The Insurance Act six months on
Angus Duncan of Mayer Brown International examines how the Insurance Act is working in practice.
In the run-up to the Insurance Act 2015 coming into force last year, there was a great deal of speculation about what impact it would have.
For insurers of some lines of business, the Act represented an opportunity; if an insurer's policies previously included innocent non-disclosure clauses or similar language, the new remedies available under the Act could be attractive.
On the other hand, for other classes of business, the Act looked like it could present a problem, potentially interfering
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