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We understand that even a small oversight in a policy wording can result in substantial losses for insurers, poor client service and regulatory intervention.
Our experienced team drafts policy wordings in all categories of insurance business. In recent years we have drafted or redrafted several hundred policy wordings, from commercial combined policies to fine art, and have drafted in excess of 2,500 bespoke policy endorsements. We have also drafted a large number of bespoke wordings for a wide range of schemes including battle re-enactment societies, motor racing organisations, bee-keepers and music studios.
We understand the need for policies to be written in plain English and in keeping with your brand and house style as well as ensuring that your policies match your key fact statement, product literature and marketing materials.
We keep up to date with the latest developments in insurance and contract law, to ensure your wordings are as up to date as possible. We have already assisted with the drafting of a significant number of wordings to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Insurance Act 2015.
Our clients - we act for London market insurers, Lloyd’s syndicates, niche and specialty insurers, MGAs brokers and broker networks.
Our experience – a team of policy drafting specialists who have drafted policies in all classes of insurance business. Our team have all advised in relation to complex coverage disputes and bring that experience to their policy drafting work. We have already assisted with the drafting of a significant number of wordings to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Insurance Act 2015.
Flexible pricing – where possible, we will agree fixed fees to give you peace of mind and costs certainty. For our outsourced policy drafting service, we can price on a fixed monthly cost or a ‘per endorsement’ basis.
Fully flexible service - we can provide everything from a simple policy health check to a fully project managed creation of a new product suite, including our outsourced endorsement drafting service. For large projects and outsourced services, we can allocate a dedicated administrator, e-mail address and telephone number for your sole use.
Guidance and support – we regularly provide training and legal updates to clients on all matters relating to policy drafting. We also meet with underwriters on a regular basis to discuss market and legal developments.
Industry membership– members of Forum of Insurance Lawyers, Lloyd’s Market Association and British Insurance Law Association.
On 23 January, the Future Professional Indemnity Forum of the IUA invited three industry experts to discuss the practicalities of operating in a hard market.
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The purpose of this note is to highlight the difficulties with vendor due diligence in the context of W&I insurance.
The University of Nottingham, in collaboration with Browne Jacobson, have undertaken a detailed academic study into the readability of insurance policies, with some fascinating results.
FCA has published a Policy Statement (PS17/27) entitled ‘Insurance Distribution Directive implementation – Feedback to CP17/23 and near-final rules’. Read more!
Thank you so much for your work on the project. You really have gone the extra mile and made a significant financial impact on the business. We could not have completed the work without you.
EU ambassadors confirmed yesterday that new dates for the transposition and application deadlines for the Insurance Distribution Directive had been agreed following the European Commission’s proposal to delay them in 2017.
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The court has granted an application for an interim injunction against the claimant’s former employee to enforce non-competition restrictive covenants and confidentiality clauses in his employment contract
The case of PM Project Services Ltd (PM) v Dairy Crest Ltd (DC) 2016 has shown the implications of court bundles not being properly paginated.
Syndicates within Lloyd’s market have reduced the amount of cyber risks they are underwriting. With instances of cyber-crime occurring on an almost daily basis and the huge costs of investigating…
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