Aviation

Is a Flooding of Groundwater a Foreseen Event in a Construction Policy?

Peggy Sharon, Adv. C.A 8776/15 Ayalon Insurance Company Ltd v. Malibu Construction Company (December 2017). Background In 2006, the Malibu Construction Company (hereinafter – “the contractor“) won a tender for the construction of an underground passage under the railway tracks in Akko.  Attached to the tender there was a professional opinion of a soil engineer

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Underwriting of a Policy

The Insured’s Disclosure Duty v.The Insurer’s Obligation to Conduct Independent Investigations. Dror Zamir, Adv. & Hadas Adler, Adv.    C.C 24088-08-13 Leibowits and Others v. Apolo Investments Ltd. and Others In one of her last Judgments before her retirement, Judge Denia Keret-Meir from the Tel Aviv Economic District Court handed down a comprehensive and significant

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The Israeli Court declined a JB Claim accepting the Argument of Fraud

Adv. Peggy Sharon, Adv. Sharon Shefer and Adv. Karin Barel October 2017 On 25th September 2017, the Central District Court (Judge Kinar) declined a Claim filed by Plaintiffs: Eran Polack (hereinafter: Polack) and several companies controlled by Polack against Insurers: Menorah Mivtachim Insurance Company, after Menorah, represented by Levitan, Sharon (P. Sharon, S. Shefer, K.

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THIRD PARTY LIABILITY / PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY – WHICH POLICY SHOULD APPLY?

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 PI

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