Insurance Law and Insurance Regulation

This matter involved a workplace accident in which the plaintiff sustained severe injuries when a tractor fell on him while he was performing repairs to a tractor on a sugar cane farm.

China's newly revised Maritime Code introduces significant structural and substantive changes that will reshape risk allocation, liability exposure, and insurance arrangements across the shipping industry. The comprehensive reform expands carrier liability, increases limitation amounts, and establishes a dedicated framework for oil pollution damage while formally recognizing P&I Clubs for the first time in Chinese maritime law.

This case note is particularly relevant for builders, developers, homeowners and purchasers of residential property. The decision effects when insurance will respond to defective building work any may significantly impact your ability to recover rectification costs, especially if you are buying or selling a property some years after construction.

由于机构业务扩张、办公成本考量及地方政策吸引等原因，保险机构（指保险公司及分支机构，下同）会面临登记的住所与实际经营地分离的情况

In our previous article on Managing General Agents (“MGAs”) in India, which can be accessed here, we noted that the statutory recognition of MGAs under the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act 2025 (“2025 Amendment”) raised important questions for the GIFT City framework.

Due to the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, many supply chain contracts are in disarray. The Strait of Hormuz has been cordoned off, through which approximately 20% of global petroleum liquids transit daily, driving up war-risk premiums and energy prices.