Reinsurance

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Wasa International Insurance Company Ltd and AGF Insurance Ltd v Lexington Insurance Company
English Court of Appeal: Pill, Sedley and Longmore, LJJ: [2008] EWCA Civ 150: 29 February 2008
REINSURANCE: TERMS OF REINSURANCE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THOSE OF PRIMARY INSURANCE: REINSURANCE TO COVER LOSSES OCCURRING DURING A DEFINED THREE YEAR PERIOD: PRIMARY INSURER HELD LIABLE FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE OCCURRING OUTSIDE AS WELL AS WITHIN THE PERIOD OF THE REINSURANCE: WHETHER "FOLLOW THE SETTLEMENTS" CLAUSE OBLIGED REINSURERS TO PAY FOR LOSSES OCCURRING OUTSIDE THE THREE YEAR PERIOD

Wasa International Insurance Company Ltd and AGF Insurance Ltd v Lexington Insurance Company
English High Court: Commercial Court: Simon J.: [2007] EWHC 896 (Comm): 25 April 2007
REINSURANCE: "FOLLOW THE SETTLEMENTS" CLAUSE: LIABILITY UNDER THE PRIMARY INSURANCE MORE EXTENSIVE THAN THAT UNDER THE REINSURANCE: WHETHER LEGAL COSTS RECOVERABLE FROM REINSURERS

Hargreaves (and other Lloyd’s Syndicates) v. Taian Insurance Company Limited
High Court of Hong Kong, Court of First Instance: Stone J: Commercial Action No. 27 of 2005: [2006] HKCFI 481: 6 June 2006
INSURANCE/REINSURANCE: SERVICE OF PROCEEDINGS OUT OF THE JURISDICTION: SETTING ASIDE: JURISDICTION : "RE-REINSURANCE" VERSUS "CO-INSURANCE": FORUM NON CONVENIENS: APPLICABLE LAW

AIG Europe (Ireland) Ltd v Faraday Capital Ltd
English Commercial Court: Morison J: [2006] EWHC 2707 (Comm): 31 October 2006
REINSURANCE: DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS INSURANCE POLICY: NOTIFICATION OF LOSS CLAUSE/CLAIMS CO-OPERATION CLAUSE: CONDITION PRECEDENT: PROPER CONSTRUCTION OF CLAUSE


R+V Verischerung AG v Risk Insurance and Reinsurance Solutions SA
English Commercial Court: Gloster J, DBE: [2006] EWHC 42 (Comm): 27 January 2006
Colin Edelman QC and Charles Dougherty (instructed by LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae) for the Claimant, R+V
Hugo Page QC (instructed by Penningtons) for the Defendant, Risk Insurance
REINSURANCE: RECOVERABLE HEADS OF DAMAGE: STANDARD FOR PROOF OF LOSS: INTERNAL MANAGEMENT AND STAFF TIME EXPENSES AND OVERHEADS EXPENDED IN DEALING WITH CONSPIRACY

Bonner and others v Cox and others
English Court of Appeal (Civ Div): Waller, Tuckey and Moses LJJ.: [2005] EWCA Civ 1512: 8 December 2005
REINSURANCE: NON-PROPORTIONAL REINSURANCE: NATURE OF DUTY OWED BY REINSURED TO REINSURERS: IMPLIED TERMS

ERC Frankona Reinsurance v American National Insurance Co
English Commercial Court: Andrew Smith J.: 6 July 2005
REINSURANCE: AVOIDANCE FOR NON-DISCLOSURE: DUTY TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION KNOWN BY AGENT: WHETHER AGENT AN "AGENT TO INSURE": WHETHER AGENT AN "AGENT TO KNOW": WHETHER INFORMATION MATERIAL: INDUCEMENT: QUALIFIED ACCEPTANCE OF RISK: MEANING OF QUALIFICATION

American International Marine Agency of New York Inc and another v Dandridge
English Commercial Court: Richard Siberry QC: [2005] EWHC 829 Comm: 5 May 2005
HULL & MACHINERY INSURANCE: PARTICIPATION EVIDENCED BY BINDER: BINDER SUBJECT TO "FOLLOW THE LEADER" CLAUSE: REINSURANCE SUBJECT TO "SAME CLAUSES AND CONDITIONS OF ORIGINAL POLICY": CHANGES TO CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY AND INSURED VALUE AGREED UNDER ORIGINAL POLICY BUT NOT DISCUSSED WITH REINSURERS: TOTAL LOSS PAID BY ORIGINAL INSURERS IN THEIR PROPORTION UNDER ‘FOLLOW THE LEADER’ CLAUSE: WHETHER REINSURANCE INCLUDED ‘FOLLOW THE LEADER’ TERMS: MEANING OF ‘ORIGINAL POLICY: WHETHER ‘FOLLOW THE LEADER’ CLAUSE CAPABLE OF INCORPORATION IN REINSURANCE

