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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.
It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!
The Law of 4 April 2019 (the “B2B Law”)(1) introduced new mandatory rules that intend to procure that the key terms of contracts between business…
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In deze digitale tijden, waarin thuiswerk steeds vaker de norm is en ondernemingen continu afhankelijk zijn van IT-systemen en digitale werkplatformen…
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In een vonnis van 15 januari 2021 legt de rechtbank van eerste aanleg Antwerpen, afdeling Antwerpen, nog eens de principes uit over de aansprakelijkhe…
Read MoreOn 1 January 2021, the Brexit transition period came to an end and the United Kingdom (“UK”) officially left the European Union. The UK can now no lon…
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On 1 January 2021, the UK left the EU’s Single Market and Customs Union. As a result, the UK has lost the rights and benefits it had as an EU-Member S…
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Met de jaarwisseling in het vooruitzicht, blikt het Insurance team Lydian graag terug op enkele interessante arresten die het Hof van Cassatie heeft g…
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The National Bank of Belgium (NBB) published 15 recommendations for (re)insurance companies that outsource to cloud service providers. These…
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EIOPA published a paper on its approach to product oversight and governance requirements for insurance distributors and manufacturers
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In haar arrest van 22 oktober 2020 heeft het Grondwettelijk Hof geoordeeld dat de toepassing van de driejarige verjaringstermijn (die specifiek geldt …
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Het Hof van Cassatie brengt deze beginselen van de nietigheid van de combinatiepolis in herinnering in bovenvermeld arrest. In casu, sloot de ver…
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Until a few weeks ago, in an effort to combat the COVID -19 pandemic, the vast majority of “non-essential” businesses were required to close in many c…
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On 24 April 2020, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued new guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers (…
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Depuis le 1er novembre 2014, la loi du 4 avril 2014 relative aux assurances est entrée en vigueur. Quoiqu’elle n’ait fait, en grande partie,…
Read MoreBased on recommendations of the Insurance Ombudsman – which frequently receives complaints about late payment of life insurance contracts – a recent l…
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De Nationale Bank van België (“NBB”) publiceerde op 5 mei 2020[1], een tweede bijwerking[2] van haar Circulaire NBB_2016_31 over de prudentiële v…
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With the generalisation of health-related apps, health and life insurers are keen to use the collected data to improve the accuracy of their insureds’…
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1. Sinds het begin van de uitbraak van COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) hebben Belgische, Europese en internationale toezichthouders diverse…
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Op 17 maart 2020 publiceerde de Europese Autoriteit voor Verzekeringen en Bedrijfspensioenen (“EIOPA”) een mededeling betreffende maatregelen om de im…
Read MoreThe European Court of Justice (CJEU) was recently asked to rule on the EU's Solvency II Directive (and all earlier legislations regulating life insura…
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With year-end approaching, Lydian's insurance team looks back on some interesting judgments that the Belgian Supreme Court (“Cour de Cassation”) has r…
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