Cains' insurance practice acts on a broad array on insurance and pension matters, with a range of experience across the team in regulatory compliance, litigation, and corporate and commercial law. The highly experienced Tristan Head provides comprehensive insurance advice in the context of corporate transactions, many of which are multi-jurisdictional, and Scott Leonard-Morgan leads on insurance asset management and transfers. Richard Kniveton joined the firm in September 2024.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team at Cains is commercially minded, pragmatic and quite accustomed to working collaboratively with banks, overseas lawyers, accountants and the various other parties usually involved in complex multijurisdictional transactions.'
- 'Tristan Head and Scott Leonard-Morgan are very experienced in large corporate insurance transactions and accustomed to providing insurance regulatory advice on a diverse range of issues that come up from time to time.'
Key clients
- Isle of Man Assurance Limited
- Friends Provident International Limited
- Pender Mutual Insurance Company Limited
Work highlights
Acting for Isle of Man Assurance Limited on all legal and regulatory aspects concerned with the sale of its long-term wealth business to International Financial Group Limited.
Advising and representing Friends Provident International Limited in defending a multi-claimant action filed in the Isle of Man High Court by 336 claimants seeking damages for alleged implied misrepresentation and breaches of duty arising from the issue of certain financial products.
Acting for the Friends Provident International Limited, as defendant, in alleged secret commissions claim involving over 300 claimants.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Tristan Head
Other key lawyers
Scott Leonard-Morgan; Richard Kniveton