Analysis
Surgeon: no club contract
West Bromwich Albion Football Club v El-Safty (Court of Appeal - 11 October 2006)
Commentary - Breach of Working Time Regulations may flout employers' duty of care
The Working Time Regulations 1998 place a limit of 48 hours of work per week that a worker can be re...
Wheel deal
Motorbikes
A health-e market
Technology and Health
Oral contract confusion leads to retrial
Maggs v Marsh and others (Court of Appeal - 7 July 2006)
Fresh ideas
Health insurance
Stand in the breach
Corporate manslaughter
Turn back time
Lloyd's: new syndicates
Caution advised over experts until test cases
Casey v Cartwright (Court of Appeal - 5 October 2006)
US D&O - Lulled into a false sense of security?
The current stability of the directors' and officers' liability (D&O) insurance market in the US may not last for long. Mairi Mallon draws out the perspectives of a number of industry representatives to paint the bigger picture
What the UK's insurance contract law reform will mean to you
The UK is re-writing the (re)insurance contract-law rule book. Kate Buttrey of Kendall Freeman explains why changes debated in (re)insurance law could revolutionise the way you do business
News - AIG buys US marine business from Arch
American International Group (AIG) has announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has purch...
Asbestos: the elephant in the living room
In case you thought everything was okay on the asbestos horizon, this particular 'elephant' is still very much there and isn't showing signs of going away any time soon, cautions Marc Jones
News - QBE launches new aviation syndicate a month early
QBE opened its new aviation syndicate, Syndicate 5555, for business in September 2006, one month ahe...
XL adds UK D&O product to cover new regulation burden
XL Insurance, the UK subsidiary of XL Capital, has launched a new product specifically tailored to t...
News - Swiss Re report says credit market now worth $6.9bn
Swiss Re has valued the credit and surety insurance market business at $6.9bn in premiums in its lat...
News focus - JLT in controversy over Olympic contract win
The UK's Olympic delivery authority for the London 2012 games has officially appointed Jardine Lloyd...
It's the same old soft-market story again
Rethink is where you tell us what is happenning in your industry - This month the rapidly softening market got you talking ..
Editorial - Welcome to Fac!
Dear Friend, Welcome back! It's uncanny. We knew we were well ahead of the curve when we launched F...
News - Western Re opens Chicago office
Californian catastrophe-specialist managing agent Western Re/Managers Insurance Services has opened ...
Legal - Classic Fac Traps (and how to get out of them, Part 2)
Ling Ong and Leon Taylor of DLA Piper unravel another series of classic fac traps, warning that clear wording of any contractual drafts is essential to avail of adequate legal protection
Kidnap and ransom - Held to ransom
With politically and financially motivated kidnappings occurring increasingly around the world, Jeremy Golden examines the implications for specialist kidnap-and-ransom insurance cover
Don't 'bifurcate' - co-operate
Inside view