WTW and Reed Smith survey shows geopolitics listed as a top-seven risk for the first time | 3w
Insurance
Insurance heavyweight ups revenue 9.1% as it eyes becoming a billion-dollar law firm by 2030 | 3w
Partner promotions include just two women, although three out of four new counsel are female | 2mos
Group adds strong East Coast presence to firm’s existing Midwest and West Coast practice | 2mos
Gartner says traditional insurance policies may exclude AI-related failures amid rise in AI incidents | 2mos
Former AXA legal counsel Caroline Riddy returns to the insurer, replacing Emily Coupland in the role | 2mos
Maria Alvarez-Scott will replace Geoffrey Timms as GC in May | 5mos
Transport and marine group joins from German boutiques as DWF points to planned further growth of global marine offering | 7mos
Bridget Tatham to lead Forum of Insurance Lawyers for 2026, succeeding Keoghs partner Howard Dean | 7mos
Amrit Mclean joins with four more lawyers to turbocharge Simmons’ offering in pension risk transfer transactions | 8mos
Ropes & Gray and Sidley Austin advise Fortegra as Latham & Watkins guides DB Insurance | 9mos
Tie up with insurance-focused RPZ Advogados brings five partners and 24 lawyers | 9mos
Arrival of four partners and their team follows DWF’s hire in May of a 13-strong marine insurance team from Kennedys | 9mos
UK firm’s topline hits £466m in year marked by large team hires and redundancies | 9mos
Insurance powerhouse merges with local boutique to open in Rotterdam | 10mos
Arrival of former senior Berrymans Lace Mawer duo boosts professional risk and corporate insurance teams | 11mos
Head of insurance Helen Faulkner to succeed David Pollitt as managing partner | 11mos
The impact of the English court’s judgment in the Russian aircraft lessor policy claims will be felt widely and for some time to come, write HSF Kramer partner Fiona Treanor and senior associate William Gibson | 1yr
Lawyers have responded to the Russian Aviation insurance judgment, the effects of which will be felt beyond the immediate dispute involving lessors and insurers, writes Ben Rigby | 1yr
Judgment delivered for the claimants against ‘war risks’ insurers in one of the most significant insurance cases in English legal history | 1yr