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Beazley's Catherina MacCabe on the mounting pressure on D&Os
Directors and officers are coming under ever closer scrutiny as pressure is mounting to comply with gender, cyber and environmental requirements, explains Catherina MacCabe, head of the International Management Liability focus group at Beazley.
This Week in Post: cars and courts
As Britain is basking in glorious summer, the sun is also shining on the motor insurance market.
Chubb files UK lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein
Chubb has filed a further lawsuit against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, arguing that it should not have to pay out for his public liability cover as his insurance policies are void.
CPD module - GDPR: Legal Update: How the GDPR is going to change the lives of insurers
Insurers will face stricter data rules but these may help them grow the cyber market, write Mark Estafanous and Kate Payne, solicitor and partner at Elborne Mitchell.
Risk management: Analysis: Intellectual property: Creative cover
The significance of intellectual property risks has not translated into a large demand for IP insurance policies - yet.
Risk management: Analysis: Councils: Local challenges
Local government insurance has to deal with emerging risks. How is it adapting as competition increases?
Risk management: Economy 4.0 - Learning to share
The on-demand, sharing and digital sectors - often called Economy 4.0 - bring new risks and challenges for the insurance industry.
Das v Asplin: Defence begins to close its case
The defence has begun to close its arguments in the ongoing trial between Das UK and ex-CEO Paul Asplin and others.
The Post Claims Awards 2018: Full list of winners
Who won what at the 2018 Post Claims Awards held last night at the Royal Garden Hotel?
Blog: Dreamvar, the continuing nightmare for PI insurers?
Solicitors and their professional indemnity insurers are in effect underwriting the legitimacy of property transactions on a strict liability basis, following a recent court decision analysed by Phil Murrin, partner at DAC Beachcroft.
Lemonade to sue rival start-up over alleged plagiarism
Lemonade is suing its rival start-up One Insurance, over allegedly plagiarising aspects of the insurer's app.
Das v Asplin: Defence states its case in ongoing trial
Ex-CEO Asplin has pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy and fraud.
Brightside claim against former CFO and auditor ‘moving toward resolution’
Exclusive: A legal dispute between Brightside and its former co-founder Paul Chase Gardener was outlined in court on Friday.
Horwich Farrelly's tactics to ditch plastic
Horwich Farrelly has pledged to eliminate all single-use plastic items by 2020 and is encouraging its 750 employees to document creative ways to reduce their own plastic consumption. The two winners of an internal competition will be rewarded with a…
Blog: Rise of the robo-diagnosis
BLM partner Greg McEwen considers the liability implications of using artificial intelligence for medical diagnostics.
Hiscox's Tom Dixon on tactical litigation in tech
Tactical litigation is costly, underhand and rife within the technology sector, writes Tom Dixon, head of technology for Hiscox UK and Ireland, explaining how to help policyholders avoid it.
Insurers slam EU motor proposals incorporating Vnuk ruling
The UK insurance sector has criticised proposed changes to the Motor Insurance Directive, following the Vnuk ruling as being “unworkable and unfair”.
Hundreds of hip implant claims ditched as High Court rules not defective
The High Court has ruled that metal-on-metal hip implants are not defective, in one of the largest product liability group actions in recent years.
Analysis: Supply chains: Pruning supply risks
With supply chains entwined through businesses like ivy, disruption risks are climbing. Under-utilised policy wordings and little-known specialist covers haven’t weeded them out
Marsh's case against Marshmallow melts
Insurtech startup Marshmallow has won a legal dispute from broker Marsh over the use of its name.
Analysis: 2018: A space policy
The UK is contemplating liability options as it wants to allow satellite launches from its soil.
Beazley's Raf Sanchez on why GDPR will bring an increase of “non-material” damages claims
Organisations are likely to be faced with data privacy claims, predicts Raf Sanchez, international breach manager at Beazley, warning cyber cover is only part of the solution.
Blog: Vicarious liability's elastic boundaries continue to be stretched
Vicarious liability's elastic boundaries continue to be stretched, explains David Williams, insurance partner at DAC Beachcroft.