Conference programme

This session will examine the different approaches, synergies, motivations and future of the international acquisitions that are taking place across Europe.

This session will consider the impact and implications for the insurance sector of macrotrends, global economic conditions and the current geopolitical climate, exploring perspectives on topical issues from across the world.

This session will provide an overview of emergency trends and issues in claims handling, with industry insight from those specialising in casualty, directors and officers (D&O), and warranty and indemnity (W&I) claims.

This session will examine legacy blocks of insurance business, both in life and property/casualty, the challenges associated with these books, how carriers navigate these and opportunities to dispose of these blocks through run-off or transactions.

This session will review how the cyber insurance market has been working to address the ever-changing geopolitical landscape and increased systemic risk of a large-scale state-sponsored cyberattack resulting in catastrophic consequences to the world economy. In January 2023, the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) updated and replaced a number of its previous cyberwar exclusion clauses concerning the involvement of state-sponsored cyberattacks and other cyber operations. The new LMA Cyber War Exclusions have amended the much-criticised scope of the ‘attribution’ mechanism of state-sponsored cyberattacks in the previous clauses, and has now focused on ‘major detrimental impact’ on an impacted state as the main trigger for the new cyber perations exclusions to apply. The session will also review the latest developments in the Merck litigation in New Jersey arising from the NotPetya cyberattack in 2017.

This session will provide an update, across multiple jurisdictions, on key topics that insurance regulators are focusing on and how these affect industry participants.

This session will provide global perspectives on insurance arbitrations including specialised centres for insurance arbitration, issues arising from arbitrating global risks and competing legal/national interests, and how the proposed amendments to the Arbitration Act 1996 may affect the insurance industry.

This session will provide global perspectives on insurance arbitrations including specialised centres for insurance arbitration, issues arising from arbitrating global risks and competing legal/national interests, and how the proposed amendments to the Arbitration Act 1996 may affect the insurance industry.

This session will identify the last trends and developments in transactional risk insurance, including the insurability of synthetic representation and warranties and the use of technology in the W&I underwriting process.

This session will outline the current landscape and recent developments in international programs and discuss various legal and regulatory aspects that arise in the context of coverage, claims and regulation, particularly with regards to non-admitted insurance and financial interest cover.