The Current Law Relating to Fraudulent Claims and The Future: A Paler Shade of Grey?

Overview
This interactive and thought-provoking seminar traces the historical development of the fraudulent claims rule and then focuses in particular on the provisions of the Insurance Act 2015, as well as the recent decision of the Court of Appeal in Versloot Dredging BV v
HDI-Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG (The DC Merwestone) relating to fraudulent devices. There is an analysis of how an insurer’s remedies will be impacted by the provisions of the Insurance Act 2015, when they come into force.

The key question to be addressed is, have the courts and the legislature now appropriately addressed the grey areas that have existed in this aspect of insurance law?

Learning objectives
At the end of this event, the delegate will be able to identify:

• the key elements of the fraudulent claims rule and its
historical development
• the relevant provisions of the Insurance Act 2015 and how these
will impact on how an insurer may deal with fraudulent claims and
the remedies available to an insurer
• how to apply the knowledge gained from the seminar to deal
more effectively with, and find practical solutions to, the types of
fraudulent claims that are typically encountered by an insurer
• how to critically analyse the current state of the law relating to
fraudulent claims and find novel solutions to any remaining
grey areas.

Speaker biography
Jeff Heasman has a postgraduate certificate in English language teaching to adults plus a bachelor and master of laws degree. He has many years’ experience working within the insurance and legal professions in litigation and liability loss adjusting, having
handled litigation up to the Court of Appeal in London and dealt with insurance claims arising from many worldwide jurisdictions.

Jeff has lectured in legal, academic and business English as well as the language of international negotiation at many UK and international universities. He’s delivered training in the law of torts and insurance law and practice to some of the world’s largest and most prestigious organisations.

Contact us at stratforduponavoninstitute@cii.co.uk for more details and reserve your place