Happy New Year, and welcome to HFW’s first Insurance Bulletin of 2015. This issue contains the usual summary of the key insurance and reinsurance regulatory announcements, market developments, court cases and legislative changes of the week, together with a summary of some developments that occurred over the festive period.

In this week’s Bulletin:

1. Regulation and legislation

• New rules on termination of insurance policies by the insured (France), by Iris Vögeding, Senior Associate andPerrine Bertrand, Associate.

2. Market developments

• Mexico opens its doors to private energy investment enhancing demand for specialist (re)insurance (Mexico), by Lucinda Rutter, Associate.

3. Court cases and arbitration

• Insurer’s onus in proving fraudulent non-disclosure (Australia), by Susannah Fricke, Associate.
• Conflict of laws: competing jurisdiction clauses (England and Wales), by Jonathan Goulding, Associate.
• Allianz Vie fined €50 million (France), by Iris Vögeding, Senior Associate and Perrine Bertrand, Associate.

4. HFW publications

• Latin America: set for the long haul (Latin America), byGeoffrey Conlin, Senior Associate.
• The UK fight against corruption (UK), by Anthony Woolich, Partner,  Daniel Martin, Partner and Robert Finney, Partner.
• EU sanctions against Russia and Iran (EU), by Anthony Woolich, Partner and Daniel Martin, Partner.

5. News

• HFW strengthens employment capability (London)

Should you require any further information or assistance on any of the issues dealt with here, please do not hesitate to contact any of the contributors to this Bulletin, or your usual contact at HFW.