ING RE (UK) Ltd. v R & V Versicherung Ag
Decision date: 29 June 2006
Neutral citation: [2006] EWHC 1544 (Comm)
Court: High Court (Commercial Court)
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: medium
Short overview
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This dispute concerned whether R & V Versicherung AG was bound by an 85% reinsurance quota share treaty signed by Risk Insurance and Reinsurance Solutions, on the basis that Risk had ostensible authority or that R & V ratified the treaty. The supplied judgment extract records that Risk had no actual authority to execute the treaty and, after considering the parties' conduct, the judge concluded he was not persuaded that R & V had represented that Risk had authority or that R & V ratified the contract. The judgment notes relevant findings and arguments about knowledge, silence and possible uncertainty by R & V but parts of the reasoning are omitted in the supplied text.
Ratio decidendi
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Obiter dicta
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