Jan Heuvels
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Work Department
Insurance and reinsurance group
Position
Jan heads up Ince & Co’s reinsurance group and is the managing partner of the firm’s Hamburg office. He divides his time between London and Hamburg. Jan joined the firm in 1993; he specialises in a wide variety of non-marine insurance and reinsurance work with emphasis on complex dispute resolution (litigation, arbitration and ADR) as well as non-contentious work and run-off solutions. Reported cases include Bonner v Cox [2005] EWCA Civ 15 12, KCM v Coromin & Others and Swiss Re & Others [2006] EWCA Civ 5, Coromin v Axa Re & Others 120071 EWHC 28 18 and Equitas v Allstate [2008] EWHC 1671. Jan is regularly consulted on ‘corporate risks’ by large companies, their captives and their/reinsurers including claims and coverage issues relating to high value liability, property and business interruption claims.
Career
Trained Ince & Co; qualified 1995; partner 2002; regular contributor to a number of publications and conferences including the International Bar Association, British Insurance Law Association, Mealey’s Euroform and IQ on legal and market issues.
Languages
German.
Member
Past chair of the Insurance Committee of the International Bar Association; British Insurance Law Association; Insurance Institute of London Reinsurance Committee.
Education
King’s School, Worcester; Hertford College, Oxford; College of Law, Guildford.
Leisure
Reading, golf, diving, skiing.
Practice Areas
Arbitration, ADR, mediation; Insurance (non-contentious); Litigation - insurance/reinsurance
