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Fraud data in the travel insurance industry – key takeaways from Innovate This 2024
Posted: 13/09/2024
Partners Mark Lee and Joanne Vengadesan attended the Innovate This 2024 conference on 11 September 2024, an in-person event for insurers, insurance distributors and insurtechs working in the travel and health industries. The overarching theme of the conference was ‘Exploring innovation in travel and health insurance’, and Mark......>>
How the Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash case has affected the world of winter sports cover
Posted: 08/02/2024
In March 2023, a trial involving American actress Gwyneth Paltrow caught the attention of both the general public and the media. Concerning a skiing collision in Utah in 2016, retired optometrist Terry Sanderson had alleged that Paltrow was skiing ‘out of control’, knocked him down, and then departed without offering any help. The dramatic......>>
Travel law partner highlights the complexities of ski litigation to Telegraph and Independent readers
Posted: 28/03/2023
Mark Lee, partner and head of the travel law team at Penningtons Manches Cooper, has been quoted in articles from both The Telegraph and The Independent about litigation arising from skiing accidents. The articles come in the wake of the high-profile ski collision trial involving American actress Gwyneth Paltrow, which has focused attention......>>
Travel law team secures 100% liability judgment in High Court trial for life changing injuries caused to motorcyclist in Germany
Posted: 01/11/2022
The High Court has handed down its judgment following a recent liability trial, finding 100% in favour of our client, Mr Andy Evans, who suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle accident in Germany......>>
Legal recourse for declining or terminating travel cover
Posted: 07/04/2022
A report from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) in October 2021 confirmed that while detected travel insurance frauds decreased in 2020 (due to the reduction in overseas travel), the value of the 770 detected scams was up 2 per cent at £1.8 million, with an average fraudulent claim reaching £2,358......>>
The complex issues of double insurance and contribution
Posted: 25/03/2022
Louise High of Penningtons Manches Cooper looks at the complex issue of double insurance and contribution, sharing when this issue occurs and how to navigate it. The complex issue of double or dual insurance and contribution occurs frequently in the insurance industry....>>
X v Kuoni: new ruling has significant implications for holidaymakers injured on a package holiday
Posted: 15/09/2021
The Supreme Court has recently handed down its judgment in the long-running case of X v Kuoni and has unanimously allowed the claimant’s appeal. The key issues centred on whether a tour operator was liable for the improper performance of a package contract, following the sexual assault and rape of a customer by a hotel employee......>>
Are we nearly there yet? Essential reading for non-essential travel outside the UK
Posted: 28/05/2021
As of 17 May 2021, the UK Government removed the restrictions in place in respect of non-essential travel outside the UK and introduced a traffic light system whereby all countries were placed on a red, amber or green list. Although a few holiday destinations are now permissible...…>>
Travel law team secures £14.5 million settlement on behalf of client with catastrophic injuries
Posted: 22/09/2020
The High Court has approved a settlement of £14.5 million, secured on behalf of an anonymous protected party, for catastrophic injuries caused by a road accident in France. The settlement was agreed in line with French law principles in accordance with the Rome II Regulation...…>>
Limitation under Rome II: Pandya v Intersalonika
Posted: 14/05/2020
Is the question of when limitation expires procedural or substantive? The case of Pandya v Intersalonika General Insurance Co SA [2020] EWHC 273 (QB) has recently addressed just that issue. The question was dealt with as a preliminary issue in the case...…>>

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