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The trial in the case of Corbin & King v Axa, the outcome of which is eagerly anticipated by insurers and would-be business interruption claimants alike, came to a close on Wednesday.
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A New Year. A fresh start. Resolutions decided and hopes of a better – the best – version of me to come. Isn’t this how every year starts and yet how easy is it to do this? Most of us might change one thing or just take steps towards changing one thing but to make wholesale changes is difficult.
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Intelligence: Insuring the growing US cannabis market
Last year Malta became the first European nation to legalise cannabis after the United Nations reclassified the drug to recognise its therapeutic uses and – with other EU countries looking to follow suit – Post spoke to the specialists striving to meet the insurance needs of the fast-expanding US legal cannabis market to see what insurance lessons can be learned
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AIG celebrates #WorldReligionDay
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