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Opleidingen 25 en 27/08 - Confocus

Op de valreep voor de deadline van 1 september voor de permanente vorming van advocaten voor het gerechtelijk jaar 2024-2025 biedt Confocus nog 2 opleidingen, die plaatsvinden op 2…

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09/06/25
Grove of lichte schuld? Welke fouten kunnen leiden tot verva…

In haar arrest van 10 maart 2025 heeft het Hof van Cassatie zich uitgesprok…

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18/04/25
Private Equity’s Quiet Revolution in Insurance – Permanent C…

CVC Capital Partners is actively seeking partnerships with insurance compan…

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It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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Covid-19 lockdown: worth a claim under business continuity insurance policies?

Until a few weeks ago, in an effort to combat the COVID -19 pandemic, the vast majority of “non-essential” businesses were required to close in many c…

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Benelux Regulators to Apply EIOPA Guidelines on Outsourcing to Cloud Service Providers by Insurance and Reinsu…

On 24 April 2020, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued new guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers (…

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Les assurances : piqûre de rappel

Depuis le 1er novembre 2014, la loi du 4 avril 2014 relative aux assurances est entrée en vigueur. Quoiqu’elle n’ait fait, en grande partie,…

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Life insurers required to settle benefits promptly

Based on recommendations of the Insurance Ombudsman – which frequently receives complaints about late payment of life insurance contracts – a recent l…

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Insurance regulatory update: bijwerking van NBB’s Overkoepelende Governance Circulaire

De Nationale Bank van België (“NBB”) publiceerde op 5 mei 2020[1], een tweede bijwerking[2] van haar Circulaire NBB_2016_31 over de prudentiële v…

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Should health and life insurers use the data collected by health-related apps?

With the generalisation of health-related apps, health and life insurers are keen to use the collected data to improve the accuracy of their insureds’…

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Insurance regulatory update: Impact van COVID-19 op verzekeringsregulering en -toezicht

1.    Sinds het begin van de uitbraak van COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) hebben Belgische, Europese en internationale toezichthouders diverse…

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Insurance regulatory update: Impact van COVID-19 op verzekeringstoezicht

Op 17 maart 2020 publiceerde de Europese Autoriteit voor Verzekeringen en Bedrijfspensioenen (“EIOPA”) een mededeling betreffende maatregelen om de im…

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CJEU rules insurers liable for not informing life insurance policy holders of cancellation rights

The European Court of Justice (CJEU) was recently asked to rule on the EU's Solvency II Directive (and all earlier legislations regulating life insura…

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E-zine Insurance: a selection of recent case law of the Belgian Supreme Court regarding the Insurance Act of 2…

With year-end approaching, Lydian's insurance team looks back on some interesting judgments that the Belgian Supreme Court (“Cour de Cassation”) has r…

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Warranty & Indemnity Insurance: an increasingly popular insurance

A warranty & indemnity (W&I) insurance covers damage resulting from breaches of warranties given in the SPA by the seller. W&I insurance h…

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Assurance des prestataires intellectuels de la construction

En date du 1er juillet 2018, la loi du 31 mai 2017 imposant aux entrepreneurs, architectes et autres prestataires du sec…

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IDD in Belgium: new professional knowledge requirements in the insurance sector

Following the implementation of the Insurance Distribution Directive in Belgium, a new Royal Decree dated 18 June 2019, implementing new rules 

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Is BREXIT a regulatory opportunity for Belgian Insurtechs and the Insurance market as a whole?

In theory, insurance services are harmonised at the EU level. Insurance companies and intermediaries alike may easily ‘passport’ their domestic licenc…

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Belgian regulatory framework for MGAs now in force

On 21 November 2018 and 7 March 2019, we issued newsletters (respectively available here and here) regarding the Belgian proposal to cr…

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Update of Belgian proposal for MGA regulatory framework

On 21 November 2018, we issued a newsletter (accessible here) regarding a draft law amending the law of 4 April 2014 on insurance, which will cre…

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Transposition of IDD: a Christmas gift for the Belgian insurance sector

On 20 January 2016, the European Council adopted the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD). The purpose of this directive was to create a level playi…

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Belgian implementation of IDD now adopted

On 14 November 2018, the Belgian parliament finally adopted the draft law (“Draft Law”) implementing Directive 2016/97/EU on insurance distribution (“…

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Assurance RC dans le secteur de la construction: actualités

Dans notre actualité publiée le 17 septembre dernier, nous attirions votre attention sur le fait que la loi du 31 mai 2017 (relative à l’assurance déc…

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Belgian implementation of IDD coming soon

On 4 October 2018, the Belgian government finally submitted its draft law (“Draft Law”) implementing Directive 2016/97/EU on insurance distribution (“…

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