On 24 April 2020, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued new guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers (the "Guidelines") which apply to insurance and reinsurance undertakings
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, que rassembler la législation en matière d’assurances, la loi de 2014 a quelque peu étendu la protection des assurés, transposant ainsi la directive Solvency II. Voici une petite piqûre de rappel pour les preneurs d’assurances.
Le 5 mai 2020, la Banque Nationale de Belgique (“BNB”) a publié une seconde actualisation[1] de sa Circulaire NBB_2016_31 relative aux attentes prudentielles de la Banque nationale de Belgique en matière de système de gouvernance pour le secteur de l’assurance et de la réassurance[2] (ci-après, la "Circulaire Coupole Gouvernance")[3].
Based on recommendations of the Insurance Ombudsman – which frequently receives complaints about late payment of life insurance contracts – a recent law was adopted to set the time frame within which payments due under life insurance contracts are to be made.
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’ profiles. This trend raises important questions in terms of privacy but also in terms of risks mutualisation in society.
1. Depuis le début de l’épidémie de COVID-19 (« Coronavirus »), les régulateurs des assurances belges, européens et internationaux ont pris diverses mesures pour répondre à la crise.
Le 17 mars 2020, l'Autorité européenne des assurances et des pensions professionnelles (« AEAPP ») a publié une déclaration sur les actions visant à atténuer l'impact de la COVID-19 (« Coronavirus ») sur le secteur des assurances.
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) was recently asked to rule on the EU's Solvency II Directive (and all earlier legislations regulating life insurance) regarding the cancellation rights of insurance policyholders.
With year-end approaching, Lydian's insurance team looks back on some interesting judgments that the Belgian Supreme Court (“Cour de Cassation”) has rendered last year concerning the Insurance Act of 2014. The Court examined various insurance issues, including subrogation, increased risk, right of recourse, intention, exclusion or loss of rights clauses and the insurer's information obligation.
A warranty & indemnity (W&I) insurance covers damage resulting from breaches of warranties given in the SPA by the seller. W&I insurance has been around for many years, but it has become increasingly popular in the last few years. According to Lockton, “recent statistics suggest that over 50% of corporate real estate transactions in Europe now use W&I insurance, a large driver for this has been the adoption of a EUR 1 cap on sellers’ liability under the SPA.”