William Francis Rendall v Combined Insurance Company of America
English Commercial Court: Cresswell J.: [2005] EWHC 678 (Comm): 21 April 2005
INSURANCE: REINSURANCE: BUSINESS TRAVEL: ESTIMATED NUMBER OF TRAVEL DAYS: BASIS OF ESTIMATE NOT DISCLOSED: AVOIDANCE: NATURE OF REPRESENTATION: S.20 MARINE INSURANCE ACT 1906: WHETHER REPRESENTATION AS TO A MATTER OF FACT OR OF EXPECTATION AND BELIEF: WHETHER REPRESENTATION HAD TO BE BASED ON REASONABLE GROUNDS: WHETHER REPRESENTATION WAS BASED ON REASONABLE GROUNDS: WAIVER: MEANING OF "AUTHORISED BUSINESS TRIP": WHETHER INCLUDES AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF BUILDING

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc v Dornoch Limited & Others
English Court of Appeal: Brooke, Mance & Longmore LJJ: 10 March 2005
INSURANCE: LIABILITIES TO THIRD PARTIES: REINSURANCE: NOTIFICATION OF LOSS CLAUSE: CONDITION PRECEDENT TO REINSURERS’ LIABILITY: WHETHER "LOSS" MEANT "CLAIMED" OR "ALLEGED" LOSS: WHETHER "LOSS" MEANT "ACTUAL" LOSS: WHETHER LIABILITY FOR COSTS IS "ACTUAL LOSS": KNOWLEDGE OF LOSS

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc v Dornoch Ltd & Others
English Commercial Court: Aikens J.: [2004] EWHC 803 (Comm): 22 April 2004
 INSURANCE: REINSURANCE: CLAIMS CONTROL CLAUSE: 72-HOUR NOTICE CLAUSE: "KNOWLEDGE OF ANY LOSS": MEANING OF "LOSS": MEANING OF "KNOWLEDGE"

David George King v Brandywine Reinsurance Co
English Court of Appeal: Waller & Rix LJJ and Sir Martin Nourse: 10 March 2005
INSURANCE POLICIES: OIL POLLUTION: "EXXON VALDEZ": RECOVERY OF CLEAN UP COSTS INCURRED BY EXXON AFTER OIL SPILL: PROPER LAW OF PRIMARY POLICIES: WHETHER ANY DIFFERENCE IN INTERPRETATION BETWEEN ENGLISH AND NEW YORK LAW: REINSURANCE CONTRACTS : SCOPE OF COVERAGE: MEANING OF "REMOVAL OF DEBRIS": DIVISION OF RISKS BETWEEN POLICY SECTIONS: WHETHER "TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES" INCLUDED CARRIAGE OF OIL BY SEA: SEEPAGE AND POLLUTION EXCLUSION: MEANING OF "ON LAND"

David George King and Others v Brandywine Reinsurance (UK) Ltd (formerly Cigna Re Co (UK) Ltd
English Commercial Court: Colman J: 10 May 2004
INSURANCE POLICIES: OIL POLLUTION: PROPER LAW OF UNDERLYING PRIMARY POLICIES: REINSURANCE CONTRACTS : SCOPE OF COVERAGE: RECOVERY OF CLEAN UP COSTS INCURRED BY OIL CARGO OWNER AND TANKER OWNER AFTER OIL SPILL: MEANING OF "DEBRIS": DIVISION OF RISKS BETWEEN POLICY SECTIONS: EXCLUSION OF LIABILITIES COVERED UNDER ITIA RULES: EXCLUSION OF LIABILITIES ARISING OUT OF OWNERSHIP OF WATERCRAFT: MEANING OF "TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES": SEEPAGE AND POLLUTION EXCLUSION: MEANING OF "ON LAND"

WISE Underwriting Limited & Another v Grupo Nacional Provincial SA
English Court of Appeal: Peter Gibson, Rix and Longmore LJJ.: 20 July 2004
INSURANCE: REINSURANCE: WHETHER "CLOCKS" INCLUDES "WATCHES": NON-DISCLOSURE: WAIVER: AFFIRMATION: MATERIALITY: INDUCEMENT

W.I.S.E Underwriting Agency Ltd & Dornoch Ltd v. Grupo Nacional Provincial S.A
English Commercial Court: Simon, J.: [2003] EWHC 3038 (Comm): 1 October 2003
INSURANCE: REINSURANCE: NON-DISCLOSURE: KNOWLEDGE: MEANING OF "CLOCKS": MATERIALITY: WAIVER: INDUCEMENT/RELIANCE: AFFIRMATION

Paul Toomey of Syndicate 2021 v Banco Vitalicio De Espana SA De Seguros y Reaseguros 
English Court of Appeal: Sir Andrew Morritt, Dyson and Thomas LJJ. 18 May 2004
REINSURANCE: MISMATCH OF INSURED INTEREST: ORIGINAL INSURANCE A VALUED POLICY: REINSURANCE POLICY UNVALUED: MATERIALITY:: WARRANTY OF INSURED INTEREST: BREACH: FULL REINSURANCE CLAUSE 

