Past Events

 

Tuesday 22 June, 2010

BILA held a Mock Mediation in the Main Hall, Inner Temple, which was followed by a Garden Party and Barbecue

Full details of the Mock Mediation and the cast of mediators, counsel and insurers can be found here

Tuesday 8 June, 2010

Topic: Mutual Suspicion or Mutual Duty of Good Faith

Speaker: David Hertzell, Commissioner, Law Commission - slides

Should the policyholder be entitled to damages where the insurer has refused to pay a valid claim, or has only paid after considerable delay and how far is the insurer's unjustified delay to pay a claim in breach of the duty of good faith? How far does the post contractual duty of good faith extend to the insured and what are the implications for the insurer and the insured, particularly in cases of fraud?

David Hertzell, Law Commissioner, presented on  the Law Commissions' Issues paper 6 on Damages for Late Payment and the Insurer's Duty of Good Faith and also discussed issues arising out of the Law Commissions' forthcoming Issues paper on the Insured's duty to act in good faith after the contract has been formed. See the Law Commission's project webpage for Issues paper 6 and for other projects http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/insurance_contract.htm

Friday 21 May, 2010

Topic: "Developments in the Chinese Insurance sector and other parts of the Far East"

Speaker: Lea-Anne Lee, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hong Kong 

Friday 16 April, 2010

Speaker: Lawrence Pollack of JAMS, Mediation, Arbitration and ADR Services

Topic:  "The Duty to Defend under US Law; when to Hold and when to Fold"

Friday 19 March, 2010

Topic: Conducting claims from the claimant's perspective

Speaker: David Greene of Edwin Coe

Monday 8 March, 2009

BILA Half Day Conference

"Lloyd's inside out: Fifteen years of transformation"

Speakers: Greg Carter - Fitch, Tony Brooke-Taylor - FSA, Philip Hertz - Clifford Chance, Sean McGovern - Lloyd's, Tom Bolt - Lloyd's and Julian Burling - Lloyd's

Friday 26 February, 2010

Speaker: Robert Purves of 3 Verulam Buildings

Topic:  "Current developments in the regulation of insurance business"

Monday 8 February, 2009

BILA EVENING LECTURE AND DRINKS RECEPTION

Rt Hon Lord Justice Aikens presented lecture entitled :

"The Post Contractual Duty of Good Faith: Is there a problem that needs a solution?''

This was followed by a drinks reception

MONDAY 25 January, 2010

Speaker: Mark Hoban MP - Shadow Treasury Minister

Mark spoke on the Conservative Party Policy White Paper "From Crisis to Confidence: Plan for Sound Banking" as it is relevant to Insurance Companies, Insurers and Intermediaries

FRIDAY 11 December, 2009

Topic: "Insurance aggregators / comparison websites

What do they do and how are they regulated?  Specific issues to be discussed are; agency; applicable ICOBS rules; disclosure requirements, data protection; conflicts of interest and VAT."

Speakers: Victor Fornasier of Lovells, Conor Ward of Lovells, Graeme Trudgill of BIBA and Shradha Patel from the ABI 

FRIDAY 20, NOVEMBER, 2009 

Kent Chaplin, Head of Claims at Lloyd's, presented a talk on the forthcoming:

"Lloyd's Claims Transformation Programme

FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER, 2009

David Hertzell of the Law Commission discussed the follow topic:

"Insurance Law Reform - the new term begins"

Consumer Insurance - Law Reform or yet more regulation?
Micro Businesses - response to consultation
Damages for late payment - Preliminary views

BILA's Half Day Conference 

Friday September 11, 2009 

BILA welcomed members of the Restatement of European Insurance Law Project Group who  presented the public launch of the Restatement of European Insurance Contract Law.

Speakers: Dr Malcolm Clarke, Prof. Dr Helmut Heiss and Prof. Dr Herman Cousy. Papers will be available in the Members section

Professor Rob Merkin presented his Update on Insurance Law and this was followed by the presentation of the BILA Book Prize to Dr Adolfo Paolini and Deepak Nambisan for their work entitled "Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance" - Informa 2009.

