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Lectures

The Elborne Mitchell lunchtime lecture programme

All lectures are free and will be held at Lloyd's Old Library at 12.15 and last for one hour. Refreshments are provided.

To reserve a place, please telephone Nicola Bradley on +44 (0)20 7320 9171 or email your contact details using the appropriate link below.

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2010 lectures

Tuesday 18 May 2010
The changing face of litigation funding and the Legal Services Act
Speakers: Matthew Clark and Nick Curling
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Thursday 29 July 2010
Insurance Joint Venture: getting it right
Speakers: Alex Booth and Sean Syndenham
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Thursday 16 September 2010
Taking the bind out of binders: a review of problem areas
Speakers: Tim Goodger and Andrew Stevenson
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Tuesday 9 November 2010
Commodity Contracts: risks for insurers and traders
Speakers: James Sleightholme and Jonathan Steer
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2009 lecture notes

Thursday 28 May 2009
Madoff and more: claims against fiduciaries
Speakers: Andrew Pincott and Judith Perkins
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Thursday 16 July 2009
Piracy: Opportunities and Risks for Underwriters
Speakers: Peter Tribe and Jonathan Steer

Thursday 17 September 2009
Fraud? The curious case of the helicopter that went bump in the night
Speakers: Tim Akeroyd and Andrew Stevenson
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Tuesday 8 December 2009
Marine and energy covers: what about defects and damage?
Speakers: Jonathan Bruce and Laura Britten
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2008 lecture notes

Regulation: yesterday, today and tomorrow
Thursday 4 December 2008

A lecture by Andrew Pincott and Alexandra Booth which included:

  • The credit crunch and principles-based regulation.
  • Corporate governance/remuneration/transparency.
  • Regulatory issues with cross-border insurance groups.
  • Addressing the risk of insurer insolvency.

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The problem with notification...
Thursday 11 September 2008

A lecture by Jonathan Bruce and Andrew Stevenson which included:

  • Who notifies, how, to whom, when, and what if they don't?
  • Three recent cases on what is valid notification and how a breach can be waived
  • Laundry lists
  • Practical points for insureds and insurers

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Article: Making sense of Kidsons - the problem with notification [Microsoft Word Document]

"Midsomer Madness" a legal update on claims issues
Thursday 10 July 2008

A lecture by Ed Stanley which included:

  • Conditions precedent
  • Affirmation
  • Breach of warranty
  • Failure to notify mid term
  • Wasa v Lexington
  • "Back to back" facultative reinsurance

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Aspects of Marine Insurance Fraud
Tuesday 20 May 2008

This lecture, presented by Peter Tribe and Jonathan Steer, looked at:

  • Fraud at inception
  • Fraudulent claims
  • Fraudulent devices
  • Why fraud?
  • Getting it right / getting it wrong
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Notes are available for our 2007 lectures:

"Marine and energy subrogation and recoveries: who gets the benefit?"
Thursday 6th December 2007

A look at various issues for insurers and insureds in pursuing subrogated claims including:

  • Basic principles
  • When the insured goes bust
  • Assignments
  • Who gets what?
  • Fraud

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"Some subtleties of insurance insolvency"
Thursday 13th September 2007

A look at various issues for counterparties and brokers on re/insurance insolvencies including:

  • Recent developments relating to dispute resolution and the recoverability of claims by insolvent estates
  • The use of cut-through clauses
  • Security and letters of credit
  • Practical points

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"Legal hotspots for claims handlers"
Thursday 5th July 2007

An update on what's hot for claims handlers in the insurance and reinsurance market, including:

  • Late claims notifications and how not to deal with them
  • Incorporation of clauses
  • The partially fraudulent claim
  • Multi-year exposures; to spike or not to spike?
  • Arbitration and the European reinsurer

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"A sideways look at Lloyd's"
Thursday 24th May 2007

The history of Lloyd's has made it a unique institution in terms of the way it does business. But is this uniqueness a handicap? We look at some of the issues:

  • Eighteenth century notions in the twenty first century
  • Corporate capital and the longevity of a Lloyd's syndicate
  • RITC and its complications
  • The chain of security
  • Lloyd's in the wider regulatory world

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