Paul Toomey of Syndicate 2021 -v- Banco Vitalicio de Espana SA de Seguros y Reaseguros
English Commercial Court: Andrew Smith, J: 20 May 2003
REINSURANCE: MISMATCH OF INSURED INTEREST: VALUED POLICIES: MATERIALITY: MISREPRESENTATION: INDUCEMENT: FULL REINSURANCE CLAUSE: WARRANTY OF INSURED INTEREST: BREACH

Assicurazioni Generali SpA -v- CGU International Insurance Plc and Others
English Court of Appeal: Peter Gibson LJ, Tuckey LJ, Sir Martin Nourse: [2004] EWCA Civ 429: 6 April 2004
REINSURANCE: ‘FOLLOW THE SETTLEMENTS’ CLAUSES: BACK-TO-BACK POLICIES: SETTLEMENTS TO BE FOLLOWED ‘WITHOUT QUESTION’: APPLICATION OF THE ‘SCOR PROVISOS’

Assicurazioni Generali SpA -v- CGU International Insurance Plc and Others
English High Court: Commercial Court: Gavin Healey QC: 2 May 2003
REINSURANCE: REINSURERS TO "FOLLOW THE SETTLEMENTS WITHOUT QUESTION: REINSURERS TO "PAY AS MAY BE PAID THEREON": EXCLUSION OF "EX GRATIA" PAYMENTS: CLAIM WITHIN REINSURANCE POLICY AS A MATTER OF LAW: INSURERS’ DUTY TO ACT HONESTLY: INSURERS’ DUTY TO TAKE PROPER AND BUSINESS-LIKE STEPS IN SETTLING CLAIMS: MEANING OF "EX GRATIA"

Brotherton and others -v- Aseguradora Colseguros SA and another
English Court of Appeal: Buxton, Mance and Ward LJJ.: 22 May 2003
Insurance/reinsurance: Whether materiality of non-disclosure can be assessed in light of subsequent events: RIGHT OF AVOIDANCE: TIME OF EXERCISE: NO POWER OF COURT TO INTERVENE TO CONTROL ITS USE RETROSPECTIVELY

Peter Malcolm Brotherton and Others v. Aseguradora Colseguros and another
English Commercial Court: Moore-Bick J.: 26 February 2003
Insurance/reinsurance: Whether materiality of non-disclosure can be assessed in light of subsequent events

Brotherton and others v Aseguradora Colseguros SA and another
REINSURANCE CONTRACT: SERVICE OUT OF THE JURISDICTION: SETTING ASIDE: JURISDICTION: FORUM NON CONVENIENS : FACULTATIVE REINSURANCE CONTRACTS: CHOICE OF LAW CLAUSE: EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION CLAUSES: GENERIC JURISDICTION CLAUSES: COLOMBIA : CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES: SERVICE ON AGENTS: OVERSEAS PRINCIPALS: STILL IN BUSINESS RELATIONS

Groupama Insurance Company Limited v Overseas Partners Re Limited and Aon Limited
English Commercial Court: Morison, J.: 24 January 2003
INSURANCE: REINSURANCE: DUTY OF DISCLOSURE: MEANING OF "INCURRED LOSSES": WHETHER DUTY TO DISCLOSE CLAIMS UNDER ORIGINAL POLICY NOT DECLARED TO REINSURER

Gan Insurance Company Limited v The Tai Ping Insurance Company Limited 
English Court of Appeal: Brooke, Mance and Park LJJ.: March 2002 
REINSURANCE: CLAIMS COOPERATION CLAUSE: "investigation and assessment of any loss": FAILURE TO act in a "proper and business-like manner": relevance and purpose of enquiries: SUFFICIENCY OF INFORMATION SUPPLIED IN ANSWER: investigation of all matters relevant to a claim IncludES coverage issues: conduct over settlement unbusinesslike: AMENDMENT OF PLEADINGS

HIH Casualty & General Insurance Ltd. V (1) Axa Corporate Solutions (Formerly Axa Reassurance SA) (2) New Hampshire Insurance Co
English High Court: Jules Sher QC: Unreported: 21 December 2001
COMMERCIAL: REINSURANCE: ESTOPPEL: PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL: CLEAR AND UNEQUIVOCAL REPRESENTATION REQUIRED: FOREGO RIGHTS: RELIANCE ON REPRESENTATION

GAN Insurance Company v.Tai Ping Insurance Company 
English Court of Appeal: Mance and Latham LJJ; Sir Christopher Staughton; July 2001: 2001 CLC 1133
REINSURANCE: CLAIMS CO-OPERATION CLAUSE (‘CCC’): CCC A CONDITION PRECEDENT: INTERPRETATION OF ‘AND’: BREACH OF CLAUSE OVERRIDES ‘FOLLOW SETTLEMENTS CLAUSE: REINSURERS MUST NOT WITHHOLD SETTLEMENT APPROVAL UNREASONABLY

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