'There is no doubt that climate change increases volatility, frequency and also severity,' says senior di...
Archer v Ace (or, The Demise Of LEG3?)
In the London Market there is, by and large, a common understanding about how...
In the London Market there is, by and large, a common understanding about how...
Article / 2 months ago
Reach for the Sky? – judgment handed down on Sky Central
Sky UK Limited & Mace Limited v Riverstone Managing Agency Limited & Others [2023] EWHC 1207 (Comm)...
Sky UK Limited & Mace Limited v Riverstone Managing Agency Limited & Others [2023] EWHC 1207 (Comm)...
Article / 10 months ago
Reinstatement 101 – (rein)stating the obvious?
Reinstatement can be a difficult issue for a policyholder to navigate in the wake of a loss...
Reinstatement can be a difficult issue for a policyholder to navigate in the wake of a loss...
Article / 2 years ago
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: 100 cases every policyholder needs to know. #17 (The Ugly)
Welcome to the latest in the series of blogs from Fenchurch Law: 100 cases every policyholder needs to know. An opinionated and...
Welcome to the latest in the series of blogs from Fenchurch Law: 100 cases every policyholder needs to know. An opinionated and...
Article / 2 years ago
Weathering the Hard Market: is your CAR Policy Watertight?
The increasing prevalence of water damage losses on construction projects, combined with hard market conditions, has led to a rise...
The increasing prevalence of water damage losses on construction projects, combined with hard market conditions, has led to a rise...
Article / 3 years ago
Waste not, want not: recycling plant’s claim for cover upheld
Finding that the ‘but for’ test is insufficient to establish inducement, the Court of Appeal has dismissed an insurer’s claim that it would not have underwritten the policy had the material facts been disclosed...
Finding that the ‘but for’ test is insufficient to establish inducement, the Court of Appeal has dismissed an insurer’s claim that it would not have underwritten the policy had the material facts been disclosed...
Article / 3 years ago
Covid-19 BI Update: TKC London Ltd v Allianz – Covid-19 closure not “accidental loss” of property
Hot on the heels of the FCA Test Case judgment, on 15 October 2020 the Commercial Court granted...
Hot on the heels of the FCA Test Case judgment, on 15 October 2020 the Commercial Court granted...
Article / 4 years ago
Covid-19 Business Interruption Update – FCA challenges Orient Express v Generali
The FCA and insurers have now filed their skeleton arguments in the COVID-19 business interruption Test Case, drawing the battle lines and setting out in full the arguments in support of their...
The FCA and insurers have now filed their skeleton arguments in the COVID-19 business interruption Test Case, drawing the battle lines and setting out in full the arguments in support of their...
Article / 4 years ago
Endurance Corporate Capital Limited v Sartex Quilts & Textiles Limited [2020] EWCA Civ 308...
In its decision earlier this year, the Court of Appeal confirmed that, absent a contractual provision to the contrary, an insured does not need to show a genuine...
In its decision earlier this year, the Court of Appeal confirmed that, absent a contractual provision to the contrary, an insured does not need to show a genuine...
Article / 4 years ago
FCA Takes the Lead - Fenchurch Law Covid-19 Business Interruption Briefing Note
Since the designation of COVID-19 as a notifiable disease in England on 5 March, and the subsequent ratcheting of measures to slow the spread of the disease...
Since the designation of COVID-19 as a notifiable disease in England on 5 March, and the subsequent ratcheting of measures to slow the spread of the disease...
Article / 4 years ago