HFW Insurance Bulletin 29 Oct. 2015

Welcome to HFW’s Insurance Bulletin, which is a summary of the key insurance and reinsurance regulatory announcements, market developments, court cases and legislative changes of the week.

In this week’s bulletin:

1. Regulation and legislation

• UK: New duty of responsibility for senior insurance executives, by Simon Banner, Associate.
• Hong Kong: First commencement notice issued in respect of Hong Kong’s Insurance Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, by Caroline Thomas, Senior Associate.

2. Market developments

• England and Wales: High Court approves Part VII transfer from Excess Insurance Company to Hartford Financial Products International

3. HFW news, publications and events

• Europe: Partner Andrew Bandurka and Associate Ben Atkinson present a paper on PI and Products Insurance Cover in Italy.
• Latin America: HFW attends panel discussion on cyber breaches.
• Middle East: HFW attends the 4th edition of the Infrastructure Risk Management Forum.

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.