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No Pay, No Indemnity: Assignment-Only Settlement Does Not Trigger Coverage

In ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. v. Pergament, an Illinois appellate court reaffirmed a core principle of professional liability insurance: indemnity is not triggered unless the insured becomes legally obligated to pay damages.

South Africa Insurance

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Adams & Adams

Mind The Wording: No Coverage Without A Clear Demand — Lessons For Claims Teams

A recent decision from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, in the matter between Del Mar Woods v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance...

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

A Cautionary Tale For Underwriting Managers: Enforcing Insurers' Right To Data Access

A recent High Court judgment highlights the critical importance of strict compliance with binder agreements and licensing conditions in the insurance sector.

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

Estoppel Without Words: A Cross-Border Lesson For South African Insurers

A recent decision from the Appellate Court of Illinois, in the matter between Monroy-Perez v. Sentry Select Insurance Co., 2025 IL App (1st) 241711, serves as a stark warning to insurers...

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

Policy Wording Matters: US Electromagnetic Field Ruling Offers Cautionary Tale For South Africa

South Africa Insurance

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Adams & Adams

US Court Holds Email Notice Of Intent To File Third-Party Joinder Constitutes A "Claim" When Sent, Not When Read, Under Claims-Made Policy

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

SCA Raises Uncertainty Over Safeguarding Of Insurance Benefits In Insolvency Proceedings

South Africa Insurance

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ENS

Credit Insurance Under Scrutiny: Court Enforces Fairness In Lending Practices

South Africa Insurance

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Adams & Adams

Who's Covered To Drive? The Hidden Risks In Car Insurance

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

Policyholder vs. Insurer: A Legal Showdown Over A Repudiated Claim

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

Broken Windows, Unbroken Law: Lessons In Proving Negligence And Duty Of Care

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

How LA's Wildfires And Climate Change Could Set South Africa's Insurance Market Ablaze

South Africa Insurance

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Adams & Adams

No Tracker, No Payout: Court Denies Motor Insurance Claim!

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

Hidden Perils Under The Surface Of Building Insurance

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

Mandatory VAT Apportionment Reporting To SARS

South Africa Tax

E

ENS

Cloud Vs Professional Services: Why Getting It Wrong Could Cost You Millions

South Africa Technology

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ENS

World Of Work Series (Podcast)

South Africa Employment

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Fasken South Africa

Women Powering Progress | Ria Pretorius (Video)

South Africa Strategy

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SNG Grant Thornton

When Will South Africa's NPS Bill Come Into Force? Navigating The Road To Implementation

South Africa Finance

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ENS

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Insurance Laws and Products

No Pay, No Indemnity: Assignment-Only Settlement Does Not Trigger Coverage

In ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. v. Pergament, an Illinois appellate court reaffirmed a core principle of professional liability insurance: indemnity is not triggered unless the insured becomes legally obligated to pay damages.

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

Triggering The Exclusion: How A Firearms Clause Shielded An Insurer From Liability

A recent U.S. federal court decision underscores the power of exclusion clauses in commercial general liability policies—particularly those involving firearms.

South Africa Litigation

AA

Adams & Adams

The Impact On Private Actors (Inclusive Of Insurers / Reinsurers) Of The Recent Advisory Opinion Of The International Court Of Justice On The Obligations Of States In Respect Of Climate Change

The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of States in respect of climate change ("the Opinion"), delivered on 23 July 2025...

South Africa Environment

E

ENS

Mind The Wording: No Coverage Without A Clear Demand — Lessons For Claims Teams

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

A Cautionary Tale For Underwriting Managers: Enforcing Insurers' Right To Data Access

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

Estoppel Without Words: A Cross-Border Lesson For South African Insurers

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

Policy Wording Matters: US Electromagnetic Field Ruling Offers Cautionary Tale For South Africa

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

Georgia Federal Court Upholds Insurer's Reliance On Pollution Exclusion For Chemical Leak Fatality

South Africa Environment

AA

Adams & Adams

US Court Holds Email Notice Of Intent To File Third-Party Joinder Constitutes A "Claim" When Sent, Not When Read, Under Claims-Made Policy

South Africa Insurance

AA

Adams & Adams

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Reinsurance

The Impact On Private Actors (Inclusive Of Insurers / Reinsurers) Of The Recent Advisory Opinion Of The International Court Of Justice On The Obligations Of States In Respect Of Climate Change

The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of States in respect of climate change ("the Opinion"), delivered on 23 July 2025...

South Africa Environment

E

ENS

The Rising Impact Of Secondary Perils

It has been reported that at the beginning of June 2024 nine people died and over 2000 households have been demolished due to sever flooding in the Eastern Cape.

South Africa Insurance

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Norton Rose Fulbright

New Accountable Institutions In Terms Of FICA

Amendments to the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 2001 ("FICA") (defining accountable institutions) were published on 29 November 2022.

South Africa Technology

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ENS

Initially Confident SASRIA May Need Help From Treasury

South Africa Insurance

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Tabacks

ENSafrica Construction ENSurance

Worldwide Real Estate

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ENS

South Africa's FSCA Issues Press Release Setting Out Latest Stance On Business Interruption Insurance

South Africa Insurance

CC

Clyde & Co

COVID-19 South Africa: FSCA Update On Contingent Business Interruption Cover

South Africa Insurance

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Clyde & Co

Insurance & Reinsurance 2020

South Africa Insurance

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ENS

The National Sport And Recreation Amendment Bill – Restructuring Recreation?

South Africa Media & IT

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SchoemanLaw Inc.

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