LG advises Arthur J. Gallagher on management buyout of Asian reinsurance business

LG has advised existing client Arthur J. Gallagher (UK) Limited, the international insurance broking and risk management services firm, on the sale of its Asian subsidiary, Arthur J. Gallagher Asia Pte Limited to its Singapore based management.

24 April 2008

Arthur J. Gallagher sells Gallagher Re's reinsurance broking business to Aon

LG has advised existing client Arthur J. Gallagher (UK) Limited ("Gallagher"), the international insurance broking and risk management services firm, on the sale of all of Gallagher Re's treaty and certain parts of its facultative broking business in the UK to Aon.

27 February 2008

UK companies face widening exposure to liability for environmental losses

LG, the London-based business law firm, has warned UK companies of their increasing exposure to liability for environmental losses.

26 November 2007

Sub prime crises may cause insurance and reinsurance industry 'marketing altering' losses

The insurance and reinsurance industries will face potentially 'market altering' losses from the sub prime crisis, explained Arthur Washington, partner of New York firm Mendes & Mount LLP at a seminar today, hosted by business law firm LG.

14 November 2007

Court of Appeal clarifies position on employers liability for mesothelioma

City insurance lawyers say that last week's Court of Appeal decision in Brett v University of Reading helps clarify an employers liability to mesothelioma claimants, following the outcry caused by the House of Lords decision last year in Barker v Corus.

19 February 2007

LG highlights effects of recent important reinsurance cases

Held at Lloyd's of London and attended by approximately 150 delegates, a seminar hosted by law firm LG on 15 March looked at the practical implications of some of the most important recent cases affecting the reinsurance industry. According to Nick Bradley, Head of Lawrence Graham's Insurance & Reinsurance Group, the last 12 months has seen a significant number of important decisions affecting the reinsurance industry on a range of issues.

15 March 2006