ISRAEL

Title of National Section: Israeli Section of AIDA

Contact Person: Mr Peter Gad Naschitz

Address:
Naschitz, Brandes & Co.
5 Tuval Street,
67 897 Tel-Aviv
Israel

Tel: +972 3 623 5000
Fax: +972 3 623 5005

E-mail: pnaschitz@nblaw.com

The Israeli Chapter at their recent AIDA meeting discussed the following subjects:

Terrorism and Insurance; Prescription; Claims made and occurrence policies; The Israel Insurance Contract Law; Product Liability Insurance; Insurance Fraud and The lost years.

To view Newspaper report of Israeli Chapter's recent very well attended meeting in Tel Aviv, please click here

To view Peter Gad Naschitz's article 'some thoughts on reinsurance aspects in Israeli law', please click here

200 Participants at AIDA Aeminar in Tel Aviv on 11 November 2008

A large turnout welcomed the semi-annual AIDA Israel seminar which took place in Tel Aviv on 11 November, at the Tel Aviv Carlton Hotel.  After a sumptuous lunch the participants heard two main lectures;  by Dr. Adi Eyal, on Restrictive Trade Practices in the field of insurance, and by Judge (Ret.) Dr. Gabriel Kling, former Deputy President of the District Court of Tel Aviv, on the dilemma of lawyers representing more of one insurance companies from the point of view of professional ethics.  Further, presentations took place on current legal topics:  The new bill on Prescription which will come before the Knesset at its next session; New decisions in Israel and the U.K. on the causal connection in insurance and tort law, following the decisions in the CORR case and Anon. v. Sahar; the question of epidemiological proof in Tort cases; the duty of an insurance company to specify the grounds for rejection of an insurance claim on the first opportunity; AIDA Europe; and others.

The meeting was organized and directed by Peter Gad Naschitz, Vice President of World AIDA and Chairman of the Israel chapter.