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FACULTY FOCUS

London Market Faculty

A centre of excellence and best practice for the London insurance market

The London Market Faculty is a market forum managed by experts in the London market combined with direction and support from the CII. It is for everyone who works in the market no matter what their level of experience. It aims to promote efficiency and improvement in practice among those engaged in the market. It will encourage progression to qualified status and provide information, events, seminars and guidance on maintaining competence and good practice.

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Technical Focus | Regulatory News | Legal Digest | CII Faculty Xpress | Professional Pointers (2006–2008) | Newsletter (2004–2005) | Presentations (2004–2005) | Also on this site ...


Technical Focus

For earlier articles see Professional Pointers.

NO 1 (MARCH 2008)
Data protection risks and outsourcing
By Emily Freeman
Executive director for technology and media risks, Lockton International

NO 2 (MAY 2008)
Will the professional indemnity and directors' and officers' markets catch a cold from the liquidity crisis?
By Andrew Wallin
Practice leader for professional risks, Oxygen Insurance Brokers
and Calvin Barnes
Practice leader for management risks, Oxygen Insurance Brokers

SPECIAL ISSUE (JUNE 2008)
Senior management responsibilities: the FSA’s new approach to pursuing enforcement action against approved persons
By Nathan Willmott
Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

NO 3 (JULY 2008)
The role of mediation in insurance and reinsurance disputes
By Adrian Ballardie, BSc (Hons), ACII, ACIArb
Chief underwriting officer, Tokio Marine Global Ltd

NO 4 (SEPTEMBER 2008)
Windstorm history and loss potential in Florida
By TJ Hayday, BA, MBA, FCII
Manager, professional standards, Lloyd's Market Association

NO 5 (NOVEMBER 2008)
The aviation insurance market
By Graham Barden
Aviation managing director, Lockton International

 

Regulatory News

For earlier news see Professional Pointers.

No 1 (February 2008)

No 2 (March 2008)

No 3 (April 2008)

No 4 (May 2008)

No 5 (June 2008)

No 6 (July 2008)

No 7 (August 2008)

No 8 (September 2008)

No 9 (October 2008)

 

Legal Digest

This series of legal articles is being published in association with all of the CII's general insurance faculties. The following articles are published in association with the London Market Faculty. For a full list of articles click here.

NO 10 (MARCH 2008)
Wilful misconduct under contractors' all risks policy
CA Blackwell (Contracts) Ltd v Gerling Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG
Court of Appeal 16 November 2007
Contractors' all risks – wilful misconduct – defect exclusion

NO 19 (APRIL 2008)
Reinsurers pay to clean up
Wasa International Insurance Company Limited v Lexington Insurance Company
Court of Appeal 29 February 2008
Reinsurance – back-to-back – "as original"

NO 25 (MAY 2008)
Joint names insurance: relief from liability?
Tyco Fire and Integrated Solutions (UK) Ltd v Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd
Court of Appeal 2 April 2008
Construction – joint names insurance – negligence

NO 29 (JUNE 2008)
Why collective redress is the next big thing (again)
Law reform – collective redress – class actions

NO 30 (JULY 2008)
Breach of claims co-operation clause may lead to discharge of liability
Lexington Insurance Company and others v Multinacional de Seguros SA
First instance 23 May 2008
Reinsurance – claims co-operation – breach

NO 34 (AUGUST 2008)
Equitas wins on jurisdiction dispute
Equitas Ltd v Allstate Insurance Company
First instance 17 July 2008
Forum shopping – exclusive jurisdiction – choice of law clauses

NO 38 (SEPTEMBER 2008)
US services of suit and London arbitration clause: where to sue
Ace Capital Ltd v CMS Energy Corporation
First instance Commerical Court

Jurisdiction – anti-suit injunction – arbitration

NO 40 (OCTOBER 2008)
Efficacy of London arbitration clauses dealt a blow by the ECJ
Allianz SpA and Others v West Tankers Inc (C-185/07)
Advocate general's opinion 4 September 2008

London arbitration clause – anti-suit injunction – European law

NO 44 (NOVEMBER 2008)
Business insurance law reform: summary of responses to the law commissions' proposals
Business insurance – law commissions – law reform

 

CII Faculty Xpress

A monthly newsletter e-mailed to members by the London Market Faculty.

No 1 (March 2008)
PDF version

No 2 (April 2008)
PDF version

No 3 (May 2008)
PDF version

No 4 (June 2008)
PDF version

No 5 (July 2008)
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No 6 (August 2008)
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No 7 (September 2008)
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No 8 (October 2008)
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Also on this site …

Members of the faculty have access to a wide range of online technical information as a benefit of membership. The following is just a selection; for a complete guide to what is available see our home page. All members also have access to one of the largest insurance libraries in the world, the CII library.

Fact files

Fact-packed, up to date and easy to digest, our series of technical fact files includes the following London market-related titles:

Catastrophe losses
E-commerce risks
Flood risks and insurance
Fraudulent claims
Insurance requirements in construction contracts
London market reform
Piracy
Recent developments in reinsurance law
The civil justice reforms
The professional liability of insurance brokers
The regulation of general insurance and protection business


Market data

This collection of key statistics includes data on premium income, employment, spending and other aspects of insurance.

Global web directory

This directory lists, categorises and describes over a thousand websites from all over the world focusing on insurance, risk and related financial services.

Knowledge gateway

A gateway to published material, whether online or printed - books, reports, journal articles, websites, online documents etc. Click here to search the whole gateway, or browse these special links:

London market in general (books)
London market in general (articles)
London market in general (online documents)
Lloyd's (recent books)
Lloyd's (recent articles)
Lloyd's (online documents)
Contract certainty
Lloyd's reform
London Market Principles


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