London & Brussels Insurance, Reinsurance & Regulatory Practice

Steptoe's London office handles a broad array of disputes and other matters for leading international insurers and reinsurers. In addition to representing insurance and reinsurance clients in disputes involving substantial claims, our London attorneys regularly advise clients on innovative insurance products, contract wordings, and other insurance-related business issues.  Much of the London office’s work on behalf of insurance and reinsurance clients focuses on the convergence of insurance, reinsurance, and other financial sectors.  For example, our London attorneys currently advise on using insurance policies to obtain Basel II regulatory capital relief, and on disputes arising out of the transfer to insurers of risk under credit - default swaps.

Our Brussels office performs much of our EU and country-specific regulatory work, advising insurers, reinsurers and other financial clients on setting up and carrying on business in Europe (including in light of the Solvency II project).  Clients benefit from the vast experience of our Brussels team in developing insurance products to comply with local legislative and regulatory requirements, resolving questions on transfer of insurance and reinsurance portfolios, assisting clients wishing to expand and restructure their operations in Europe, and advising on complex European tax matters.

In addition to its handling of general regulatory and business questions for insurance and reinsurance clients, our Brussels office regularly advises on related, cross-sectoral matters, such as money laundering, data protection, competition and corporate governance. The office also regularly advises clients on how to challenge national provisions whose scope or effect is in breach of EU-guaranteed freedoms.

Noteworthy

• Chambers UK (2011): Insurance: General Claims (London) - Leading Individuals - Gavin Coull & Angus Rodger
• UK Legal 500 (2010): Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation, Insurance: corporate and regulatory
• Euromoney Expert Guide (2009): Angus Rodger, Guy Soussan and Philip Woolfson

Select News & Events

• Risk.net Quotes Guy Soussan on Solvency II Uncertainty for Risk Managers
• Commercial Risk Europe Features Guy Soussan on FERMA Forum Solvency II Discussions
• London Office Recommended in 13 Categories in the 2011 Edition of Legal 500 UK
• Commercial Risk Europe Quotes Guy Soussan and Yves Botteman on the European Commission's New Collective Redress Consultation
• “The UK Life Insurance Market” and “European Regulatory Developments,” IFE Life Insurance Conference
• “What Can We Expect from the Review of the Insurance Mediation Directive, IMD2?” IFE Benelux Conference on Insurance Mediation
• “Legal Aspects of Cross-Border Operations in a Single Market for Insurance,” European Institute of Public Administration Seminar
• “Shaking Up the European Insurance Market Through Regulations Workshop,” FERMA Risk Management Forum 2011

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Publications

• Test Case’s Dismissal Will Have Implications for PPI
  November 3, 2011, Insurance Day
• European Commission Calls Off Study Into Subscription
  September 15, 2011, Insurance Day
• EU and US Must Agree on Global Supervision Rules
  May 6, 2011, Insurance Day
• Solvency II Will Ask More From Insurance Lawyers
  January 7, 2011, Insurance Day

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