We are pleased to announce the return of our autumn webinar series, "Insuring the Future". We hosted our international insurance team in early October for five webinars on key emerging risks for insurers.
Environmental liability cover - Thursday 26 September 2024
What are the implications for insurers of a “polluter pays” approach to environmental liability in the UK and EU? Amid a growing focus on environmental protection and corporate responsibility for ESG issues, environmental insurance cover is of increasing importance to businesses. Experts from our International team compared and contrasted the legislative landscape and environmental liability cover across the EU and in the UK, addressing the scope of pollution cover, regulatory challenges, and the insurability of fines.
Speakers:
- Ariane Sussan
- Sharley Willetts
- Felix Zimmermann
- Jonathan Thorpe
The impact of international consumer protection on commercial lines business - Tuesday 1 October 2024
In this session our team looked at the implications for insurers and insurance intermediaries regulatory protection of policyholders, with a particular focus on consumer lines business. Team members from across our network highlighted a number of practical points for those on the consumer front line, in particular claims handlers, in the context of the UK Consumer Duty one year on, and will also look at the EU retail investment strategy.
Speakers:
- Jonathan Thorpe
- Udo Pickartz
- Caroline Hunter-Yeats
Product liability - Thursday 3 October 2024
Members of our international team will explore key risks such as sustainability, pollution, and the impact of AI on intangible products, in the context of insurers' increased exposure under the new EU Product Liability Directive, a consumer protectionist new UK Government and the looming threat of US style class actions in the EU and UK.
Speakers:
- David Kidman
- Olivia Delagrange
- Emma Spence
Insolvencies - liability risk for auditors and directors - Tuesday 8 October 2024
Insolvencies continue to rise in difficult global economic conditions. In this session members of our international team considered the liability and claims risks for auditors and directors in an insolvency situation, and the implications of recent case law.
Speakers:
- Olivia Delagrange
- Felix Zimmermann
- Sharley Willetts
Cyber risk – Liability issues, financial crime and the role of AI - Thursday 10 October 2024
Our international team considered the liability, claims and coverage implications of rising cyber risks for insurers across a number of first- and third-party lines including cyber, PII and D&O. A cyber event can have wide-ranging implications and result in reputational and financial loss, regulatory responses and civil and criminal liability for business and individuals. We highlighted key considerations for insurers and insureds when managing the fallout from a cyber event, and in relation to insurance cover. AI plays a role in increasingly sophisticated financial cyber crime, and we will also look at the UK “failure to prevent” offences and the risks, in particular for D&O insurers.
Speakers:
- Felix Zimmermann
- Robert Allen
- Jonathan Thorpe
- Olivia Delagrange
