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A Kenyan worker won Ksh. 1.86 million for a workplace injury, but the court refused to make the employer's insurer pay directly.

Kenya's Employment Court confirmed that work injury compensation claims must be made against the employer, not the insurance company.

A Kenyan court ruled that an employer must pay the outstanding work injury compensation itself and cannot blame its insurer for the shortfal

A Kenyan court confirmed employers must pay workplace injury awards in full, even when their insurer underpays the claim.

A Kenyan court converted a workplace death compensation award into an enforceable judgment, confirming families can enforce DOSH awards even

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a Kshs 6.1 million insurance payout but cut the interest rate, ruling insurers can't cancel policies over pre

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed it will not re-examine facts on a second appeal, so losing parties must raise legal errors, not just disag

A Nakuru court ordered Kenya Alliance Insurance to pay an accident victim Kshs 374,216 because the insurer offered no evidence to escape lia

A Kenyan court confirmed WhatsApp service is legally valid, so ignoring court papers sent to your phone can cost you the case.

A Nairobi court split blame equally in a road accident insurance claim and only awarded half the proved repair costs.

A Kenyan insurer recovered Kshs.1.52 million from a careless driver's company, but lost money on claims backed only by invoices without rece

The High Court refused to strike out Directline Assurance's defence, meaning accident victims suing an insurer must still prove the insuranc

A Murang'a court ordered MOGO Auto Ltd to pay Kshs. 117,630 because the insurer could not escape a judgment against its insured motorcycle r

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that an insurer can refuse to pay when a motorcycle insured for one use carries passengers instead.

The Court of Appeal upheld the dismissal of a Kshs 46 million insurance claim because the business owner couldn't prove the fire that damage

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that a 'Musharaka' Islamic finance label doesn't change a loan's substance: borrowers must repay even if the b

A Mombasa court held a milk transporter 100% liable for damaged goods, confirming insurers can sue transporters to recover what they paid th

A Nairobi court ordered the beneficial owner of a car to pay Kshs.252,916 to an insurer after an accident, but cleared the registered owner

A Nakuru court ruled that objections requiring evidence to resolve cannot be raised as preliminary objections, and dismissed the insurer-rel

A Murang'a court ordered an insurer to pay a deceased accident victim's KShs 2.9 million judgment after the insurer stayed silent, proving v

A Kenyan court stopped an insurer's decree from being executed against a driver, holding insurers must pay judgments even if they claim poli

A Kenyan court ordered an insurer to pay Ksh. 2.7 million to accident victims directly, because the insured vehicle's police abstract proved