LLR: Insurance & Reinsurance Plus

THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY HISCOX ACTION GROUP v ARCH INSURANCE (UK) LTD ARGENTA SYNDICATE MANAGEMENT LTD ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE INSURANCE PLC MS AMLIN UNDERWRITING LTD HISCOX INSURANCE CO LTD QBE UK LTD ARCH INSURANCE (UK) LTD v FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY

Insurance (business interruption) – Covid-19 – Notifiable disease – National lockdown – Whether business interruption policy extensions responded to loss.

[2021] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 1

HERCULITO MARITIME LTD AND OTHERS v GUNVOR INTERNATIONAL BV AND OTHERS (THE “POLAR”)

General average – Vessel kidnapped and held to ransom by pirates in Gulf of Aden – Shipowners paying ransom for release of vessel – Shipowners seeking to recover ransom payment from bill of lading holders as general average contribution – Charterparty providing for charterers to pay premiums for war risks and kidnap and ransom insurance – Whether relevant charterparty provisions incorporated into bills of lading – Whether shipowners precluded from recovering contribution from bill of lading holders.

[2021] Lloyd's Rep. IR Plus 4