Joint Meeting Civil Liability Insurance and Climate & Catastrophic Events Working Parties

Paris, France

Fédération Française des Sociétés d’Assurances

The eleventh meeting of the Working Party took place on Wednesday 2 December 2015 in Paris at the offices of the Fédération Française des Sociétés d’Assurances (FFSA) on the occasion of the AIDA France Conference (2-3 December 2015).

The meeting took the form of a Joint Meeting with the AIDA Civil Liability Insurance Working Party in conjunction with the AIDA Motor Insurance Working Party.

The Agenda of that meeting which adopted the theme of Testing times for emissions and targets – counting the cost and insurance implications of failure and false promises and was chaired by Tim Hardy (UK) is below.

The following presentations were delivered at the meeting:

VW Dieselgate : A First Survey of the Main Facts and Legal Issues - Marco Frigessi, AIDA CCWP Vice Chair, Italy

VW Dieselgate and Environmental Claims - Sara Landini, AIDA MIWP Chair, Italy

The VW Scandal watched with D&O Spectacles - Adolfo Paolini, AIDA CLIWP Vice Chair, UK

VW Dieselgate – A Perspective from the UK - Stephen Turner, DAC Beachcroft, UK

A French Perspective on VW Scandal-related Litigation - Cédric Wells, Swiss Re, France

In advance of the meeting a 54-page Report was also prepared for the benefit of the meeting by the MERCOSUR Group, co-ordinated by Maria Kavanagh, Argentina, entitled, "The Effects of Climate Change GHG Emissions", a copy of which is listed below in both English and Spanish versions.

A copy of the Minutes of the meeting is below. A list of registering attendees and those providing formal apologies is also listed below.

Attached files