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Top ranked CMS Insurance law firm offers expert advice on highly complex matters in a straightforward and commercially minded manner

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CMS Insurance at a glance:
30+ partners and 100+ lawyers globally
Act for all top global insurance companies
Full service coverage in 30 jurisdictions

(Re)insurers, brokers and insureds operate in a highly regulated and complex environment.

Our insurance sector lawyers across the world work with some of the market’s largest insurance businesses, offering exceptional depth and breadth of expertise to deliver comprehensive solutions to the sector:

Claims & Coverage

CMS’ market-leading policy wording and claims practitioners are at the apex of current legal thinking, helping (re)insurers, brokers and risk managers to solve disputes and manage exposure across more than 30 lines of business.

Corporate & Regulatory

Our Corporate Insurance team advises on all aspects of insurance-related transactions and works closely with our financial services, regulatory, claims, competition, employment, pensions, tax, dispute resolution departments and other specialists to deliver a seamless end-to-end service for our clients. Our regulatory specialists advise on UK and EU compliance, handle new products and distribution, and deal with a wide range of agreements. We help insurers deal with the PRA and the FCA and handle supervisory and enforcement issues as diverse as capital adequacy, financial crime and distribution channels. We advise clients across more than 30 lines of business.

The best protection is experience

We focus on developing close personal working relationships across our international network so we can offer you consistent service, particularly on claims and coverage advice. We have over 100 insurance specialists across 33 jurisdictions, from Latin America, through Europe to Asia.

We offer you more than legal advice and support. We share industry expertise through regular seminars, webinars, the leading publication “Ten things every insurer should know”, and themed networking events. We will be launching a client mobile App in 2019.

We have made it our business to know the insurance market inside out. We speak the industry’s language and our clients tell us we have the in-depth knowledge they need to support their business.

Highlighted experience

  • Noreco

    Advised on the successful acquisition from Shell of oil and gas assets worth USD 1.7bn in the Danish North Sea. The transaction required complex bespoke supporting insurances. CMS was shortlisted for Legal Week Insurance Team of the year for the deal.

  • MS Amlin

    Advised on the transfer by way of reinsurance and a related outsourcing transaction of legacy Lloyd’s Syndicate 3210 to the Riverstone Group. Transaction valued at over GBP 400m.

  • Rusal

    Advising continental insurers on policy coverage in relation to a USD 70m property and business interruption loss in Russia and suffered by one of the world's largest aluminium producers, and representing insurers in a USD 17m London arbitration.

  • Hippo

    Advised insurance client Markel on proceedings against Hippo Versicherungsvermittlung GmbH (Hippo), a German coverholder active in equine insurance. CMS obtained mandatory and proprietary injunctions in the English court.

  • Polish Reinsurance Company

    Defending the client in proceedings in Russia in a complex reinsurance claim and reinsurance contract invalidation, involving fraudulent payments.

  • Alphen aan den Rijn

    Advising on a wide range of legal issues and litigation arising out of the collapse of a crane in August 2014. We helped the client to develop a strategy leading to a successful resolution.

  • AlfaStrakhovanie

    Advising on complex international interconnected disputes regarding a private jet crash. Total net value of the claims is over EUR 40m, including disputes between various participants in the accident and between the insurance companies.

  • SOGAZ, AO

    Advising on a marine liability case involving hull damage to a modern LNG tanker.

  • SOGAZ, AO

    Advising on an aviation hull case involving damage to aircraft engines in Jordan.

  • Koninklijke BAM Groep NV, QBE and other insurers

    Assisting BAM and their PI and GL insurers with their civil liability position and their insurance coverage.

  • SAVA RE (Slovenian Reinsurance Company)

    Advising one of the largest European reinsurance companies on a dispute with a Russian insurance company, defending the client in proceedings in Russia in a complex reinsurance claim and reinsurance contract invalidation, involving fraudulent payments.

Awards & Recognitions
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    Professionalism, competitive and brand. I think this company is in the right place. [It] has branches, they can recommend each other […], they are flexible, they understand their role [and] they can provide their service.
    Regional Practice Leader, International Insurance Company
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    Where we do cooperate with them they do understand our business, which is exactly the reason why we use them. They have a good understanding of the intricacies of industrial insurance and, […], the requirements of insurance companies in the very difficult legal environment.
    Global Head of Legal & Compliance, International Insurance Company
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    In addition to representing clients in large-scale liability and damage claims, handling D&O proceedings, most notably in a banking and insolvency setting, has become another central pillar of CMS’ insurance practice but it has also been increasingly active in the InsurTech sector.
    Legal 500, Germany

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