Aviation

On 15th October 2018, the Israeli Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the Hachshara Insurance Company (hereinafter: “Hachshara” and/or “the Insurer”) and declined its allegation that it should be exempt from liability towards a third party when the Insured drove the vehicle under the influence of alcohol (Leave to Appeal 2843/18, Hachshara v. Israel Polikov […]

Adv. Nitzan Shmueli, liquidator of Shem Tov Ltd. (in liquidation) (hereinafter: the Company) v. Menorah Insurance Co. Ltd (hereinafter: Menorah). In July 2018, the District Court of Jerusalem dismissed a Liquidator Claim against Menorah, based on a Claims Made Policy that was issued 20 years ago and expired 16 years ago. Background: The Liquidator of

Israel published a new directive draft designed to ensure quick and fair claim settlements of long term care insurances  Tammy Greenberg, Adv. & Guy Shmueli During the last few years the Israeli media published many stories of Insureds who purchased Long Term Care policies and who became involved in a lengthy and complex process when trying

SUBROGATION CLAIM ONLY IN THE NAME OF THE INSURED  Peggy Sharon, Adv.   On 23 January 2017 the Supreme Court dealt with the question of whether a non-admitted insurer is entitled to file a subrogation claim in Israel in its own name and answered the question in the negative (C.A. 8044/15). The Court upheld the

Adv. Peggy Sharon     Adv. Keren Marco Introduction: The Aviation Services Law (Compensation and Assistance for Flight Cancellation or Change of Conditions), 2012 (ASL), defines a “cancelled flight” as: “Any one of the following, however, a change to the flight number will not be deemed to be a flight which has been cancelled:  A flight which

Adv. Peggy Sharon and Adv. Keren Marco Introduction In February 2017, the Tel Aviv Magistrates Court declined a passengers’ monetary claim for bodily injury damages after it reached the conclusion that the occurrence which was the subject matter of the clam is not considered as “accident” as required by the Convention.[1] The Claim Plaintiff, a

A fine line differentiates between act or omission of a torfeasor which could be covered by Professional Indemnify Policy and act or omission that could be covered by Public Liability Policy.   For example, if a pedestrian falls due to a broken pavement – is the Municipality where the pavement is situated covered by its

Hadas Adler, Adv. C.C 3168/09 The Third Step Ltd. v. the Israel Phoenix Insurance Co. Ltd General Background Plaintiff is a company engaged in the business of import and marketing of women’s footwear. In December 2006 a fire broke out in Plaintiff’s rented storeroom and totally destroyed it and its contents. The storeroom was insured