Who's Who Legal has brought together five of the world’s leading insurance and reinsurance practitioners to discuss the current key issues in this practice area. James Grennan of A&L Goodbody, Pablo Cereijido at Marval O'Farrell & Mairal, Matthew Jacobs of Jenner & Block, Charles Scibetta at Chaffetz Lindsey and Mark Goodman of Freeborn & Peters talk about their insurance and reinsurance practices, competition in the legal marketplace in their jurisdictions and recent regulatory developments.

Sébastien Gros and Ghina Farah of Hogan Lovells, Paris explore the challenges facing insurance lawyers in France.

Laura Foggan of Wiley Rein takes an in-depth look at the increase in claims by policyholder advocates testing out a bad faith theory based on the conduct of the defence under eroding limits policies.

“Insurers and their policyholders frequently have clashed about what constitutes reasonable and necessary defence expenses, and what guidelines are appropriate for the conduct of a defence.”

Who’s Who Legal spoke to Jason Gordon, president of FNF Title International, about his views on the real estate industry and adapting to market changes. Trained as a lawyer and with experience in litigation, underwriting and compliance, Gordon took on the role of president in 2008, shifting his focus to the business needs of the department.

Thomas Rouhette and Sylvie Gallage-Alwis of Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP explain the differing forms of insurance and court-ordered expert proceedings in France.

In this section we analyse the findings of our research in greater depth to identify the firms and practitioners who stand out worldwide. Clyde & Co is the leading firm in our research with an impressive 17 listings across seven offices. It has been a triumphant year for the firm, which has gone from strength to strength after its 2011 merger with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert. International “heavyweight” Hogan Lovells narrowly misses out on the top spot with 16 “outstanding” lawyers listed. The firm has a particularly solid base in Europe, with 11 lawyers featured from seven countries. DLA Piper demonstrates its huge international footprint with 11 lawyers featured from eight offices spanning five continents. Norton Rose also has a strong presence in our publication with nine lawyers listed. It is best represented by its practice in South Africa where we feature three leading practitioners.

With the benefit of over 14 years of research and tens of thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners, Who’s Who Legal takes a closer look at developing trends in the insurance and resinsurance legal marketplace.

With the benefit of over 14 years of research and tens of thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners, Who’s Who Legal takes a closer look at developing trends in the insurance and reinsurance legal marketplace worldwide.

In this section we analyse the findings of our research in greater depth to identify the firms and practitioners who stand out worldwide.

With the benefit of over 14 years of research and tens of thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners, Who’s Who Legal takes a closer look at developing trends in the insurance and reinsurance legal marketplace worldwide.

In this section we analyse the findings of our research in greater depth to identify the firms and practitioners who stand out worldwide.

Who's Who Legal is delighted to publish The International Who's Who of Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers 2010. Our research has revealed 360 experts in 38 jurisdictions who can truly be considered leaders in the feild.

In contrast to most of the rest of the financial world, the insurance industry has experienced a profitable past two years. The storm seasons in the US have been relatively benign, and overall there have been few (widely insured) catastrophes, either natural or man-made.

This chapter features 39 lawyers from 25 firms. Many of the following specialists are experts in coverage litigation; many others deal with corporate advice and regulatory work. However, the diversity of the clients and industries represented by these professionals shows the vibrancy of this discipline in the legal marketplace.

Once again the insurance and reinsurance chapter is one of the largest in Who's Who Legal: Texas with 36 lawyers from 25 firms making the grade.