Insurance Company of Africa v Scor (UK) Reinsurance Company Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1983
Date1983
Year1983
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
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7 cases
  • Forsikringsaktieselskapet Vesta v Butcher
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 October 1987
    ...that the follow settlements clause was qualified by the claims control clause in the manner explained by the Court of Appeal in Insurance Co. of Africa v. Scor (1985) 1 Lloyd's Law Reports 312. (4) That in any event the insurance and the reinsurance policies were not fully back-to-back. (5......
  • Gan Insurance Company Ltd v Tai Ping Insurance Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 3 July 2001
    ... ... 1 The issues before us arise from a facultative reinsurance placed with Gan Insurance Company Limited of London ("Gan") by The Tai ... SCOR (UK) Clause 012 4/83" ... 4 A ... The case of Insurance Company of Africa v. Scor (U.K.) Ltd ... [1983] 1 Ll.R. 541 ; aff'd [1985] 1 Ll.R. 312 ... ...
  • Insurance Company of Africa v Scor (UK) Reinsurance Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 November 1984
  • Baker v Black Sea & Baltic General Insurance Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 20 May 1998
    ...held liable for £3,500,000 as the sum insured, they were ordered to pay general damages of £600,000 and £58,000 costs. Leggatt J. [1983] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 541, 557 held that the insurers could recover a proportion of the damages and costs from the re-insurers under an implied term of the re-i......
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  • Claims Co-Operation Clauses - The Pendulum Swings Towards Reinsurers
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 16 November 2001
    ...provided that they were made bona fide and in a proper and businesslike manner (see Insurance Company of Africa v. Scor (UK) Ltd. [1983] 1 Lloyd's Rep 541, [1985] 1 Lloyd's Rep 312). In the light of this decision, reinsurers (and especially reinsurers who were assuming a significant percent......
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