English Court Considers Effect of Breach of Insurance Policy Warranty

English Court Considers Effect of Breach of Insurance Policy Warranty

March 6, 2018, Covington Alert

The Commercial Court in London has recently held that breach of a specific policy provision described as a warranty in a buildings insurance policy allowed an insurer to avoid coverage for a fire claim, but was not grounds for making the policy completely void from inception, as the insurer had argued. The case is BlueBon Ltd v Ageas (UK) Ltd [2017] EWHC 3301 (Comm).