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The UAE's Corporate Governance Regulations for the Insurance Sector: A Closer Look
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Our corporate governance team helps clients to manage their requirements and responsibilities in this area, as corporate governance continues to move up the global agenda. Businesses are becoming more accountable to their shareholders and it is imperative they receive confident, commercially astute advice.
We assist clients by advising on legal issues affecting day-to-day operations, advising on the maintenance of sound risk management policies and supporting them in developing and implementing practical solutions to ensure both compliance and shareholder value.
Advising on coverage and monitoring in respect of notifications following employer insolvency and PPF assessment period commencing in relation to the Scheme
Acting in a claim relating to alleged delay in winding up a company pension scheme and losses arising from the resulting fall in the fund value
Advising on failure to amend a scheme correctly to equalise benefits for men and women following the “Barber” judgment in 1991
Advising on rules which incorrectly reflected the “preservation” legislation in the Pension Schemes Act 1993
Advising on incorrect drafting of rule consolidations
Acting for a national firm and its insurers in relation to a claim brought by trustees of a retirement benefits scheme after advisers failed to carry out correctly the equalisation of retirement ages in accordance with Barber which prevented the equalisation from being legally achieved on the date stated in the scheme documentation
Advising on failure to properly amend the scheme rules correctly to reduce future benefits
Acting on loss of chance claims
Successfully defending a trustee against a claim relating to misapplication of funds by a scheme member who had represented to the Insured that he was a company employee and therefore entitled to join a company pension scheme, when in fact he was not
Advising on claims under PTL policies for “exonerated loss” cover
Advising on coverage and monitoring in respect of notifications following employer insolvency and PPF assessment period commencing in relation to the Scheme
Acting in a claim relating to alleged delay in winding up a company pension scheme and losses arising from the resulting fall in the fund value
Advising on failure to amend a scheme correctly to equalise benefits for men and women following the “Barber” judgment in 1991
Advising on rules which incorrectly reflected the “preservation” legislation in the Pension Schemes Act 1993
Advising on incorrect drafting of rule consolidations
Acting for a national firm and its insurers in relation to a claim brought by trustees of a retirement benefits scheme after advisers failed to carry out correctly the equalisation of retirement ages in accordance with Barber which prevented the equalisation from being legally achieved on the date stated in the scheme documentation
Advising on failure to properly amend the scheme rules correctly to reduce future benefits
Acting on loss of chance claims
Successfully defending a trustee against a claim relating to misapplication of funds by a scheme member who had represented to the Insured that he was a company employee and therefore entitled to join a company pension scheme, when in fact he was not
Advising on claims under PTL policies for “exonerated loss” cover
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