Welcome to the eighteenth edition of Clyde & Co's (Re)insurance and litigation caselaw weekly updates for 2015
This Week's Caselaw
Zurich v International Energy Group
Supreme Court holds that an insurer must cover a mesothelioma
claim in full (even if the total period of exposure was longer than
the policy period), but a contribution can be claimed from other
insurers/the insured
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2015/33.html
The earlier decisions in this case were reported in Weekly
Updates 3/12 and 5/13. The background to the case is as
follows:
The claimant, a solvent Guernsey company, employed Mr
Carré for 27 years. Mr Carré was exposed to asbestos
dust during the whole of his employment with the claimant and he
contracted mesothelioma. The claimant took out insurance with the
defendant insurer for 6 of those 27 years. Other than a two year
period when another insurer was on risk, the claimant did not have
any other insurance cover during the
