Welcome to November 2022’s edition of The Word; a monthly digest of news, views and cases relevant to underwriters and policy wordings professionals, brought to you by °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s specialist policy drafting and distribution team.
As ever, this month includes some interesting developments from around the world, including a decision on the age-old question of what are ‘professional services’, a case on when a cause of action accrues under an insurance contract and some interesting developments on communicating numbers with clarity, together with much more.
I hope you enjoy reading this month’s edition.
Tim
Contents
- An update on articles in previous editions of the Word
- ‘You get what you pay for’ – the meaning of ‘professional services’ in D&C policies
- ‘Final judgment’ or ‘final adjudication’ - what’s the difference?
- Atlanta adopts Plain Numbers to improve policy readability
- Duty to defend - when is it triggered?
- Date of incident or date of coverage decision – when does the cause of action commence?