UK – Duty to disclose, misrepresentation and avoidance of reinsurance
The London Personal Accident Reinsurance market experienced underwriting difficulties and spirals in the latter half of the 1990s. In an extensive opinion, a UK Commercial Court judge found that problems in this market were caused largely by undisclosed gross loss making underwriting, in which the reinsurance brokers had a prominent role. Sphere Drake Insurance Limited v. Euro International Underwriting Limited, Stirling Cooke Brown Reinsurance Brokers Limited, et al., 2003 EWHC 1636 (High Court of Justice, Queens Bench Division Commercial Court July 8, 2003).
