Southern Coverage Symposium 2023

The session will invite the audience to reflect on different types of coverage disputes that often arise, under the headings of Underwriting at Claims Stage, Breach of Policy Terms, and Scope of Cover disagreements. It will discuss the issues that often need to be resolved in relation to those three dispute types, and the challenges that they present in maintaining the triangular commercial relationships between broker, policyholder, and insurer. Finally, the session will look at different approaches to resolving those issues, and suggest strategies for doing so in a way that minimises relationship damage.

David Pryce

• An update on recent insurance cases addressing the English Court’s approach to anti-suit injunctions and jurisdiction provisions;
• A round up of COVID business interruption decisions from a number of jurisdictions around the world; and
• A recent decision that provides helpful insight into how the Courts deal with insurance claims for sums due under a settlement agreement – Technip Saudi Arabia Ltd v Mediterranean and Gulf Cooperative Insurance and Reinsurance Company.

Daniel Robin

Toby Nabarro

A Panel discussion on ATE legal expenses insurance & litigation funding: how they can assist policyholders to pursue large-scale coverage disputes, and their impact on how the litigation is run.

Moderated by Jonathan Corman (Fenchurch Law), the panel will comprise representatives from the ATE and litigation funding sectors as well as Michael Robin (Fenchurch Law) who has litigated numerous cases involving these products.

Tets Ishikawa – Lionfish Litigation Funding

Matthew Pascal – Temple Legal Protection

Jonathan Corman

Michael Robin

A Panel Discussion on the Cyber Insurance Market including considering what the English Courts and London Market can learn from recent Cyber litigation in the US. Daniel Robin will moderate the panel which will include Fenchurch Law’s Managing Partner David Pryce, Celso De Azevedo a leading Cyber Barrister and Shannan Fort a Cyber Broker at Mcgill and Partners.

Celso De Azevedo – Enterprise Chambers

Shannan Fort – McGill and Partners

Dru Corfield

Daniel Robin

A Panel discussion on emerging construction risks and the market’s reaction to them.

• Hot topics in the sector include modern methods of construction (pre fab); cladding (Building Safety Act); and proximate cause(s) of loss
• We will be focussing on their impact on aggregation, scope of cover and policy exclusions.

Michael Levenstein – Gatehouse Chambers

Donald Canavan – Hurd Rolland Architects

Joanna Grant

Amy Lacey