Talbot Underwriting Ltd v Nausch, Hogan & Murray Inc
Decision date: 29 June 2006
Neutral citation: [2006] EWCA Civ 889
Court: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: medium
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This case concerns claims by London market insurers, as assignees of the shipyard (Sembawang) and the owner (CPL), against brokers (NHM) for failing to procure a builders' all risks policy naming Sembawang as co-assured. The material issue was whether that failure caused loss and whether Sembawang or CPL could have recovered under the London policy notwithstanding Sembawang not being named. The Court of Appeal upheld the judge's conclusions that the brokers' failure caused the stated net losses and dismissed the appeal.
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