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Policyholder Insurance Highlights 2017
Read our assessment of the key lessons for insurance policyholders from last year’s top cases.This unique publication focuses on business implications …
Be specific when it comes to project insurance
A recent decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court reminds us of importance of carefully documenting the intended relationships and hierarchy between …
Policyholder recovers agreed value of loss despite potential for ‘over-compensation’
The NSW Supreme Court has allowed a policyholder to recover an agreed value of loss, notwithstanding that it may have been ‘over-compensated’ for the …
Policyholders may still secure cover despite non-disclosure
If a policyholder fails to disclose information they could reasonably be expected to know to be relevant to the risk for which they are seeking …
Take care when it comes to policy conditions
Australian Courts have previously made clear that there is a heavy burden of proof and a number of obstacles for an insurer to decline a claim on the …
Insurer’s poor punctuation helps claimant to secure coverage
Comma sense prevails, as a recent decision of the NSW Court of Appeal1 reminds us of the importance of grammatical accuracy and a Court’s tendency to …
Policyholder Insurance Highlights 2016
Read our assessment of the key lessons for insurance policyholders from last year’s top cases.This unique publication focuses on business implications …
Life Insurance Remuneration Bill passes Parliament
On 9 February 2017, the Corporations Amendment (Life Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Bill 2016 (Cth) (Bill) finally passed both Houses without …
Proposed NSW legislation to abolish statutory charge and clarify policyholder’s right to defence costs
Current legislation in NSW, which is mirrored in the ACT and NT, allows a third party claimant to obtain a statutory charge over the proceeds of a …
Good news for D&O policyholders on defence costs - Australian position on Bridgecorp clarified
The NSW Court of Appeal has handed down its much anticipated decision concerning whether parties making a claim against directors and officers can assert …
Premature claim and double insurance thwart policyholder
Cautionary tale for policyholders on double insuranceThe New South Wales Court of Appeal has recently affirmed a decision handed down last year1 in which …
Policyholder again recovers loss caused by its own negligence
In brief A policyholder has successfully appealed against a decision from last year in which an insurer denied coverage on grounds that the damage was …
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