Friday September 4, 2009

Alistair Schaff QC of 7 KBW presented a talk on the recent House of Lord's decision on WASA vs Lexington 

Tuesday 9 June, 2009

BILA Half Day Conference "Rogues and Rotters....."   followed by the BILA President's Dinner. The papers and slides from this event may be found in the Events section of the Members area

Friday 15 May, 2009

Topic: "Watching Australian insurance law for fun and profit - a duet on a trio of area"

Speakers: Peter Mann and Fred Hawke, Partners in the firm of Clayton Utz

Friday 24 April, 2009

Topic: "Directors of banks: the interaction between duty and liability from a D and O perspective"

Speakers: Professor Adolfo Paolini - University of Buckingham and Deepak Nambisan of Fountain Court Chambers

Half Day Conference

Tuesday 31 March, 2009

BILA in conjunction with the Law Commission held a joint seminar on Insurance Contract Law Reform entitled

"RESPONSE to CONSULTATION and NEW ISSUES"

The seminar was chaired by the Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Rix and the panel included David Hertzell, Law Commissioner, Rob Merkin, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Southampton, Bob Britton, Chairman of the LMA Law Reform Committee, Charlotte Taggart, General Counsel 0f Lockton Companies International Ltd and Paul Hopkin of AIRMIC.

The slides from the Conference may be found in the Events section of the Members area

Monday 16 March, 2009 - Birmingham

BILA in conjunction with the BIBA West Midlands Liability and Consequential Loss Society will be hosting a lecture in Birmingham.

Speaker: David Hertzell from the Law Commission supported by a panel including Julian Burling, BILA Chairman 

Friday 13 March, 2009

Topic:"Period clauses in reinsurance contracts - losses occurring and risks attaching"

Speaker: David Foxton QC of Essex Court

Friday 13 February, 2009

Topic: Current insurance priorities of the EU; not least Solvency II

Speaker: Alastair M Evans, Head, Government Policy and Affairs, Lloyd's General Counsel's Division

Friday 16 January, 2009

Topic: "The Employers Liability Policy Trigger Litigation"

Speakers: Howard Palmer QC and Sonia Nolten of 2 Temple Gardens

Friday 12 December, 2008

Topic: HLB Kidsons vs Lloyd's Underwriters

Speaker:  Gavin Kealey QC of 7 King's Bench Walk

FRIDAY November 21, 2008

Topic:  "With Profits" -  a law free zone?"

Speakers: Clare Spottiswoode the Norwich Union Policyholder Advocate will be joined by Mark Wood, CEO of Paternoster UK

FRIDAY October 17, 2008

Topic: "Is it "Game Over" for loss of a chance"?

Speaker: Jalil Asif of Four New Square

 12 September, 2008

BILA Half Day Conference and Annual General Meeting 

The programme for the Conference may be found here

Location: Lloyd's Old Library

Monday 23 June, 2008

BILA Half Day Conference

"In Times of Hardship..." current Insurance Law issues in a world of economic downturn - to view the full programme please click here

Location: Lloyd's Old Library

The Conference was followed by an FDCC Cocktail Reception and the BILA Presidents' Dinner

Location: Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn

Menu and order of events for the evening please click here

AIDA EUROPE CONFERENCE MAY, 23 2008

The AIDA Europe Conference  took place on Friday May 23, 2008, at the Park Hyatt, Hamburg. Details of the programme can be found by clicking here . 

Friday 18 April, 2008

Topic: "Where and by whose rules? Making international insurance and reinsurance dispute resolution provisions work for you."

Speakers: Raymond Cox QC and Marcus Smith of Fountain Court Chambers (and co-authors with Louise Merrett of "Private International Law of Reinsurance and Insurance")

Friday 14 March, 2008

Topic: "Insurable Interest"

David Hertzell from The Law Commission will be presenting the issues paper on "Insurable Interest" and seeking debate and responses from attendees

The paper can be found by clicking here

Friday 8 February, 2008

Topic: "Equitas - From Birth to Berkshire"

Speaker: Scott Moser, Chief Executive Officer of Resolute Management Services Ltd

Friday 18th January, 2008

Topic: "Construction Insurance"

Speaker: Nigel Jones QC of Hardwicke Building

Location: Old Library, Lloyd's

Friday 7 December, 2007

Lunchtime Lecture 

Topic: "An Inconvenient Truth in Lending: Subprime Mortgage Woes Spread"

Speakers: Adam Barker, Partner in the London Office and John Blancett, Partner in the New York Office, of Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold.

