Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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WASA INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE CO AGF INSURANCE LTD v LEXINGTON INSURANCE CO

[2009] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 508

HOUSE OF LORDS

Before Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, Lord Mance and Lord Collins of Mapesbury

Reinsurance — Facultative policy — Insurers covering liability against pollution losses for three-year period — Reinsurance taken out on same terms and conditions for 36 months — US courts ruling that insurers were liable for losses going back many years — Whether reinsurers liable to indemnify reinsured — Back-to-back cover — Meaning of deductible clause.

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