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News 2022-08-11
All change at Kennedys as firm appoints first head of transformation
We have appointed Karen Peskett-Hall as our first director of transformation, who will oversee a programme of business improvements.
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News 2022-08-09
Dive In calls on the industry to build braver cultures as registration opens to the biggest festival yet
Now in its eighth year, the festival is set to be the biggest yet, with more than 150 events taking place for the first time ever, being held in at least 40 countries across the world from 27-29 September.
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Article 2022-07-29
Mirror-image counterclaims in declaratory judgment actions
Is a declaratory judgment counterclaim a mirror-image of the plaintiff’s complaint for declaratory judgment or redundant of defendants’ answer and affirmative defenses to the plaintiff’s complaint? Insurers should consider this question when either asserting a counterclaim in a declaratory judgment action or moving to dismiss a counterclaim raised by a policyholder in a declaratory judgment action.
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Article 2022-07-29
Treatment of attorney’s fees awards under liability policies
Insureds may find themselves liable to pay a plaintiff’s attorney’s fees in various contexts, whether by virtue of a statute or contractual provision. If prevailing party attorney’s fees are awarded, a question arises as to whether the fees are covered by the liability insurer defending the suit.
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Article 2022-07-29
Florida Building Safety Bill signed by Florida Gov. DeSantis
Governor DeSantis signed Senate Bill 4D (“SB 4D”) relating to building safety into law on May 26, 2022, on the same day he signed Senate Bill 2D relating to property insurance. The bill was proposed and passed following the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida in June 2021.
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News 2022-07-29
Kennedys remains committed to diversity and inclusion agenda, with continued Dive In Festival partnership
We are very pleased to once again be a global partner of Dive In, the international festival for diversity and inclusion (D&I) in insurance and an initiative of Inclusion@Lloyd’s.
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News 2022-07-29
Lift off for Kennedys with three new partner hires and ninth US office opens in Houston, Texas
We are delighted to announce we have opened a new office in Houston, Texas – our second in the State and ninth in the US.
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Article 2022-07-27
Notice and process of service via NFTs: A new frontier in tech and litigation?
In a recent precedential decision involving electronic service to an unknown defendant, the High Court of England and Wales approved a special request to issue an interim injunction and permit service of a lawsuit via a non-fungible token (“NFT”). The case follows a similar decision in New York trial court. Both decisions raise issues as to how prevalent will NFT service become in the US and UK.
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News 2022-07-20
Kennedys acquires dynamic team in Florida and New York as firm marks five year anniversary of North American expansion
We are pleased to continue US expansion with the strategic addition of three new partners, further enhancing our US and Bermuda insurance claims and coverage bench.
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News 2022-07-13
Kennedys finds (re)insurers’ changing underwriting practices key to net zero transition
Today we announced the launch of our in-depth report, 'Rewriting the risk: Addressing the challenges of climate change', which finds that the underwriting practices of (re)insurers are a major catalyst for change among businesses in the ongoing climate crisis.