Vasil Kisil & Partners Successfully Represented UNIQA Ukraine in an Insurance Dispute Worth More Than UAH 10 Billion

Vasil Kisil & Partners Law Firm successfully represented UNIQA Ukraine Insurance Company in a dispute involving more than UAH 10 bln.

The insured parties (two companies being members of the same group) notified in 2023 of the occurrence of an insured event, having lost their property located within the temporarily occupied territory. One of the key issues in these disputes was about how to interpret the “loss of property” under the terms and conditions of the insurance agreements and to apply insurance cover exclusions and restrictions. Members of the Lloyd’s market in London also joined the litigations as reinsurers.

Attorneys of Vasil Kisil & Partners acted jointly with lawyers from UNIQA Ukraine and Sayenko Kharenko Law Firm, who represented the reinsurers, to present their case that the insured failed to prove that an insured event actually occurred under the agreements. The courts accepted their arguments and dismissed the claims. 

In September 2026, the Supreme Court upheld the rulings issued by the inferior courts in favor of UNIQA Ukraine.

These cases are the first ones of major insurance disputes involving the insurance against war risks and “wartime” interpretation of terms and conditions of property insurance agreements. The case law shaped and modeled with the participation of Vasil Kisil & Partners will have a bearing on the further development of the insurance market. The project team who acted for UNIQA Ukraine in courts included Oleg Kachmar, Partner, and Bohdan Shabarovskyi, Senior Associate.