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D&O Seminar

On 3rd April 2011 Levitan, Sharon & Co. held their D&O Seminar at the Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv.  Further detales.


Applicability of the Montreal Convention in Israel

A few months ago the Israeli Carriage by Air Law - 1980 was amended by applying the Montreal Convention to international and domestic carriage. The amendment will come into force on 20th March 2011, following a publication in the official gazette by the Foreign Ministry stating that the Montreal Convention will now apply in Israel. Further detales.


Consequential Losses Are they covered by Standard Product Liability Policy

In a recent judgement (June 2011) the Court of Appeals handed down its decision in C.A. 1228/08 Molram  Hoist & Lifting Equipment & others v. Bituach Haklai Ltd. & others which dealt with the question relating to the cover of Consequential Losses afforded by the product liability policy. Further detales.


Publications

Rachel Levitan has recently written the Israeli chapters in two insurance related Publication: "Insurance Portfolio Transfers: Move and Let Go", published by the International Bar Association and "Time bar in Insurance and Reinsurance" published by Clyde & Co.


AIDA Conference The annual conference of AIDA Israel took place on Thursday, 8 September 2011, at the Hilton Tel Aviv Hotel. The conference was organized Adv. Peggy Sharon and by Adv. Peter Gad Naschitz, both are members of the AIDA International Presidential Council. This year, for the first time, the conference was attended by the AIDA International Presidential Council members, including its president, Mr. Michael Gill of Australia. After competing with Greece, Turkey and Morocco to host the AIDA Conference in their respective countries, it was Adv. Peggy Sharon who convinced the Presidential Council to hold the conference in Israel. Over 130 attendees from South America, Australia, Japan, Turkey, Morocco, Greece, UK, Finland and Israel attended and enjoyed the conference.

 Further detales.


Draft guidelines for insurance programmes

On 6th September 2011 the Israeli Commissioner of Insurance published draft guidelines for insurance programmes sold in Israel. The guidelines impose on insurers a wide duty of disclosure and clarity in drafting the wording of policies. Further detales.


 
     
 

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Irit Shapira - Weber, LL.B.

 

Practice Areas:

Israeli Corporate Law, the local cumbersome regulatory requirements of the insurance industry, reinsurance, credit insurance, factoring, debt collection,  merger and acquisitions, cartels, internet, e-trading and transactions in the newly developing area of alternative risk transfer (ATR).

 
   

During the years 1995 - 2001 Irit served as the General Counsel and the Secretary of Clal Insurance Group, which comprises about twenty companies involved in insurance, software development, insurance agencies, asset management and financial engineering, and served as the head of the Financial Lines Division of Clal. While with the Clal Group, Irit also acquired extensive knowledge about the practical sides of the insurance business, while managing the marine and financial insurance departments.

Irit has been appointed by the Commissioner of Insurance as Special Administrator of the Continental Insurance Company Ltd.

Irit has recently been nominated as a member of a S.E.C. Committee which was appointed to review the legislation regarding duties of insurance imposed on securities brokers and consultants.

 

Education:

LL.B, A graduate of the Hebrew University.

 

Status:

Joint Venture Partner.

Irit has built, as a joint venture partner, a department with expertise in Israeli Corporate Law, Regulatory Law, Reinsurance Law, Credit Insurance and Pension and Long Term Savings.

 

Membership:

A member of the Israel Bar Association since 1977.

 

Languages:

Hebrew and English

 

Email:

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