6/22/2026 3:01:06 PM What we heard at AIRMIC 2026: Key themes in insurance and risk management By Catherine Lewis Eleanor Ruiz Laura-May Scott Mark Pring Peter Hardy Thomas Morgan +3 more... Show less Earlier this month, Reed Smith attended the 2026 AIRMIC Annual Conference at the ICC in Birmingham. The conference, under the theme Back...
4/23/2026 11:45:39 AM COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance: The UK Supreme Court Confirms CJRS Furlough Payments Are Deductible By Claudia Gwinn Catherine Lewis Emily McMahan On 22 April 2026, the United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) handed down its unanimous judgment. In a decisive outcome for insurers, the...
4/20/2026 2:12:07 PM Covid-19 and business interruption insurance: a review of the leading English law authorities By Catherine Lewis Mahmuda Kamalee Over six years have passed since the first lockdown in March 2020, and insurance coverage disputes in relation to business interruption...
2/6/2026 2:25:37 PM Oceanus Capital v Lloyd’s Insurance Company: English law issues of causation, privity, and fortuity in MII cover for war risk losses By Catherine Lewis Eleanor Ruiz Claudia Gwinn The English courts are not often asked to consider cover under a mortgagees' interest insurance (MII) policy. In the recent decision of...
1/29/2026 10:50:37 AM Contis v Swipewallet: Court orders protective measures to supplement ATE insurance By Mark Pring Beth Zheng Case summary The Commercial Court’s decision in Contis Group Ltd v Swipewallet Holdings Ltd[1] illustrates the Court’s approach (in a...
1/13/2026 7:18:06 PM The UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill – Policyholder Implications By Peter Hardy Eleanor Ruiz Claudia Gwinn The Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (the Bill) was introduced to Parliament on 12 November 2025. It...
12/17/2025 10:16:36 PM Is There Insurance Coverage for Tariffs? By Nicholas Insua Richard Lewis We have heard this question, on repeat, for most of the last year. And now, during what is for many of us present-buying season, we are...
12/9/2025 10:47:21 PM Stopping the Shrink: The Eighth Circuit Holds Soot Can Cause Direct Physical Loss or Damage, Stemming the Tide of COVID-19 Insurance Law Jurisprudence By Nicholas Insua Richard Lewis About a year ago, we wrote about property insurance coverage shrinking as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We focused on how the near...
10/31/2025 3:43:34 PM The Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010: 2025 Decisions By Eleanor Ruiz Claudia Gwinn Brodie Edmead The Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010: 2025 Decisions The Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 (the 2010 Act)...
9/2/2025 5:42:04 PM Billions at Stake: The Growing Financial Impact of Operational Technology Cyber Risk By Emily McMahan Laura-May Scott The 2025 Operational Technology Security Financial Risk Report issued this month by Dragos in collaboration with Marsh McLennan provides...
8/27/2025 5:58:53 PM Pause, Pay, or Proceed: Statute of Limitations and Filing Suit After the LA Wildfires By Keith Meyer Kya Coletta On January 7, 2025, wildfires raced across Los Angeles, forcing families to evacuate and leave their belongings and heirlooms behind....
8/22/2025 3:44:18 PM Court of Appeal Clarifies War Risks Policy Exclusions and the Duty of Fair Presentation By Thomas Morgan Mark Pring In a victory for policyholders, the Court of Appeal’s decision in Delos Shipholding SA & Ors v Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty SE...
8/12/2025 5:09:30 PM The contingent duty to indemnify By Timothy Law An insurance company’s defense obligation carries with it a conditional obligation to indemnify in the event the policyholder is held...
7/18/2025 7:47:29 PM The made-whole doctrine and deductibles By Timothy Law Esther Kim The made-whole doctrine (also known as the make-whole doctrine or the full compensation rule) is an equitable principle requiring a...
7/8/2025 2:29:20 PM Navigating Uncertainty: The Iran-Israel conflict, emerging risks and insurance implications By Peter Hardy Laura-May Scott Emerging risks In the current geopolitical environment, the conflict involving Iran presents risks that reverberate far beyond the...
7/1/2025 3:36:19 PM Navigating cyber risk By Eleanor Ruiz Reed Smith recently attended the Airmic Annual Conference 2025 in Liverpool as a Marketplace Partner and, in the wake of a series of...