HFW Insurance Bulletin Nov 2017

In this week’s Bulletin:

1. Regulation and Legislation

• UK and Europe: Insurance Distribution Directive – delayed until October 2018?
• Hong Kong: Insurance Authority promotes Fintech/Insurtech and Online Insurance

2. Court cases and arbitration

• England & Wales: Court upholds application of insolvency exclusion

3. Market developments

• UK: AIG writes first Sharia-compliant W&I policy as UK targets Islamic insurance
• England & Wales: IUA estimates Brexit’s impact on premium written in the London market

4. HFW publications and events

• HFW partner named as leading lawyer in Who’s Who Legal: Brazil
• USA: HFW attending ARIAS US 2017 Fall Conference
• Jordan: HFW presenting to the Jordanian Insurance Federation
• UK: HFW attending IRLA dinner
• El Salvador: HFW attending Fides Conference

5. Client Feedback

• Our survey: We care what our clients think. Please click here to complete our short confidential survey

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.