GROUPAMA NAVIGATION ET TRANSPORTS CONTINENT SA MUTUELLES DU MANS ZURICH INTERNATIONAL FRANCE SA GIE GENERALI TRANSPORTS v CATATUMBO CA SEGUROS

[2000] Lloyd's Rep IR 434

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice David Steel

Reinsurance - Marine cover on Venezuelan risk including classification warranty - Warranty broken - Insurers liable under Venezuelan law - Facultative reinsurance on terms “as original” - Reinsurance governed by English law - Whether reinsurers bound by liability of insurers under Venezuelan law.