Lloyd's contingency market braced for $50mn claim

Lloyd's insurers look set to pay out a significant contingency
claim following the death of Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher,
The Insurance Insider revealed on 30
December.
Sources said that Disney had taken out $50mn of so-called
contract protection cover as insurance for the event that Fisher
was unable to fulfil her acting obligations in the new Star Wars
films, and the policy is now likely to trigger.
The policy was underwritten by specialist New Jersey-based
managing general agent Exceptiona