Wasa International Insurance Co Ltd v Lexington Insurance Co; AGF Insurance Ltd v Same – WLR Daily

Posted March 4th, 2008 in contracts, insurance, law reports by sally

Wasa International Insurance Co Ltd v Lexington Insurance Co; AGF Insurance Ltd v Same [2008] EWCA Civ 150; WLR (D) 69

“Where the wording in a contract of reinsurance was the same as or equivalent to that in the underlying contract of insurance, the two contracts should be given the same construction unless there were clear indications to the contrary.”

WLR Daily, 3rd March 2008

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