By subject ' Liability Newsletter '
24 June 2010Restrictions to move insurance make business senseLiability Newsletter 3/2010. Permission for “free” movement would drive up costs for the insurer and thus also for insured parties as a group. Particularly in the case of clients with international programmes, it would be impossible to handle movement during the insurance period because legislation and taxation varies worldwide. In addition, relations to reinsurers play an important role and further complicate the picture.
24 June 2010Næringskunders mulighet til å avbryte forsikringsforholdet for å tegne forsikring i annet selskapLiability Newsletter 3/2010. En ”fri” flytteadgang vil virke omkostningsdrivende for selskapet og dermed også som forsikringstagerne som gruppe. Særlig for kunder med internasjonale programmer vil det i praksis være umulig å håndtere flytting i forsikringsperioden fordi lovgivning og beskatning på dette feltet varierer world wide. I tillegg spiller forholdet til reassuranse en viktig rolle og kompliserer bildet ytterligere.
22 April 2010Financing food recalls raises issues in the EULiability Newsletter 2/2010. Swedish manufacturer Kronfågel recalled around 500 tons of chicken in March/April last year because of a number of cases of glass being found in chicken at various locations in Sweden.
15 February 2010Who Needs Professional Indemnity Insurance – and why?Liability Newsletter 1/2010. Professionals are well-qualified individuals in a certain, expert area that others usually have little or limited knowledge in. Therefore their advice is trusted upon. With this power comes responsibility. Liability for damage or loss can be severe – Professional Indemnity Insurance provides safety against such liability.
24 September 2009Compensations to injured employees in DenmarkLiability Newsletter 2/2009. Under the latest case law, an employer takes on most of the financial risk of an a employee being treated as well as possible by administrative systems in the form of the Industrial Injuries Agency, in the municipality – and by the insurance company. So now, more than ever, employers have a direct financial interest in ensuring optimum treatment by both the national system and insurance companies.
