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August 11, 202620 min
Clyde Claims Essentials - Negligence
Senior Associates Lauren Penton and Laura Stemp from our Property & Liability team explore one of the most common causes of action in insurance claims: negligence. Together, they explore the key elements required to establish a negligence claim, including duty of care, breach, causation and loss. Using a practical scenario, they examine how the legal tests are applied in practice and discuss why negligence is often the alternative route where no contractual claim is available.
June 26, 202624 min
Emerging Risk | Geopolitics meets insurance: The Sanctions challenge
This episode explores how international sanctions are reshaping insurance risk, moving beyond a compliance issue to directly affecting underwriting, claims handling, and cross‑border transactions.
June 17, 202621 min
Emerging Risk | Rehabilitation in practice: Sport's role in spinal injuries
In this special episode of Clyde & Co’s Insurance and Reinsurance Podcast, recorded in connection with the Stoke Mandeville Experience Day, we explore the realities of spinal injury rehabilitation and the powerful role sport can play in recovery.
May 14, 202623 min
Clyde’s Claims Essentials – Claims in Contract
Welcome to the first episode of Season Two of our Clyde’s Claims Essentials podcast series, where we provide practical insights for insurers on common challenges faced by claims handlers in the Property & Liability space. In this episode, Lauren Penton and Kate Dugdale introduce the new season’s focus on the fundamental causes of action, beginning with claims for breach of contract. The speakers provide a practical overview of the key legal steps involved in assessing contractual liability, including contract formation, identifying breaches, limitation considerations, available remedies, and the impact of exclusion and limitation clauses.
May 5, 202626 min
Emerging Risk | Insuring the Nuclear Future: SMRs, fleet Risk and regulation
This episode explores how next‑generation nuclear technologies, especially small modular reactors, are reshaping energy supply and creating new risks for insurers.
March 18, 202631 min
Emerging Risk | Addictive by design? Assessing social media risk for Insurers
This episode explores the growing risk landscape surrounding social media addiction and its implications for insurers.
March 11, 202627 min
Emerging Risk | Bankruptcies, Consent Judgments & Conflicts: The Growing Risks for Insurers
While North American legal doctrines may appear highly technical, they share a common theme, efforts that limit insurers’ ability to participate in and steer the defense of claims. In this episode of our Emerging Risks podcast, host Neil Beresford is joined by Akash Brijpaul, Konrad Krebs, and Kirsten Soto to examine a series of developing legal doctrines in the US and Canada that are significantly impacting insurers’ ability to control and defend claims. The discussion focuses on three rapidly evolving areas: bankruptcy tactics, consent judgments, and conflicts of interest and how each is being used in ways that can undermine insurers’ rights of defense. The panel explores why these issues are now surfacing as emerging risks. In the US, the rise of nuclear verdicts is increasing pressure on policyholders to seek settlements that may be collusive or disproportionate. Bankruptcy courts are also increasingly approving claim resolution plans that restrict insurers’ ability to investigate or defend claims. Meanwhile, in Canada, recent appellate decisions have expanded insureds’ control over defense counsel and restricted insurers’ access to critical defense information, even in cases where the insurer is funding the defense. Despite these challenges, insurers are not powerless. By understanding the proportionality principles within new case law, leveraging local jurisdictional expertise, and pushing back against overly rigid interpretations of reporting obligations, insurers can still take practical steps to maintain visibility and protect their rights.
January 5, 202631 min
Emerging Risk | From driver to data: How Automated Vehicles are reshaping insurance risk
Automated vehicles are set to transform motor and product liability risk. With trials expanding globally and regulations evolving, insurers need to understand how this technology will impact claims, liability frameworks, and data access. In this episode of our Emerging Risk series, our speakers explore the legal, regulatory, and insurance implications of autonomous vehicles, including: Real-world insights from U.S. trials of driverless taxis and trucks. UK regulatory developments and the critical role of data access for insurers. Lessons from recent U.S. litigation, including a $329M verdict against Tesla.
December 9, 202540 min
Emerging Risk | Supply Chain Disruption
Supply chain disruptions have become one of the most pressing challenges for businesses worldwide, driven by geopolitical tensions, climate change, cyber incidents, and economic volatility. In this episode of our Emerging Risk podcast, our experts unpack: Key risk drivers – from global conflicts and tariffs to cyber vulnerabilities and climate-related events. Insurance implications – how trade credit, political risk, cyber, and contingent business interruption policies respond. Liability exposures – contractual risks when supply chains break down. Practical strategies – what insurers and insureds can do to mitigate accumulations and strengthen resilience. Whether you underwrite complex risks or advise clients on coverage, this discussion offers actionable insights into one of today’s most dynamic risk landscapes.
November 13, 202512 min
Clyde Bites | Episode 7 | A practical guide to inquests and how they relate to claims
In our final episode, Senior Associate Rebecca Weatherley and Legal Director Kate Fawell-Comley (who sits as a Coroner) demystify the topic of inquests – why they happen, who is involved, the potential outcomes, and how they link to claims.
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