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    Worldwide freezing orders, which preserve a respondent's assets until the outcome of the substantive case, are an important weapon in the arsenal of a commercial litigant. However, as FSDEA v. Dos Santos demonstrates, courts lay heavy obligations upon WFO applicants, says Nicola McKinney of Grosvenor Law Ltd.

  • UK Litigation And Guidance Highlight Cybersecurity Risk

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    Recent developments in the United Kingdom emphasize the importance of companies implementing cybersecurity measures proactively both to prevent incidents and to argue in mitigation when, not if, the company does suffer a data breach, say Guillermo Christensen of Ice Miller LLP and Anupreet Amole of Brown Rudnick LLP.

  • 2 BVI Cases Explore Scope Of Proper Purpose Test

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    Two recent cases in the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal have presented British Virgin Island courts an opportunity to develop a local jurisprudence regarding the BVI Business Companies Act and provide guidance on how the proper purpose test is to be applied, says Rosalind Nicholson of Walkers Global.

  • Last-Minute Brexit Preparations For EU Financial Firms

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    As the deadline for a hard Brexit draws ever closer, financial firms operating in the United Kingdom or European Union must consider how possible outcomes will impact transactions and contractual relationships, and take steps to mitigate business interruptions, say Gilles Kolifrath and Linda Sharkey of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.

  • What To Expect From Serious Fraud Office In 2019

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    The coming year looks to be an interesting one for the U.K. Serious Fraud Office. With new Director Lisa Osofsky firmly in post, expectations are high that she will shake things up in the next few months, say Anna Gaudoin and Alison Geary of WilmerHale.

  • UK Privacy Rules That Can Catch You Off Guard

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    The recent data breach scandal involving the Leave.EU campaign shows that the U.K. Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations is often overlooked by businesses, says Alexander Edwards of Rosling King LLP.

  • Autonomous Vehicles And UK Product Liability Law: Part 2

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    With autonomous vehicles expected to hit the streets of the United Kingdom soon, manufacturers, insurers and their legal counsel face the challenge of determining how the U.K.'s product liability laws will be applied to questions of negligence, evidence and contracts raised by self-driving vehicles, says Michaela Herron of Bristows LLP.

  • Autonomous Vehicles And UK Product Liability Law: Part 1

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    Autonomous vehicles present a number of challenges to the United Kingdom's product liability legal framework, especially with regard to the vehicles' heavy reliance on software, consumers' expectations of safety and the need for compliance with varying local traffic rules, says Michaela Herron of Bristows LLP.

  • A Victory For Legal Privilege In Cross-Border Investigations

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    The U.K. Court of Appeal's recent decision in Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources is a substantial step toward confirming the application of legal privilege in internal investigations, and has significantly reduced the divergence in U.K. and U.S. privilege law, say attorneys with Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP.

  • UK And EU Crawl Toward Virtual Currency Regulation

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    The lack of a harmonized approach to regulation of initial coin offerings in the EU is leading to a piecemeal approach across member states that will hamper blockchain developments, say Jacqui Hatfield and Rebecca Kellner of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

  • Is Equifax Data Breach Penalty A Sign Of Fines To Come?

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    Recently, the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office fined Equifax £500,000 for falling victim to a cyberattack — the highest penalty available. Some speculate that this decision is a sign that the ICO is already assuming a tougher stance following the commencement of the General Data Protection Regulation, say James Castro-Edwards and Eaven Prenter of Wedlake Bell LLP.

  • Ensure That Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Are Brexit-Proof

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    With only five months remaining for the U.K. to make a deal with the EU and the possibility of a "no-deal" Brexit looking increasingly plausible, now is the time to take proactive steps to protect your clients’ positions and to make sure that their contracts are effective and enforceable, say Claire Stockford and Caitlin McLean of Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP.

  • 5 Cyber Insurance Pitfalls To Avoid In The UK

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    Faced with the opportunity to purchase cyber risk insurance to mitigate the damage caused by cyber events, prospective policyholder companies need all the help they can get in order to navigate this increasingly complex part of the U.K. insurance market, says Richard Mattick of Covington & Burling LLP.

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