Insurance Law

Clydes signs up Hill Dicks partner with eye on Asian expansion

By Suzi Ring | November 16, 2010

Clyde & Co has expanded its corporate insurance team with the hire of Hill Dickinson partner William Tsang earlier this month. Tsang has joined as a partner in Clydes' City corporate insurance practice, however he is expected to relocate to Clydes' Hong Kong arm early next year as the firm bids to expand its corporate insurance practice in Asia.

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Barlows lands Chartis panel role in wake of Halliwells takeover deal

By Suzi Ring | November 16, 2010

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has been added to the claims panel of insurance giant Chartis following its takeover of the bulk of Halliwells' Manchester insurance arm, with the insurer also in the process of reviewing its non-claims legal panel. Barlows was added to the insurer's roster of firms for claims work last month, adding Chartis to the list of high-profile clients it has secured as a result of its July takeover of the Halliwells team. The firm has also retained work from AXA and NFU Mutual through the takeover, with Halliwells' insurance clients representing a major driver for the acquisition.

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Barlows set for more partner departures in practice overhaul

By Suzi Ring | November 1, 2010

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert is in negotiations over further partner exits as the firm moves to overhaul the structure of its practice groups. Barlows is currently in discussions with four or five corporate partners and a number of associates about possible departures. The firm has recently merged its commercial litigation and arbitration practice with its professional and financial disputes group, with the new group led by partners Sarah Clover and Neil Jamieson.

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City quartet advise as private equity houses complete $1.4bn Brit buyout

By Legal Week | October 27, 2010

Clifford Chance (CC), Macfarlanes, Ashurst and Linklaters are among a line-up of eight law firms advising on the $1.4bn (£883m) acquisition of Brit Insurance by private equity giants Apollo Global Management and CVC Capital Partners, reports The Am Law Daily. CC, Sullivan & Cromwell and NautaDutilh are acting for the private equity consortium, with the CC team headed up by M&A partners Kem Ihenacho and Patrick Sarch.

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Insurance giant Axa kicks off panel review in effort to drive down costs

By Friederike Heine | October 26, 2010

French insurer Axa has kicked off its latest panel review, with the overhaul coming as group general counsel George Stansfield takes up an additional role as head of human resources (HR). The Paris-led tender process, which started earlier this month, is the first comprehensive review of the insurer's legal advisers since May 2009, when Axa named at least 11 firms to its panel, including Clifford Chance (CC) and Norton Rose.

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Dealmaker: Nick Williams

By Legal Week | October 18, 2010

Kennedys' head of insurance on long conversations in the back of a cab and a treasured brown suit...

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Kennedys to open up new office in Miami

By Suzi Ring | September 23, 2010

Kennedys is set to launch in Miami next month in a bid to move closer to its Latin American and Caribbean clients. The office, which will open on 1 October, will be headed by insurance and reinsurance partner Alex Guillamont, who is transferring from the firm's Madrid office. Guillamont will be joined by associate Paula Jimenez and paralegal Karla Salguero. The office will focus on insurance claims and non-contentious issues.

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Solicitors lose right to claim defence fees on insurance in disciplinary cases

By Legal Week | August 5, 2010

Solicitors will no longer be covered by indemnity insurance when facing disciplinary proceedings after rule changes were pushed through despite objections from the Law Society. The Legal Services Board (LSB) last month approved proposals by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to scrap the right of lawyers to claim defence fees on their insurance when facing disciplinary proceedings.

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Professional negligence and indemnity

By Legal Week | August 5, 2010

Thomas Eggar looks at the overhaul of the SRA's regulatory powers, while Barlows reports on a recent ruling giving solicitors the right to terminate the retainer of time-wasting claimants.

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Professional negligence and indemnity: Surrender the lost cause

By Legal Week | August 5, 2010

Solicitors wishing to terminate their retainer with clients intent on pursuing a hopeless case will draw comfort from a recent key decision by the Court of Appeal. It saw the Court support the solicitors' decision to terminate their retainer with their client in light of his desire to advance arguments that were not properly arguable. Richard Buxton (Solicitors) v Mills-Owens [2010] concerned a statutory appeal against the grant of planning permission. Counsel had advised the client that the appeal could only proceed on the basis of a procedural or legal error by the planning inspector and that only one of these grounds had a chance of succeeding.

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New Jersey Law Journal

Proposed Law Would Strengthen Clients' Suits Against Insurance Companies for Bad Faith

By Charles Toutant | January 7, 2022

The New Jersey Association for Justice website was asking the group's members to contact their Assembly representatives and ask them to vote for the bill. The group provided talking points for such calls, calling the bill "an important consumer protection," and "needed because under current law there is no effective remedy for consumers whose claims have been unreasonably handled by their own insurer."

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Daily Business Review

Coral Gables Attorneys Reach $2M Settlement for Victims of Graduation Party Mass Shooting

By Michael A. Mora | January 6, 2022

"The only thing that revealed any potential liability by the landowner was the calls for service and all the calls for service were due to the hookah lounge because the rest of the establishments in that shopping center were closed," John C. Lukacs, a partner at Raposo & Lukacs, said.

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Texas Lawyer

5th Cir. Keeps Streak Alive, Joining Sister Circuits in Rejecting Plaintiffs' COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims

By Allison Dunn | January 6, 2022

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has become the latest federal appellate court to reject a plaintiff's claims seeking insurance coverage…

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Daily Report Online

Auto Club Insurance Sues Man, Others Over Policy Dispute

By ALM Staff | January 4, 2022

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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Connecticut Law Tribune

Second Circuit Finds Rule Capping Reinsurers' Liability No Longer Stands

By Jane Wester | December 30, 2021

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that the "Bellefonte rule" capping reinsurers' liability is no longer the law in the circuit.

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Daily Report Online

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers Removes Lawsuit Against State Farm

By ALM Staff | December 29, 2021

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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Daily Report Online

Auto-Owners Files Second Suit Over Insurance Claims

By ALM Staff | December 29, 2021

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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New York Law Journal

Citing Court of Appeals Conclusion, 2nd Circuit Finds Bellefonte Rule No Longer Stands

By Jane Wester | December 28, 2021

The three-judge panel of Guido Calabresi, Rosemary Pooler and Steven Menashi upheld U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield of the Southern District of New York's finding that Global Reinsurance Corporation of America must pay its share of Century Indemnity Company's defense costs in excess of the reinsurance certificates' liability limits.

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Daily Report Online

Auto-Owners Sues Man, Others Over Insurance Claims

By ALM Staff | December 28, 2021

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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Law.com

Inaccurate Statement of Law, 'Confusing' Coverage Options Doom Insurer on Appeal in UM/UIM Case

By Allison Dunn | December 28, 2021

The plaintiff's attorney said the decision may spur other insurance companies and their attorneys to take another look at their compliance functions.

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