Friday 23 November, 2007

Lunchtime lecture

Topic: "Product Liability Litigation (incl pharmaceuticals) in the UK"

Speaker: Prash Popat and Charles Gibson QC of Henderson Chambers

Wednesday 14 November, 2007

MOCK TRIAL
before Lord Justice Rix

BILA in conjunction with the Law Commission hosted a MOCK TRIAL before Lord Justice Rix in the Lord Chief Justice's Court, Royal Courts of Justice, on Wednesday 14 November, 2007 commencing at 5.00 p.m. 
Counsel, Jonathan Hirst QC of Brick Court Chambers and Jeremy Stuart-Smith QC of 4 New Square, argued a non-disclosure case based on the law as it may be after reforms proposed by the Law Commission. They were assisted by junior counsel, Stephen Midwinter of Brick Court and Neil Hext of 4 New Square. Walter Merricks and Reg Brown acted the roles of expert witnesses. 

Friday 12 October, 2007

Lunchtime Lecture

"Developing Market Practice"

David Gittings CEO of the Lloyd's Market Association (LMA) and members of his team, Martin Roberts, Tim Willcock and Rob Gillies will be talking on Lloyd's Minimum Standards, the new Market Reform Contract, Electronic Claims Files and electronic placing. 

Friday 14 September, 2007

BILA HALF DAY ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Location: Old Library, Lloyd's

"Three's a crowd - confidentiality between Insurer, Insured and Lawyer" 
Charles Phipps, Barrister, 4 New Square

  "Flooding:coverage and loss recovery issues" 
Simon Cooper, Barlow, Lyde & Gilbert and David Roberts, Cunningham Lindsey

 "The Spread of Class/Collective actions in Europe" 
 Dr Christopher Hodges, University of Oxford 

 "Solvent Schemes/Part VII Transfers"
Panel discussion with Julian Burling, Lloyd's, David Steinberg, Clifford Chance, Vivien Tyrrell, Kendall Freeman

Thursday 5th July 2007

The Sir Maurice Bathurst Memorial Lecture

Given by Lord Justice Rix and entitled

"Which serves the market - arbitration. litigation or mediation 
or none of the above"

Thursday 24 May and Friday 25 May, 2007

The Colloquium

"Is Insurance Law Adapting to the 21st Century"
Location: The Great Hall, CII, Aldermanbury, London, EC2V 7HY

Programme: "The Colloquium"

Thursday 24 May, 2007

Presidents Dinner Location: Middle Temple Hall: Drinks from  6 p.m. followed by the President's Dinner

After Dinner Speaker is:  Rt Rev Lord (Richard) Harries of Pentregarth, former Bishop of Oxford, Thought for the Day contributor and member, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

 

Friday 30 March, 2007

Lunchtime Lecture

 "Taking Cover - Insurance, Reinsurance and the Impact of Terrorism"

Tim Hardy, a partner in the Reinsurance & International Risk team of Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, will provide a legal review of the current international perspective of coverage issues involving terrorism and related risks.
Monday 19 March, 2007

Lunchtime Lecture

A  joint BILA and West Midlands Liability and Consequential Loss Society lecture

Speaker: Dr Digby Jess of Exchange Chambers who will be speaking on the topic

of Insurance of Professional Indemnity Risks

Tuesday 20 February, 2007

Launch of Issue Paper 3

Professor Hugh Beale QC's presentation is entitled 

"Pre-Contractual information and Intermediaries"

Friday 16 February, 2007

Lunchtime Lecture

Speaker: Martyn Day, Senior Partner, Leigh Day & Co

Topic: "Injury Claims - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

Friday 19th January 2007

Lunchtime Lecture

Speaker: David Foxton QC

"Negligent Underwriting - the position after Bonner v Cox"

Wednesday 13th December, 2006

Lunchtime Lecture
Michael McLaren QC and John Balfour, Partner, Clyde & Company will share the platform.
Michael McLaren QC will speak on
"Air Cargo Claims: issues of multi-model carriage"
and John Balfour will speak on 
"Disabled passengers and carriage by air"

Friday 24th November 2006

Lunchtime Lecture

Financial Ombudsman Service - friend or foe?

Jonathan Davies, Partner, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP and David Thomas, Corporate Director and Principal Ombudsman, Financial Ombudsman Service, will debate the motion. 

Friday 20th October 2006

Lunchtime Lecture

"Curbing Compensation Culture: Enter the Regulator"

Speaker: Mark Boleat, Head of Claims Management Regulation at the Department of Constitutional Affairs.

