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On 3 March 2017, the Financial Services Development Council (the "Council") issued an important report, titled: "Turning Crisis into Opportunities: Hong Kong as an Insurance Hub with Development Focuses on Reinsurance, Marine and Captive" (the "Report").

A couple of important cases dealing with agency issues relevant to the insurance industry have recently passed through the Hong Kong courts.

In the recent case of Possehl Electronics Hong Kong Limited v. China Taiping Insurance (HK) Co. Ltd, the plaintiff appealed against the judgment of the Court of First Instance dated 19 December 2013.

The Court of Appeal in China Ping An Insurance Company Limited v. Tsang Fung Yin Josephine and Mohammad Taj found that the terms and conditions in a third party motor insurance policy had been incorporated into the interim contract of insurance covering the time of accident, notwithstanding the formal policy had not been delivered to the insured.

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a cascade of complex legal challenges for maritime commerce, from force majeure disputes and contractual deviations to escalating demurrage charges and war risk insurance complications.

Last week, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and Insurance Authority (IA) issued circulars setting out quarantine exemptions for certain individuals...

The long-awaited details of the proposed Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme (VHIS) were announced on 1 March 2018.

A recent publication by the Head of Conduct Supervision and General Counsel of the Hong Kong Insurance Authority (IA) highlights the alarming rise of unlicensed insurance sales in Hong Kong and its detrimental impact on consumers.

In a recent decision handed down by the High Court, Yau Tsz Hin v. Broadway Theatre Company Limited, HCPI 674 of 2010, the cinema successfully defended a 'slip and fall' claim lodged by its patron.

Analysing Chow Kai Yan by Man Wai Tong, his next friend v. Kingsway Cars Service Limited (DCEC 376/2019) judgment of 29 March 2022.

In January 2007, Dah Sing appointed Mr. Singh as a Technical Representative and Senior District Manager. Mr. Singh was entitled to a sign-on fee, monthly allowances and other allowances.

The Insurance Authority has issued two new guidelines for licensed insurance intermediaries (the Guidelines)

A marine insurance dispute that ascends to Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal is both a rarity and a matter of international legal interest.

Two of the world's biggest insurers and pension providers, France's AXA and Canada's Manulife, have both announced plans to redomicile their China region headquarters from Bermuda to Hong Kong under the new company re-domiciliation regime introduced by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on 23 May.