UK Supreme Court Rules Businesses Should Be Insured for COVID-19 Claims January 15, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Small businesses, from restaurants to nightclubs and wedding planners to beauty parlors, on Friday won the right to insurance payouts...
Insurers Using Counter-Intuitive Arguments to Escape COVID Liabilities: UK Regulator November 18, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Insurers are trying to escape liability for pandemic-related business losses with counter-intuitive arguments that go against the essential purpose of...
Insurers Tell UK Supreme Court They Cannot Provide Unlimited Cover During Pandemic November 16, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn and Kirstin Ridley Major insurance companies told the UK Supreme Court on Monday that thousands of small companies battered by the coronavirus pandemic...
English Court Blocks $6.6B Brazil Lawsuit Against Mining Firm BHP Over Burst Dam November 9, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley A 5.0 billion pound ($6.6 billion) English lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP has been struck out, in a blow...
UK Business Interruption Test Case to Get Fast-Track Appeal at Supreme Court October 5, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn A test case brought by Britain’s markets regulator against some of the world’s biggest insurers will jump straight to the...
UK COVID-19 Insurance Dispute Could Be Heading to Supreme Court as Talks Falter October 1, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Britain’s markets regulator said on Wednesday it had failed to strike a deal with major insurers over prompt payouts to...
UK Businesses Wait to See if Their Insurers Will Appeal COVID-19 Insurance Ruling September 16, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn LONDON — Murray Pulman says he is as tough as they come, but battles with his insurer have left him...
London Court Rules Some Insurers Should Not Have Denied Business Interruption Claims September 15, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn and Kirstin Ridley London judges have ruled that some of the world’s biggest insurers were wrong to reject tens of thousands of claims...
Miner BHP Calls $6.3B English Lawsuit over Brazil Dam Collapse ‘Pointless and Wasteful’ July 22, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Zandi Shabalala Anglo-Australian miner BHP has dismissed as pointless and wasteful a 5 billion pound ($6.3 billion) English lawsuit by 200,000 Brazilian...
Anglo-Australian Miner BHP Faces $6.3B Lawsuit in UK over 2015 Brazil Dam Disaster July 15, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley More than 200,000 Brazilian people and groups will next week kick off a 5 billion-pound ($6.3 billion) lawsuit against Anglo-Australian...