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Compensations in accident cases
In the Compensations booklet below, you may find a summary of all rulings issued by the Cypriot courts in 2018, in which compensations were awarded for damages resulting from any form of accident. The purpose - Read More...
Report of the Personal Data Protection Commissioner for the Insurance Sector
Following an audit carried out in the insurance sector, the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection (the Commissioner) published her findings about the improvements to be made and accomplished before the end of June.
Proposal regarding the Motor Insurance Directive
The proposal, as submitted by the Commission, seeks to amend the Motor Insurance Directive (2009/103/EC) in five specific areas: (i) insolvency of the insurer; (ii) claims history; (iii) risks due to uninsured driving; (iv) minimum - Read More...
Cyprus increases social insurance contributions and introduces national health insurance contributions
The Social Security Fund has announced the increase of the employees’ social security contributions as of January 1st 2019 as well as the initiation of the national health insurance contributions as of March 1st, 2019. - Read More...
Training session on the Insurance Distribution Directive
On the 24th of October 2018, our Junior Associate, Xenia Sfika, attended a training session organised by the Insurance Institution of Cyprus, at Filoxenia Conference Center. The subject matter was the Insurance Distribution Directive. The session was - Read More...
Quantum in Personal Injury Case Law in Cyprus 2017
In the attachment below you may find a summary of all rulings issued by the Cypriot courts in 2017, in which compensations were awarded for damages resulting from any form of accident. The purpose of this - Read More...
Work accidents and Personal Injuries Claims: Recent judgments by the Supreme Court of Cyprus
According to the relevant case law which actually interprets the common law as provided in article 51 of the Civil Wrongs Act Chapter 148, employers have a duty of care not to expose their - Read More...
Reforming the soft tissue injury (whiplash) claims process
On 23 February 2017, the Ministry of Justice of the United Kingdom has published Part 1 of its response to the ‘Reforming the soft tissue injury (‘whiplash’) claims process’ consultation which closed on 6 January - Read More...
Compensation in accident cases in Cyprus in 2016
In the following pages follows a summary of all rulings issued by the Cypriot courts in 2016, in which compensations were awarded for damages resulting from any form of accident. The purpose of this report - Read More...
Who’s Who Legal 2017 World’s leading Insurance & Reinsurance lawyers.
Michalis Kyriakides, a partner at Harris Kyriakides LLC, has been identified by “Who’s Who Legal” 2017 as being among the world’s leading Insurance & Reinsurance lawyers. Based on an independent research with the directory’s - Read More...
Chapter on Cyprus Insurance Law
Cyprus maintains a highly developed insurance sector which is growing alongside the banking and international investment business. All insurance business, except for the Social Insurance Scheme which is operated by the Cyprus government, is operated - Read More...
By Michael Kyriakides
Deflation trends in the assessment of damages under Cyprus law
The guidance of the Cyprus Supreme Court in the assessment of damages in accident claims has traditionally been founded on certain principles: first, that damages in civil torts do not aim to the punishment of - Read More...