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UK and EU Insurance & Reinsurance: Key Cases (marine pay-first, CIF insurance, RSA/Equitas), COVID-19 BI, cyber payouts surge, BoE captives regime, FCA super-complaint, PRA/EIOPA consultations, diary

Published on: 13 November 2025

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  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) business interruption insurance
  • Insurance types
  • UK Regulation
  • Cases tracker
  • Dates for your diary
  • New and updated content
  • LexTalk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community

Coronavirus (COVID-19) business interruption insurance

SMEs fight Liberty Mutual on discovery wording and COVID-19

A consortium of companies argued that Liberty Mutual Insurance ought to cover disruption stemming from COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdowns, on day one of the newest trial in an ongoing sequence of cases scrutinising insurers’ policies after the pandemic. See: SMEs fight Liberty Mutual on discovery wording and COVID-19.

Insurance types

Cyber

Insurers disbursed £197m to businesses struck by cyber-attacks in 2024, representing a 230% year-on-year surge compared with the £138m paid in 2023, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). See: UK cyber-insurance payouts soar amid rising digital threats.

Marine

The owner of a vessel that grounded cannot overturn a judgment holding that MS Amlin Marine NV is not required to indemnify an insured company because the insolvent business failed to satisfy a US$47m arbitration award, the appeals court ruled on 5 November 2025...

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