Reinsurance

We represent the world’s leading insurers and reinsurers on facultative and treaty reinsurance matters worldwide.

Our clients receive partner-led service from expert reinsurance lawyers with long experience of the specialist case law, wordings and market practices in this field.

Our experience

  • Successfully defending facultative political violence reinsurers in New York and London proceedings in Hamilton v Afghan Global, Anham (2024), value $41m
  • Advising on multiple reinsurance / retrocessions issues arising out of COVID BI claims, worldwide
  • Managing multiple facultative reinsurance disputes, Mexico, Chile and elsewhere in LatAm
  • Representing reinsurers in contentious aggregation of losses disputes, worldwide losses
  • Managing multiple, property, power and engineering insurance disputes for international reinsurers. 
  • Advising reinsurers on all aspects of claims control, claims co-operation and and follow the settlement obligations
  • Advising on coverage of ex gratia and without prejudice settlements
  • Representing reinsurers on very complex international programme – property losses in Chile
  • Familiar with all aspects of fronting, captive, treaty, quota share and facultative reinsurance 

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Our clients

Our clients include the world’s leading insurers and reinsurers.

Our lawyers

The team is led by Andrew Tobin, a London market reinsurance and global risks specialist, of more than 25 years’ experience at leading London and US firms.

Did you know?

Defended a $41m claim

We acted for the successful political violence facultative reinsurers in Hamilton v Afghan Global, Anham.

International work

We provide a global service, working with other leading insurance and reinsurance laywers worldwide.

Partner-led

Reinsurance is a complex field, so our team is always partner-led.

Our expertise

Insurance claims and disputes:

Accountants, auditors and insolvency practitioners
Brokers & intermediaries
Civil fraud and asset recovery
Construction risks
Cyber
Directors & officers
Employment disputes
Fine art, specie and jeweller’s block
Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs)
Intellectual property insurance disputes
Legal malpractice
Managing general agents
Medical malpractice
Pension trustee liability
Personal injury
Political risk and trade credit insurance
Political violence, terrorism and war risk insurance
Professional disciplinary
Property
Technology disputes
Title indemnity insurance – real estate litigation

Corporate, commercial and finance:

Regulatory capital
Transactional liability

Our legal expertise

Reinsurers win $41m coverage dispute

Mills & Reeve defend insurers in Slovenia following alleged armed heist in Italy 

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“Andrew is very personable and easy to work with...He is very responsive and makes himself available at short notice, and I’m confident of obtaining the best possible outcome on anything he’s involved with.”

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