Providing one of the most extensive suites of litigation insurance products in the market, Ignite Specialty Risk is lauded by clients for its ‘impressively innovative underwriting approach’ and its ’outstanding availability and responsiveness’. Well regarded for its ‘collaboration and commercial acumen’, the firm is regularly engaged by a host of leading law firms, funders, and brokers for its capabilities across after-the-event (ATE), capital protection (CPI), judgment preservation (JPI) and portfolio insurance solutions. ’Accessible, pragmatic, commercial and approachable’, co-founder Jamie Molloy, who heads the ATE practice, has over 20 years’ experience underwriting litigation risk. His practice focuses on underwriting complex commercial disputes, collective actions and appellate litigation, including High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal proceedings, with experience across group litigation, competition damages claims and policyholder coverage disputes progressing to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Co-founder David Green, Chief Underwriting Officer, is responsible for risk assessment and pricing, policy and wording development and claims management. Ben Lim is the firm’s Portfolio Manager and Technical Underwriter with 15+ years’ post-qualification experience as a solicitor. Other key figures in the London office include Technical Underwriter, Matthew Evans, a former litigation portfolio manager who has more than 15 years’ experience in commercial and financial disputes; Angus Eames, a Technical Underwriter responsible for assessing and underwriting new applications across Ignite’s full litigation insurance product suite; and Amy Rothbarth, a Technical Underwriter and former restructuring and insolvency associate with experience in commercial disputes and insurance litigation.
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Key clients
- Erso Capital Factor Risk Management Arthur J. Gallagher Willis Tower Watson Lionfish Capital Austen Hays (Gateley) Marsh The Judge Taylor Wessing
Work highlights
Provided $106 million of coverage within a $500 million insurance tower for an international claimant law firm headquartered in London, taking a leading role in structuring, underwriting, and pricing what has been recognised as the largest litigation funding deal in history.
Provided four insurance policies covering capital, own costs, adverse costs, and insolvency risks to support a £50 million+ data breach group claim in the English High Court on behalf of 12,000 users of the dating app Grindr, enabling this pioneering and sensitive privacy action to proceed.
Provided insurance coverage for 13 active litigation cases following the insolvency of ISG, a major construction company holding over £1 billion in government contracts, enabling the administrators to de‑risk claims worth over £30 million and secure unexpected recoveries for creditors.
Practice head
David Green; Jamie Molloy; Byron Sumner