Insurance Law

The entitlement of third parties to publicly examine insurers and access to insurance policies

Contact: Mark Brookes; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia) 

Introduction

In our last newsletter[1], we looked at the recent New Zealand Court of Appeal decision in Bridgecorp[2].

In the context of the increasing number of claims against directors and officers under D&O policies in the current economic climate, this newsletter examines the trend for the court to allow shareholders and insolvency practitioners access to the directors' and officers' insurance arrangements to determine whether proceedings against them are financially worthwhile.

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