TABLE OF CONTENTS SOLVENCY II EIOPA INSURANCE DISTRIBUTION DIRECTIVE (IDD) PRIIPS CENTRAL BANK OF IRELAND ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING (AML) AND COUNTERING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM (CFT) DATA PROTECTION FINANCIAL SANCTIONS SUSTAINABILITY MISCELLANEOUS Insurance | Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Update | 1 April 2023 – 30 June 2023 © 2023 Dillon Eustace LLP. All rights reserved. 2 11723734v1 1.

Claimant law firms are working hard to develop routes for holding parent companies and their boards responsible for trading activities carried out through subsidiary companies. The recent decision in Aston Risk Management v Jones and others provides clarity on when a registered director of a parent company can be found to be a de facto director of an operating subsidiary.

Directors and officers should take note of a recent decision from the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York concerning access to D&O insurance policy proceeds. In In re SVB Financial Group, Case No. 23-10367 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.

IAIS launches climate risk training materials for insurance supervisors

According to a press release published on April 5th, 2023, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) and the Financial Stability Institute jointly launched new online training materials on climate risk for insurance supervisors.

Under German law, company directors have a statutory duty to file for insolvency once the company has become insolvent or over-indebted. Company directors can be held personally liable for any payments they make after that point of time unless they prove that they exercised reasonable care, skill and diligence. After the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) clarified that standard terms and conditions of German D&O insurance contracts cover this directors’ liability, many D&O insurers have tried to find new ways to avoid their coverage.

This half-yearly update summarises significant insurance coverage cases in the English courts in the second half of 2022 concerning Covid-19 business interruption insurance, jurisdiction and rights against insurers of insolvent companies.

Significant Insurance Coverage Cases in H2 2022

Covid-19 BI Cases:

From investors to regulators, FTX Trading Ltd (FTX) filing for bankruptcy was unexpected by all. A catalyst for litigation and regulation over the years to come, this collapse will serve as a warning, particularly to cryptocurrency insurers.

What happened?

Last week HM Treasury published its much anticipated consultation paper on introducing a dedicated Insurer Resolution Regime (IRR) in the UK, which would implement key international standards.

１  はじめに

破産手続の開始後も，破産者が自由財産から保険料支払    を継続し，契約更新を行ったとしても，その後に発生した共 済事故に係る共済金請求権は破産財団に帰属する（破産者 には帰属しない）と判断した東京高等裁判所の判決を紹介し  ます。

２ 事案概要

破産者は，破産手続開始決定前に自己所有建物等を目的 とする火災共済契約（「本件共済契約」）を締結し，破産手続 開始後も共済掛金の支払を継続し，本件共済契約は自動更 新されていました。破産手続開始決定・自動更新後，保険事故（「本件火災」）が発生しました。共済連合会は，債権者不確知を供託原因として，本件火災に係る共済金を供託しました

（「本件供託」）。破産管財人は，本件火災に係る共済金請求 権（「本件共済金請求権」）が破産財団に帰属するとして，本件供託に係る供託金請求権を破産管財人が有することの確認を求めました。他方，破産者は，本件共済金請求権は破産者の新得財産であるとして，共済連合会に対し共済金の支払を求めました。時系列は以下のとおりです。

At a time when, globally, insured businesses are under severe financial strain, the availability and extent of their insurance assets take on a new significance. It is significant not just for troubled businesses and their insurers, but also for third parties with potential or actual claims against those businesses.