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Arbitration clause covers disputes about future claims

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 14 2009

In Secretary of State for Transport v Stagecoach South Western Trains Ltd 2009 EWHC 2431, the High Court decided that a dispute over the method of calculation of future payments under a franchise agreement came within the relevant arbitration clause

Law Commission update on insurance contract law reform project

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • October 14 2009

In its latest update published today, the Law Commission has confirmed that it intends to publish a final report and draft Bill focused on the reform of consumer insurance law in December 2009

Mesothelioma deaths

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 14 2009

A new study has revised the projected rate of UK mesothelioma deaths

Contra Proferentem principle applies to ambiguous questions in proposal form

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 13 2009

The High Court's decision in R&R Development Ltd v AXA Insurance UK Plc 2009 EWHC 2424 (Ch) concerned the issue of whether ambiguous questions in a proposal form for a contract of insurance could be construed by following the Contra Proferentem principle without the need for the court to decide upon the correct interpretation of the questions

AIRROC launches expedited binding arbitration procedure for small claims

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 9 2009

The Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Run-Off Companies ("AIRROC") has announced the formal launch of the Dispute Resolution Procedure ("DRP"), an expedited binding arbitration procedure especially designed for small and less-complicated claims

FSA unveils a package to protect Payment Protection Insurance consumers

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 7 2009

In our previous blogs on the Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) market, we discussed the Competition Commission's Final Report published on 29 January 2009 and the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) response

Connecticut Appellate Court affirms summary judgment in favor of insurer due to insured’s failure to cooperate

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 7 2009

The Connecticut Appellate Court recently affirmed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurer based on its determination that the insured breached the insurance policy’s cooperation clause by failing to provide copies of requested tax returns

Court finds that New York law governs reinsurance agreement, denies insured’s statutory claim for punitive damages and penalties against reinsurer

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 6 2009

Plaintiff Callon Petroleum Company ("Callon") commenced an action against National Indemnity Company ("NICO") to recover for a judgment Callon obtained against NICO’s cedent, Frontier Insurance Company ("Frontier"

European Commission pushes ahead with stronger financial supervision in Europe

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • October 6 2009

The European Commission announced on 23 September 2009 the adoption of legislative proposals to strengthen financial supervision in Europe in the wake of the global financial crisis

Massachusetts investigates rating of life settlements

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 5 2009

The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, William Galvin, recently announced an investigation into how credit rating agencies evaluate and rate the securitization of life settlements (i.e. life insurance policies sold by the insured to a third party