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What are ‘circumstances’ known to a director under a D&O Policy (Aus)

What are ‘circumstances’ known to a director under a D&O Policy (Aus)

15 September 2022
Keeping a company’s contract alive creates a ‘personal advantage’ for a director under D&O Policy exclusion (Aus)

Keeping a company’s contract alive creates a ‘personal advantage’ for a director under D&O Policy exclusion (Aus)

13 September 2022
Email to unattended mailbox is a ‘claim made’ under insurance policy (Aus)

Email to unattended mailbox is a ‘claim made’ under insurance policy (Aus)

11 September 2022

An Australian federal court held that an email intimating a claim against the insured under a Directors and Officers Liability Policy to a mailbox that was not attended to was nonetheless “received” by the insured for the purposes of the policy.

Optimise your family business, and safeguard your relationships, with a Family Business Constitution

Optimise your family business, and safeguard your relationships, with a Family Business Constitution

07 September 2022

Family-owned businesses make up a significant portion of all businesses registered and operating in South Africa. In fact, family-owned businesses are today recognised as vital participants in, and contributors to, the country’s economy.

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The strongest deterrent against FSP compliance missteps is or should be:

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Claim rejected for misrepresentation and fraudulent claim (Aus)

Claim rejected for misrepresentation and fraudulent claim (Aus)

06 September 2022
Slips, trips and independent contractors

Slips, trips and independent contractors

05 September 2022
Insurance professional services exclusion applies to a sleep study company (US)

Insurance professional services exclusion applies to a sleep study company (US)

30 August 2022
Insurance: occurrence and aggregation clauses

Insurance: occurrence and aggregation clauses

30 August 2022
Learning from the medical malpractice crisis: avoiding the boiled frog

Learning from the medical malpractice crisis: avoiding the boiled frog

29 August 2022
Information Regulator issues guidance on POPIA data breach notifications

Information Regulator issues guidance on POPIA data breach notifications

26 August 2022
More about peremption

More about peremption

23 August 2022
Cybercrime held to be a social engineering loss not computer fraud under policy

Cybercrime held to be a social engineering loss not computer fraud under policy

21 August 2022