Friday 15th September 2006

Half-day Conference & AGM

9.15am (Conference)

12.45pm (AGM)

Tuesday 11th July 2006

Does English law support or hinder the London insurance market?
A debate with legal and market contributions
chaired by Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Reg Brown

In the Lord Chief Justice's Court (Court 4), Royal Courts of Justice

 

Friday 28th April 2006

Lunchtime Lecture

Justice Neville Owen, HIH Royal Commissioner
Defects in the defences: idle musings on an insurance implosion. The collapse of the HIH Insurance Group

Friday 17th March 2006

Professor F D Rose

The Centenary of the Marine Insurance Act 1906

 

Thursday 26th January 2006

Seminar and President's Dinner

Legal and Market Implications of Hurricane Katrina

 

Thursday 19th January 2006

Insurance Contract Law Reform

BILA-Law Commission Meeting

 

Friday 4th November 2005

Contribution between co-contractors

Paul Darling QC

 

Friday 14th October 2005

Fraud - blink and it's gone

Michael Pooles QC

 

Friday 7th October 2005

Defective Windows and Dodgy Mincemeat: What amounts to 'Damage to Property' for product liability cover?

Andrew Prynne QC

 

Friday 16th September 2005

Half Day Conference and AGM

Bill Marcoux, LeBoeuf Lamb
Responding to Enforcement actions - your first three steps matter.

Christopher Henley, Debevoise & Plimpton
Author, The Law of Insurance Broking (2nd ed; Sweet & Maxwell)
The Principles of Principals - The Broker's Role post-Spitzer

Roger Stewart QC, 4 New Square
Financial Reinsurance: Is the pain worth any gain?

Mark Solomon, Lerach Coughlin, San Diego (ex Milberg Weiss)
Anecdotal Nonsense Aside - What is wrong with Class Actions?

 

Thursday 30 June 2005

Mock Trial in The Lord Chief Justice's Court, Royal Courts of Justice

The Case for Bad Faith Damages in English Insurance Law

Before Sir Christopher Staughton, Sir Philip Otton and Mr Adrian Hamilton QC

Lord Justice Thomas moderating

Counsel:
Robert Moxen-Browne QC, 2 Temple Gardens
William Wood QC, Brick Court Chambers

Juniors:
Alison Green, 2 Temple Gardens
Siobán Healy, 7 Kings Bench Walk

Expert Witnesses:
Bill McVisk, Johnson & Bell
Michael Leahy, Haight, Brown and Bonesteel
Mike Earp, WR Berkley
Walter Merricks, Chief Financial Ombudsman
Bill Rendall, Head of Underwriting and Claims, Lloyd's Market Association and formerly Active Underwriter of RJ Kiln

Monday 23 May 2005

Afternoon Seminar in conjunction with Phillips Fox

Liability Law Reform
The Australian Experience; The International Perspective

Reg Brown
Michael Gill, Phillips Fox
Michael Down, Phillips Fox
Rick Murray, Swiss Re
David Constable, Limit Underwriting

 

Monday 16 May 2005

Joint British Insurance Law Association and Biba West Midlands Region Liability Society Lunchtime Lecture

How the FOS view of liability has changed

Walter Merricks, Chief Financial Services Ombudsman

 

Friday 29 April 2005

Professional Negligence Update

Mark Simpson, Barrister

 

Friday 11 February 2005

Legal & Insurance Implications of the US clergy sexual abuse litigation

Michael Leahy, Haight Brown & Bonesteel

 

Friday 21 January 2005 1pm

Art Insurance:
a legal and an underwriting perspective

David Scully (Underwriting Director, Axa Art Insurance)
Susie Collier (Claims Manager, Axa Art Insurance)
Bill Perry (Partner, Charles Russell)

 

Thursday 27 January 2005

Joint BILA/FDCC Afternoon Conference 

D&O Insurance and Corporate Governance
followed by President’s Dinner
Hosted by Lord Justice Thomas

 

Thursday 9 December 2004

Joint Society of Advanced Legal Studies/BILA Evening Lecture

Framing the insurer’s post-contractual duty of good faith

Phillip Rawlings and John Lowry, UCL

 

Friday 3 December 2004

Resolving insurance disputes: the Ombudsman’s role

Walter Merricks, Chief Financial Services Ombudsman

 

Friday 12 November 2004

Follow foreign judgments – why CU v NRG Victory is wrong

Gavin Kealey QC

 

Friday 22 October 2004

Corporate Fraud
Scams, laundries and other ways to lose money

Patricia Howse, Serious Fraud Office

 

Thursday 30 September 2004

Joint Society of Advanced Legal Studies/BILA Evening Lecture

Insurable Interest: Past, Present and Future

James Davey, Cardiff Law School

 

 
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