Past Events
Note: Handouts and supporting materials for most of these events are accessible on the "lecture scripts" page (members only - log in and password required).
Friday January 20, 2012
Speakers: Julian Burling, Serle Court, Jacquetta Castle, Fishburns LLP and Helen Ashenden, Lloyd's
Topic: "London Market Issues: Leaders, Followers and Layers"
FRIDAY, December 9, 2011
Speaker: Mel Stein, visiting Professor in Sports Law at Coventry University and James Davies, Managing Director of W & P Longreach
Topic: "A Perfect Match? Insurance and Sport"
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2011
Speaker: Dr Judith P Summer
Topic: "The Financial Ombudsman Service; the future of Insurance dispute resolution."
An introduction to and explanation of the Financial Ombudsman Service ("FOS")system, its aims and values including the overriding requirement to make decisions which are "fair and reasonable", how codes of practice fit into the legal and FOS systems and the effect of recent caselaw and incoming legislation.
Dr Summer is the 2011 Winner of the BILA Book Prize for her book "Insurance Law and The Financial Ombudsman Service" published by Lloyd'sList/Informa Law
BILA HALF DAY CONFERENCE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 14, 2011
Participants from Lloyd's; the CEA, the FSA, EIOPA, Deloitte LLP and Aviva Life will be speaking on:
Session 1: Solvency II: 400 days to D Day - Burning Issues
Session 2: Solvency II: Practical Implementation
After a refreshment break participants from Serle Court, BIPAR, EIOPA, Lockton Companies LLP, CEA, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP and the LIIBA will be speaking on:
Session 3: Insurance Mediation Directive - Developments
Session 4: Transparency, Conflicts of Interest and Broker Remuneration
Session 5 John Pruitt, Co Chair, Insurance Regulatory Practice, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP will present a US perspective on the issues
The Conference was followed by the Presentation of the BILA Book Prize
Friday 16 September, 2011
Professor Rob Merkin, BILA President, University of Southampton and Norton Rose LLP presents his
"Annual Insurance Law Review"
The presentation will consider the most important issues to emerge in the last year. These include: the remedies for misrepresentation; the nature of a fraudulent claim; post-contractual duties of brokers; coverage for catastrophic losses; the trigger for cover in liability policies; and causation.
Friday 22 July 2011
Speaker: James Blick, Senior Commercial Broker at The Judge
Topic: "Litigation Risk Transfer"
WEDNESDAY 22 June, 2011
BILA in Association with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) held a CYBER LIABILITY MOCK TRIAL followed by a GARDEN PARTY on Wednesday June, 22, 2011.
Full details of the event can be found here.
Participating were Ken Munro, Pen Test Partners, Rick Welch of ANV, Patrick Donnolley and David Nayler from Aon Financial Services Group, Jacquetta Castle, Fishburns, Christine Williams, Xchanging Claims Services. The Rt Hon Lord Justice Aikens presided over the Mock Trial held in Court 4 of the Royal Courts of Justice. Counsel representing the Policyholder and Insurers were Michael Douglas QC and James Leabeater - 4 Pump Court and Tom Weitzman QC and Nick Craig - 3 Verulam Buildings.
The event took place in three locations - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP's auditorium; Court 4 of the Royal Courts of Justice and the Garden at Gray's Inn for the Garden Party.
Friday 17 June, 2011
Topic: "The Bribery Act - are you ready?"
Speakers: Raj Parker, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and Chris Newby, General Counsel, Chartines Insurance UK Ltd
Friday 20 May 2011
Topic: "The Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami - Losses and Legal Issues"
Speakers: Richard Cook, Head of Reinsurance at Xchanging Claims Services and Daniel Saville, Legal Director of Reinsurance and Corporate Insurance at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
Friday April 15, 2011
A breakfast lecture commencing at 8.30am
Speakers: Glen James, Partner, Slaughter & May and Hugh Savill, Acting Director of Investment Affairs at the Association of British Insurers
Topic: The recent European Cout of Justice judgment on the "Test Achats" case on gender discrimination.
Monday March 21, 2011
An evening lecture commencing at 5.30pm which was followed by a drinks reception.
Speaker: Peter MacDonald Eggers of 7 King's Bench Walk
Topic: MASEFIELD and CENDOR MOPU: A FRESH LOOK AT LOSS UNDER THE MARINE INSURANCE ACT
"The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal have recently considered insurance law concepts of loss. In Cendor Mopu the Supreme Court reviewed the relationship between inherent vice and external perils. In Masefield v Amlin, the Court of Appeal examined total losses in the case of piratical seizure and ransom. What principles can be deduced from these decisions?"
FRIDAY March 18, 2011
Speaker: Jon Lawrence, Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Topic: "Competition law and challenges for the Subscription Market."
FRIDAY 18 February 2011 Insurance Contract Law Reform
Speakers: David Hertzell, Law Commissioner, John Hurrell, Chief Executive of AIRMIC, and Nick Starling, Director of Insurance and Health at the ABI
FRIDAY 14 January, 2011
Richard Jacobs QC of Essex Court gave a lecture on "The Bermuda Form and its Chamber of Secrets"
WEDNESDAY 8 December, 2010
Nigel Brook,and Philippe Ruttley, Partners at Clyde & Co gave a lecture on the topic of "Carpeted? - EU sanctions against Iran and their impact on Insurers" FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER, 2010
Speaker: Nicholas Davidson QC of 4 New Square
Topic of "What are the Circumstances?" finding out after Quinn"
FRIDAY 15 OCTOBER, 2010
BILA in association with The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) Half Day Conference.
"HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN: THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, THE DEMISE OF LEHMAN BROTHERS, AND THE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED"
SPEAKERS: Anthony Hilton, Evening Standard Business and Financial Commentator; Edward J Kirk, Partner, Clyde & Co, New York; Robert Purves of 3 Verulam Buildings; Professor Rob Merkin, University of Southampton and Norton Rose Group and Dan Schwarzmann, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
FRIDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER, 2010
Richard M. Mackowsky of Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia gave a lecture on the "Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe
He provided a Factual Overview, looked at the Stautory and Regulatory Framework and provided an overview of the First Party Insurance Issues - slides
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 a 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, 2009Topic:"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
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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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