Lloyd’s has scored a win in a COVID-19 business interruption case, with a judge ruling the insurer can rely on a conformity clause in its insurance contract with a Snap Fitness franchisee to deny coverage.
Tokio Marine subsidiary Bond & Credit Company and fired underwriter Greg Brereton have been pulled into lawsuits targeting Insurance Australia Group over trade credit policies covering $4.6 billion in loans issued by the now collapsed Greensill Capital.
A Credit Suisse supply chain fund that was left heavily exposed with the collapse of Greensill Capital alleges Insurance Australia Group owes $43 million under a policy indemnifying it for outstanding debt owed by the failed financing firm.
An appellate victory by insurers in a test case over business interruption coverage for losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic does not spell the end to class actions brought on behalf of businesses whose claims were denied, according to a lawyer for the class actions.
An appeals court challenge by a group of small businesses seeking coverage under business interruption insurance policies for losses flowing from COVID-19 restrictions has largely failed.
Insurance Australia Group has denied it owes Greensill Bank $48.5 million under a trade credit policy issued by its agent BCC, saying the underwriter was not authorised to enter into the policy.
The law firm behind a consumer class action against Suncorp subsidiary AAI over add-on car insurance says notices to group members should not be sent until the case is ready for trial and the “information asymmetry” is corrected.
The organiser of the Big Red Bash outback music festival has appealed a judgment denying it coverage for $3.2 million cancellation of the festival during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic
Avant Insurance has challenged a Federal Court judge’s interpretation of the Insurance Contracts Act in its second attempt to avoid liability for the defence costs of a plastic surgeon named in a class action brought over botched breast augmentations.
One of Australia’s largest law firms has taken its insurer to court for failing to cover part of a $3.7 million settlement of a claim stemming from the sale of apartments at a $105 million South Yarra complex developed by millionaire Harry Stamoulis.