In the past twenty years Tammy has specialized in Insurance and Reinsurance disputes. Her work involves litigation in various fields: Class Actions in insurance matters and consumer claims, Property, Agriculture, Chemical products, Pharmaceutical companies, Banking, Professional Indemnity medical Malpractice, and others. Tammy has served as a Disciplinary Court Judge of the Israel Bar Association.
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Additional Hearing of Civil Appeal 4960/18 Zeligman and others v. the Phoenix and others (4-7-2021)
In a class action submitted against 5 insurance companies, the claimants argued that the companies charged an additional interest of 4-6% due to payments of monthly installments of premiums on policies which are not life insurances and in relation to all the components thereof, including the savings element.
A new approach to Mass Torts may require changes in PI policies, as the ordinary policies for professionals involved in mass gatherings are not sufficient to grant the insureds the necessary protection and also are not enough in order to indemnify the injured parties Hundreds of insurance companies’ managers and claims people attended the annual
This department headed by Adv. Tammy Greenberg provides legal advice to insurers, insurance brokers and companies wishing to operate in Israel, regarding compliance with regulatory requirements, drafting of insurance policies, examining forms and procedures, etc.
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The controversy over the issue of whether electric bicycles are motor vehicles and hence would be subject to the Law of Compensation to Victims 1975 (hereinafter: the Road Accident Law) of road accidents has come this week to an end by the Supreme Court which decided by a majority opinion of two Judges, Yitzhak
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The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – Israel Insurance & Reinsurance
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Dror Zamir Adv. & 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.
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Peggy Sharon, Adv. & Alon Katz, Adv. Introduction: Prior the Insurance Contract Law (1981) (also: “the law”) failure to take protective measures could lead to a complete loss of benefits. Since then, most court rulings have applied Article 21 of the law, which provides that if the insured fails to take measures for mitigation of
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 stating that groundwater
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by 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 to exercise their rights to obtain said insurance benefits. The issue raised awareness when during a recent meeting of the Israeli
