Legal

This week the team looks at the final throes of lawsuit activity connected to Irma claims and new entries into the A&H sector.

The legacy carrier opens for business after a regulatory rubber stamp.

The FCA maintains that losses should be compared to a normal trading environment.

The first day of High Court proceedings saw the regulator lay out its arguments on behalf of policyholders.

The Irish entity created for Brexit seeks authorisation on the island.

The conduct regulator plans to align the deadlines with that for the “fit and proper” assessments.

The archipelago has largely escaped the virus but has been subject to all the same lockdown measures.

The ACPR edict adds pressure on Scor and Covea.

In a joint defence, eight carriers in the High Court case reject FCA’s interpretation of proximate cause.

Lloyd’s brush with aviation asphyxia highlights how its elaborate ecosystem, including an extensive use of outsourced suppliers, can make it vulnerable to sanctions clampdowns.

The regulator says that the losses were caused by a “jigsaw” of events that should be considered as a whole.

The FCA said in its skeleton argument that the government’s instructions amounted to an imposition or order.