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Restatement of European insurance contract law

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • September 14 2009

On 11 September 2009 EAPD partner Helen Clark attended a conference hosted by the British Insurance Law Association (BILA) at which members of the Restatement of European Insurance Law Project Group presented the public launch of the Principles of European Insurance Contract Law (PEICL

European Commission publishes report on tying and other potentially unfair commercial practices in retail financial services

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • January 29 2010

On 15 January 2010, the Internal Market Directorate General of the European Commission published for consultation a paper by the Centre for European Policy Studies entitled "Tying and other potentially unfair commercial practices in the retail financial service sector"

Commission announces investigation into international group of P&I clubs

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • August 27 2010

On 26 August 2010, the European Commisson (the Commission) opened a competition investigation into the maritime insurance sector, in particular the agreements between the Protection & Indemnity (P&I) Clubs within the International Group of P&I Clubs (the International Group), a worldwide association of thirteen P&I Clubs

ECJ finds against AXA in VAT dispute

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • November 12 2010

In the recent case of AXA UK (Taxation) 2010 EUECJ C-17509, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) was asked by the UK Court of Appeal whether the service of passing payments from patients to dentists was exempted from VAT

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

Revised draft Block Exemption Regulation (BER) for insurance sector

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • October 19 2009

On 5 October the European Commission (the Commission) published its revised draft BER for the insurance sector

European ruling on VAT goes against reinsurers

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • November 12 2009

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recently released its judgment in the case of Swiss Re Germany Holding GmbH v Finanzamt München für Körperschaften, confirming that a transfer of a portfolio of life reinsurance contracts, outside of a business transfer, will be subject to value-added tax (VAT) at the standard rate

Third set of advice on Solvency II Level 2 implementing measures released

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • November 11 2009

On 2 November 2009, the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS) released its third set of advice on Solvency II Level 2 implementing measures

European insurers to undergo stress tests in December

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • November 12 2009

The Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS) has announced that it will run an EU-wide stress test for Europe's largest insurers during December

PERILS AG launches industry loss index service for European windstorm events

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • December 8 2009

We have reported previously on the formation of PERILS AG to collect and provide industry-wide European catastrophe insurance data