Angus Rodger

Partner

• arodger@steptoe.com
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99 Gresham Street
London, EC2V 7NG
TEL: +44 20 7367 8048
FAX: +44 20 7367 8001

Angus Rodger is a partner in the London office of Steptoe & Johnson and represents and counsels insurers, reinsurers, brokers and financial institutions in insurance and finance disputes and non-contentious matters.

He is identified as a leading individual by the Chambers UK and UK Legal 500 for Insurance & Reinsurance which state that he is “regarded as ‘top notch’ by clients and peers alike” and “respected for both contentious and non-contentious insurance”. He is also ranked as a leading lawyer in UK Chambers directory for Insurance Claims and is listed in Euromoney’s Expert Guide to the World’s Best Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers.

Many of his clients have sought to resolve disputes by negotiation, and he has successfully dealt with numerous high value matters in this manner. He also exercises advocacy rights in front of the English higher courts and appears in insurance-related national and international arbitrations. Key litigation in which he has acted includes Winterthur v Merrill Lynch [2007] 2 All ER Comm 846, Dow v Novoklav [1998] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 306, Sword-Daniels v Pitel [1994] 4 All ER 385, and Napier v Kershaw [1993] AC 713.

He has drafted and negotiated all types of policy wordings, has acted in several significant ART transactions (such as BAE Systems’ US$3.77 billion FRIP), and has advised on a range of financial and regulatory issues.

Angus is the author and contributing author respectively of two leading texts on insurance and reinsurance law, EC Insurance Law (Longman) and Reinsurance Claims Handling (Witherby), as well as Informa’s insurance and reinsurance law courses. He has lectured on private international law at King’s College, London, and is a frequent contributor to industry journals and conferences.

Noteworthy

• Euromoney Expert Guide (2007)

Select News & Events

• Guy Soussan and Angus Rodger present on "Solvency II on the Horizon - Impact and Remaining Challenges" to the International Association of Asbestos and Pollution Reinsurers, June 10, 2009
• Falconbury's Reinsurance Contract Wordings and Disputes Conference, London, October 2008
• Angus Rodger Chairs Session at Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA's) Annual Conference in Century City, April 28, 2008
• A discussion of London & Bermuda Arbitrations, February 29, 2008
• Developments in Reinsurance Arbitrations: What Works and What Does Not in the US, Bermuda, and the UK, February 8, 2008, (A Steptoe-sponsored event)
  Reinsurance Seminar
• The European Commission report on business insurance: what happens next?, November 13, 2007
• Pharmaceutical Sector Burdened, Say Angus Rodger and Todd Corey
• Insurance Practice Expansion Eyed

Selected Publications

• Basel II, set-aside capital and benefits of insurance
  May 29, 2009, Insurance Day
• Heightened Scrutiny - the EU's Block Exemption Ruling
  May 2009, Global Reinsurance
• Ruling Removes FDA Safety Net
  May 2009, Global Reinsurance
• U.K. Financial Services Authority Fines Aon Limited £5.25 Million For Failing to Maintain Adequate Anti-Bribery Controls
  January 21, 2009
• How can insurers keep control of credit derivative exposures?
  September 26, 2008, Insurance Day
• Anti-suit injunctions ECJ incompatible
  September 12, 2008, Insurance Day
• London Insurance/Reinsurance Practice Brochure
  July 28, 2008
• FSA's Discussion Paper on Transparency, Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest in the Commercial Insurance Market
  April 2008

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Professional Affiliations

• Inter Pacific Bar Association, Insurance Chapter, Vice Chairman
• British Insurance Law Association
• International Bar Association