Insights

Please see below for our latest insurance and risk management thought leadership.

Workplace Futures: The Value of the ‘Social Contract’ in ESG

Failure to be true to ‘good’ moral standards can lead to reputational damage and - in some instances - financial damage through executive liability. This event is intended to demystify and discuss some of the related key themes, such as:

Transforming workplace culture and adopting D&I practices
Retaining and attracting quality talent through the ‘Great Resignation’
Implementing strategies and solutions to strengthen effective leadership and governance
Reviewing protection for your board from ESG liabilities if things were to go wrong

Watch the LIVE session recordings or read the brief written summaries of the key themes discussed HERE

Risk Bulletin – Q3 2021

Risk Bulletin – Q2 2021

Risk Bulletin – Q1 2021

Risk Bulletin – Q4 2020

Risk Bulletin – Summer 2020

Professional services firms: Stuck in the middle of a weak cybersecurity chain?

Risk Bulletin – Q1 2020

Market Commentary - Large UK Solicitors' Firms

After some evidence of a hardening market, with increases faced by some firms in 2017, the 2018 renewal season confirmed that we are entering a more difficult period for large UK based Solicitors firms... Read more

Partnership by Accident or Omission

Sometime partnerships come into existence without any conscious decision being made that those involved want to be bound by all of the legal rules that apply to partners… Read more

Data Protection Class Actions and the Vengeful Employee: Implications of the recent Court of Appeal decision in Morrisons

Imagine a situation where an embittered, disgruntled employee steals personal information which he holds about other employees (name, address, bank details etc.) and decides to put it into the public domain… Read more

Brexit Update: Insurance contract continuity

The issues that insurers face and considers the interplay between insurers’ contractual obligation to continue to service policies (including paying claims) versus the practical impact that local regulation might have on their ability to do so. Read more

Financial Lines Insurance Market Review – Q2 2018

In our last, March 2018, update we referred to the financial lines market as “showing a patchy response to several years of poor results” and as “inconsistent in its approach”.Little has changed, with, if anything, even more uncertainty affecting underwriters. Read more

No Let Out for Downtrodden Partners

Partnership law expert Andrew Cromby of Weightmans LLP considers whether a partner can ever be treated so badly that he is entitled to turn his back on the partnership and walk away… Read more

The Gender Pay Gap and Your Employment Practices Liability Contract

What does this mean for you and your organisation and will your Employment Practices Liability (“EPL”) contract meet the challenges ahead? Read more

Lifecycle of a claim

A comprehensive guide to the lifecycle of an insurance policy claim Read more

Managing Risks in a Rapidly Changing Landscape” series: Where are your people?

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