Profile: Jan Heuvels

Insurance and Reinsurance

Biography: Insurance & Reinsurance

Jan is head of the reinsurance group at Ince & Co. He specialises in non-marine insurance and reinsurance work with emphasis on complex dispute resolution (litigation, arbitration and ADR) in the international insurance and reinsurance markets, and non-contentious advice work. Jan is regularly consulted on 'corporate risks' by large companies, their captives and their insurers and reinsurers, including claims and coverage issues relating to high-value liability, property and business interruption claims. Reported cases include Bonner v Cox 2005 EWCA Civ 1512; KCM v Coromin & Ors and Swiss Re & Ors 2006 EWCA Civ 5; Coromin v Axa Re & Ors [2007] EWHC 2818 (Comm); and Equitas v Allstate [2008] EWHC 1671.

Jan has strong industry links with the London and international insurance markets including Germany (Jan is a member of the Hamburg Bar), Bermuda, the US, Scandinavia and Australia. Prior to joining Ince & Co, Jan obtained an honours degree in Jurisprudence from Hertford College, Oxford, before working for the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

Jan is the immediate past chair of the insurance committee of the International Bar Association (IBA). He is a regular speaker at conferences and contributor to publications, and a member of the Insurance Institute of London and the British Insurance Law Association.

Jan has a "fantastic reputation", Legal 500, 2008. He is also "hugely energetic and proactive" and "moves quickly and assertively while listening to the client, and peers admit that he really gets results", Chambers & Partners, 2008.