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Report 11/04/2022
2022 motor transport forecast: trends and future risks
In this report, Kennedys experts explore key legal and regulatory developments, and provide an overview of the business critical topics which motor and transport insurers should consider as they plan for operational resilience in 2022.
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Report 16/03/2022
2022 marine, aviation and logistics forecast: trends and future risks
In this report, Kennedys experts explore key legal and regulatory developments, and provide an overview of the business critical topics which marine and aviation insurers should consider as they plan for operational resilience in 2022.
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Article 25/11/2021
Maritime regulatory reform is welcomed – but domestic progress must consider the global challenges for insurers
The UK Government’s consultation on maritime autonomy regulation closed this week. Kennedys submitted a response commending the recognition of the need to update the current regulatory framework, but urging caution in respect of potential additional risks to insurers arising from the government’s proposals.
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Article 24/06/2021
Logistics: Bite-Size Insights - June 2021
Welcome to the latest edition of Logistics: Bite-Size Insights, where we consider the impact of the government’s Clean Air Zones on hauliers and if autonomous vehicles are the answer to the green haulage dilemma. We also provide a check list to avoid disputes over incorporation of terms.
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Article 28/01/2021
Motor claims: reflections on 2020 and what may lie ahead in 2021
In our 27th and final Motor Wednesday webinar of 2020, held in December, we reflected on some of the key impacts of COVID-19 on motor claims. As well as considering key impacts of the global pandemic, we discussed other important developments including those relating to Brexit, the Whiplash Reforms, MoJ Portal claims, alternative dispute resolution, fundamental dishonesty findings and tomorrow’s vehicles.
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News 04/02/2020
Kennedys backs combination of criminal and regulatory regimes to help build confidence in driverless public transport
We have recommended that new criminal offences dealing with cyber-attacks on buses, taxis and other forms of public transport will be needed as the technology emerges, in our response to a Law Commission consultation. We have also said operators of driverless public transport should take personal responsibility for their safety as part of the protections needed to build consumer confidence in the concept.
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Article 02/12/2019
Is automation the answer to insurers’ nightmares?
At every trucking fair and trade publication and in each promotional video the industry is demonstrating the advances in autonomous commercial vehicles.
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News 27/11/2019
Adoption of fully automated shipping will take decades, not years
The UK is the second least supportive nation in their attitude towards the development of unmanned vessels, according to our study across six territories (United Kingdom, United States, Australia, China, Singapore and Hong Kong), and the least supportive of autonomous vehicles more generally.
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Article 04/10/2019
Autonomous vehicles will stretch the limits of liability
The way in which people and goods travel is changing rapidly. The shift towards transport in which machines are increasingly taking control from humans raises fundamental considerations around public safety, ethical dilemmas and where liability rests when accidents occur. It also means a major shift in the amount of data that is collected by vehicles, and how that data is stored and used.
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News 26/06/2019
Collaboration is key to safe regulation of autonomous vehicles
The results of the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commissions’ joint preliminary consultation into the safe regulation of autonomous vehicles (AVs), echo the importance of manufacturers working collaboratively with government and insurers on data management in the new driverless vehicles environment.