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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 Legal Week | November 19, 2009
Clyde & Co has become the latest City firm to consider a merger, with the firm in talks with construction boutique Shadbolt. The insurance specialist confirmed today (19 November) that it is in preliminary tie-up talks with the London-based Shadbolt, with an email about the discussion sent out to partners earlier this year.
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By Legal Week | November 11, 2009
Berrymans Lace Mawer has boosted its Birmingham professional indemnity practice with the hire of Chris Fitton from Pinsent Masons. Fitton joined Berrymans on Monday (9 November) after 15 years at Pinsents. His practice focuses on professional negligence claims against solicitors, and he becomes the second partner in the firm's Birmingham professional indemnity team, overseeing five further fee earners.
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By Legal Week | November 9, 2009
A trio of Halliwells partners have left the firm to launch a Manchester base for insurance litigation specialist Plexus Law. Insurance liability partners Chris Gough, Tim Short and Louise Shaw are in the process of looking for premises in Manchester and expect to be fully operational within the next two months. Plexus said it plans to expand the new Manchester base to a total of 18 lawyers within the next 18 months.
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By Legal Week | November 2, 2009
Russell Jones & Walker has tied up with insurer Hiscox to launch a business which will provide insurance cover and advice for lawyers and business executives undergoing regulatory difficulties. The business, which was launched at beginning of last month (1 October), includes two new products called 4Expertprotect and 4Execprotect, targeted at lawyers and business directors respectively. Russell Jones will offer advice and help in relation to financial and regulatory issues such as white-collar crime, with Hiscox providing insurance.
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By Legal Week | October 28, 2009
Halliwells is facing potential legal action from two departed partners, it has emerged. The duo, one of whom is still on gardening leave, have independently instructed law firms and counsel to seek advice in relation to potential disputes with the firm.
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By Legal Week | October 16, 2009
Clifford Chance (CC) has won an appeal for Barclays against a decision by the Competition Commission to ban the sale of payment protection insurance (PPI) alongside credit cards and loans. The magic circle firm successfully defended the bank - a longstanding client of the firm - in front of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in the case, which has now been remitted back to the Competition Commission.
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By Legal Week | October 12, 2009
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has hired its second partner in as many months, with the firm recruiting insurance specialist Ian Mason from Ashurst. Mason joined Barlows today (12 October) after nine years as a partner with Ashurst, becoming the firm's sixth corporate insurance partner in the City.
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By Legal Week | September 23, 2009
Mills & Reeve has bolstered its private client and insurance practices with two partner appointments. The top 50 UK law firm has brought in Chris Belcher as a partner for its Cambridge private client group. Belcher is due to join Mills & Reeve on 1 October from Farrer & Co, which he joined in 2001 from Sharpe Pritchard. He led Farrers' onshore private client team and will take Mills & Reeve's practice to 16 partners.
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By Legal Week | September 17, 2009
Travelers and Barlows size up the key issues in the professional negligence and indemnity sphere.
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By Legal Week | September 16, 2009
The financial crisis and subsequent economic downturn in the UK economy has hit some law firms and solicitors hard. Many have experienced a reduction in fee income and are looking to cut costs accordingly. Professional indemnity insurance can be a significant expenditure for many firms, but purchasing should be taken seriously and not viewed as just a commodity.
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By ALM Staff | November 23, 2021
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By Zack Needles | November 19, 2021
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By Michael A. Mora | November 17, 2021
"The insurance industry relies heavily on warranties and plaintiff attorneys are trying to throw them out," Rory E. Jurman, a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson, said.
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By ALM Staff | November 17, 2021
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the document here.
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By Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes | November 12, 2021
On Oct. 5, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order narrowly construing the bump-up exclusion in favor of the insured in a dispute related to the merger of two leading insurance brokers, Towers Watson and Willis.
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By Ellen Villafuerte | Allison Dunn | November 12, 2021
Varying accounts and inconsistent medical records listing Saul Guzman as a former, current, and never a smoker nearly cost his family a $250,000 life…
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By Daniel A. Rabinowitz | November 12, 2021
A look at how the new amendments to the Holding Company Act might not be as useful as the act's older "bread-and-butter" components.
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By Zack Needles | November 11, 2021
Right now, the momentum appears to favor defendants in these cases, but insurance recovery lawyers have signaled that they have no intention of throwing in the towel.
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By Aron Solomon | November 11, 2021
'... the reality of the Astroworld event was not aligned with either the expectations of attendees or the obligations of the organizers,' according to Joseph Marrone, a Philadelphia lawyer.
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By Hannah Smith, JD; Christine G. Barlow, CPCU; and Karen Sorrell, CPCU | November 10, 2021
More than one type of insurance could be called on to cover the accidental on-set shooting during the production of Alec Baldwin's "Rust."
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