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Coverage that focuses on both the legal risks facing insurance companies, as well as how companies are using insurance to hedge risk. We cover health insurance and cyber insurance frequently.
By Gerard Starkey | November 21, 2012
Kennedys is set to become the latest UK top 50 firm to move into Scotland, with partners voting on a potential merger with specialist insurance firm Simpson & Marwick later this week. The merger would hand Kennedys five offices in Scotland, with Simpson & Marwick having a presence in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and East Lothian.
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By Gerard Starkey | November 19, 2012
Keoghs is poised to take on a team of around 17 insurance fraud fee-earners from Clyde & Co led by former Manchester fraud head Damian Ward, who quit the firm this summer. The team, which is expected to transfer over in the New Year, will join up with former Clydes Manchester head Dene Rowe after he joined Keoghs in June.
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By Gerard Starkey | November 6, 2012
Parabis has opened its first office north of the border after establishing a base in Glasgow. The practice, which will be known as Parabis Scotland, opened for business on 1 November and is led by Tony O'Malley, the former litigation head at HBJ Gateley's personal injury arm HBJ Claim Solutions.
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By Gerard Starkey | November 1, 2012
DAC Beachcroft has officially launched in Chile following the confirmation of its planned three-way merger with local firms SegurosLex and Amunategui & Cia. The office, which will be known as DAC Beachcroft Chile, will work with international insurers, advising on all corporate, commercial, regulatory and claims issues.
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By Pui-Guan Man | October 29, 2012
Locke Lord has boosted its London insurance and reinsurance team with a hire from Mayer Brown's City arm. Ian McKenna, who has been a partner at Mayer Brown since 2003 when he joined from Holman Fenwick & Willan, will take the partner count in the team to three, including Damian Cleary and Gavin Coull.
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By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | October 26, 2012
A group of 12 partners from several top Chinese law firms have joined forces to launch a new outfit in Beijing. The new firm will be known as Anjie and will open in the Chinese capital next month with a total of approximately 60 lawyers.
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By Suzanna Ring | October 19, 2012
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have both advised on the $2bn (£1.2bn) sale of the bulk of ING's Asia insurance business to telecoms company Pacific Century Group.
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By Legal Week | October 18, 2012
The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) remains a challenging market to foreign insurers and reinsurers and investors, including those based, held or headquartered in the leading offshore financial centres such as Bermuda, Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Mauritius, Seychelles and others.
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By Pui-Guan Man | October 15, 2012
Clifford Chance (CC) and Norton Rose have scored debut panel roles for LV= on its corporate legal roster alongside Eversheds and Bond Pearce. The UK insurance company, formerly known as Liverpool Victoria, has appointed the four firms to advise on business affairs.
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By Suzi Ring | October 12, 2012
Kennedys is in early-stage merger talks with top-tier aviation outfit Gates and Partners, in a move which could see the insurance firm branch out into the lucrative aerospace market for the first time. If the tie-up goes ahead it will see Kennedys move into a sector currently monopolised by a small number of firms including Clyde & Co, Holman Fenwick Willan and Norton Rose.It is understood talks between the two firms only started in recent weeks.
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By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | June 2, 2022
"It's a very simple case," said Jeb Butler of Butler Law Firm, adding that had the insurance company not met the policy limit demands, he and Tom Giannotti would have sued and sought a much larger amount.
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By Melea VanOstrand | June 2, 2022
It's now more difficult to make a claim and can take creative lawyering to prove to an insurance company that a hurricane damaged a house, according to one Miami insurance attorney.
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By Sandra K. Jones | June 2, 2022
North America's pet insurance sector exceeded $2.83 billion at year-end 2021, meaning the industry has more than doubled since 2018.
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By John H. FitzSimons and Alexander M. Razi | June 2, 2022
'First Solar' is a significant decision that puts the focus of the analysis of whether claims are related in its proper place, the actual terms of the insurance contract entered into between the insured and the insurer.
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By Marianna Wharry | June 1, 2022
"No Maryland appellate court has decided this specific question, but hundreds of courts throughout the United States have decided it in interpreting policies that are substantially identical to the policy in this case," Judge Kevin F. Arthur wrote.
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By Melea VanOstrand | June 1, 2022
"Nothing they've passed in this last legislation will lower anybody's rates," said insurance attorney Adrian Arkin of Mintz Truppman in Miami.
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By Jim Saunders | June 1, 2022
Contractors in the past have been able to recover their attorney fees from insurers if they are successful in the lawsuits, a concept known as "prevailing party fees." But the new law stripped contractors of being able to recover prevailing-party fees when they are assigned benefits.
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By Jasmine Floyd | May 27, 2022
"I think it became clear to us that the insurance company knew their position was wrong when they got their own expert, who wasn't a liver-transplant expert," attorney Eddie Dabdoub said.
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By Steve Hallo | May 27, 2022
"These bills will help stabilize a problematic market, help Floridians harden their homes through the My Safe Florida Home Program and pave the way for more choices for homeowners," Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
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By Colleen Murphy | May 25, 2022
A federal judge in Connecticut has refused to dismiss an HVAC company's claim against its insurer, saying it's too early to determine whether the insurer has a duty to defend its customer.
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