Overview

The latest Asia insurance law newsletter from law firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbert.

This issues includes an examination of natural disasters – many of which have hit Asia either directly or indirectly; as well as looking at the question of whether lawyers should take control of the contract-writing stage.

It also includes analysis of the insurance implications of US president Barack Obama’s attempts to combat Somali pirates; and of Singapore’s consolidation of its position as Asia’s regional re-insurance centre.

The contents page can be read below. To read on, click ‘View Briefing’.


CONTENTS

• Dealing with Mother Nature
• Is it time to take control?
• Obama targets the Somali pirates - implications of Executive Order 13536 6
• “Collateral attack” as an abuse of process also applicable to arbitration
• The lion’s share: Singapore consolidates its position as Asia’s regional(re)insurance centre
• Orient-Express Hotels Ltd v Assicurazioni Generali SpA
• Brief legal updates