Insurance

BTG Legal has over 50 years of expertise in advising insurance clients.

A large team of Professionals is fully dedicated to insurance and reinsurance, focused on dispute resolution, regulatory, cross border transactions and insurance finance.

Regarding dispute resolution, we assist clients in handling complex and sizeable disputes in the pre-contentious phase and throughout all the dispute resolution procedures, mediation, ADR/arbitration, court litigation (including before the Supreme Court).

Regarding regulatory matters, we provide assistance to domestic and foreign operators throughout the whole business chain (authorization process, corporate governance, product development, distribution, special transactions).

We use to monitor the market and to keep clients abreast of any development in the Italian legislation applicable to insurance companies.

We have considerable experience in assembling teams with specialised skills as well as multi-jurisdictional teams for specific cross-border issues.

The Firm has in-depth expertise in the following sectors:

Financial Lines

The Firm provides assistance in financial lines and D&O disputes on behalf of insurers and reinsurers.

Professional Indeminity

BTG Legal has provided professional indemnity advice for more than 50 years. We have managed numerous matters of all values and complexities.

Liability of Financial Intermediaries

BTG Legal has resolved numerous matters of all values and complexities concerning financial intermediary liability.

Medical Negligence / Healthcare

Our Professionals has a deep experience of medmal cases.

Cyber Risk

Our Professionals have acquired a deep experience about cyber risk issues.

Product Liability

Our Professionals advises insurers and reinsurers on complex cases of alleged product liability concerning a wide range of sectors.

General Liability

The Firm provides assistance in GL disputes on behalf of insurers and reinsurers, as well as public and private bodies.

Marine

The Firm has a bespoke and consolidated tradition in the marine and transport legal sector, assisting cargo, hull and P&I insurers in claims and arrest actions through the Italian territory

Life Products and Complex

We have extensive experience advising insurers, reinsurers and financial institutions when writing new types of business.

Policy Wording Revisions, Coverage

Our Firm assists regularly various Italian and foreign insurance companies in drafting and/or reviewing policy wording and general conditions of insurance.

Insurance Intermediation

The Firm advises, on regularly basis, insurance intermediaries acting in Italy on distribution agreements and insurance mediation issues.

Credit And Political Risks, Surety

The Firm assists Italian and foreign primary insurers in consulting and advising coverage issues related to credit risk as well as in disputes against their assureds or third parties.

Regulatory

We advise on domestic and cross-border insurance regulations, conduct of business including regulation of general insurance, life assurance and reinsurance companies.

Run Off Portfolios, Legacy and Commutations

The Firm assists Italian and foreign insurance companies and funds in the context of run off portfolios transfers.