7KBW is “the leading set in the insurance and reinsurance market” (Chambers UK 2020), offering market-leading expertise. We are “the premier set for insurance and reinsurance work” (Legal 500 2020) and have won the Chambers UK Insurance Set of the Year award for many years, most recently in 2020. 7KBW is top-ranked in all the major directories.
Members have extensive experience of both arbitration and litigation, in all major jurisdictions and significant arbitral centres. We routinely appear in the most significant cases. Our work spans long-running, complex trials, including appeals with industry significance, and advisory work, from coverage advice to advice on policy wordings.
Members act for all market participants, including policyholders, insurers, reinsureds and reinsurers, in both the Lloyds’ and companies’ markets, and worldwide. We also act for, and against, insurance brokers, agents, and their advisers.
Typical matters include:
Types of insurance in which members have particular expertise include:
Reinsurance expertise includes all types of facultative and treaty, proportional and excess of loss re-insurance.
Members are familiar with the Insurance Act 2015 and its application.
Members have acted in many significant disputes. These include disputes arising out of major events such as coronavirus pandemic (including the FCA business interruption test-case litigation), the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the global financial crisis, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and numerous catastrophic natural and environmental disasters. They also include claims arising from industry-wide developments such as warehouse frauds and data protection breaches.
Examples of recent leading cases in which members of 7KW have appeared include:
“Insurance Set of the Year’
Chambers Bar Awards 2020