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London and Bermuda Newsletter

Autumn 2008

Sedgwick’s Autumn 2008 London & Bermuda Newsletter includes updates on recent insurance and reinsurance developments in Bermuda and the UK as well as discussion of a relevant US decision. We highlight a ruling of the English Commercial Court which confirms its willingness to take a commercial approach to the construction of insurance agreements. For Bermuda, we cover refinements to Bermuda market practice following the passing of the Insurance Amendment Act 2008 and introduction of a contract certainty code. We also look at a shift in the approach taken toward foreign shareholders in US securities actions in a decision with implications for D&O insurers.

Articles in this issue include:

• Foreign Purchasers of Securities Prevented From Bringing Claims in the US Courts
• Damages and Compensation — A Rose by Any Other Name?
• Courts Will Not Stay Proceedings Concerning Commutation Agreement
• Can a Court Order Disclosure of a Defendant’s Insurance Cover?
• Money Launderers and Terrorist Financiers: Beware
• Bermuda’s New Insurance Statute
• Bermuda Law on Rescission
• Culture Clash: Appointing a Third Arbitrator
• Bermuda Embraces Contract Certainty

Related People

Chudleigh, Mark
Foley, Chen
Heine, Eleanor L.
Miles, Nick

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