Angus Rodger

Partner

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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, which state that clients are “consistently extremely impressed” and 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.

He exercises advocacy rights in front of the English higher courts and appears in national and international arbitrations. Reported 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 insurance policy wordings, has acted in several significant ART transactions (such as BAE Systems’ US$3.77 billion FRIP), and advises 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

• Leading Individual : Insurance - Chambers UK (2010 edition)
• UK Legal Experts: Insurance (2010 edition)

• Euromoney Expert Guide (2007)

Select News & Events

• Angus Rodger and Michael Sánchez Rydelski Comment on the ESA's Abolition of Favorable Captive Tax in Liechtenstein
• Angus Rodger participates in a panel session on Warranty & Indemnity Insurance at Willis's headquarters in London
• 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

• Insurers Not Liable For Defence Costs In Tainted Toys Case
  June 18, 2010, Insurance Day
• Baughman says monitoring costs can be ‘damages’
  February 26, 2010, Insurance Day
• London Insurance/Reinsurance Practice Brochure
• 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

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Professional Affiliations

• Chairman of Inter Pacific Bar Association (Insurance Chapter)
• International Bar Association
• British Insurance Law Association