Delos Shipholding SA & Ors v Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty SE & Ors
Decision date: 25 March 2024
Neutral citation: [2024] EWHC 719 (Comm)
Court: High Court (Commercial Court)
Insurance classification confidence: high
Overall AI summary confidence: medium
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This case concerns a claim under a war-risks insurance policy after the Capesize vessel WIN WIN was detained by Indonesian authorities for nearly a year in 2019 and the claimants treated that detention as a constructive total loss. Insurers resisted payment on several grounds including alleged lack of fortuity, a policy exclusion, breach of duty to sue and labour, and material non-disclosure. The court found that the claim under the Policy succeeds, but dismissed the claim described in the judgment as "under A."
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