OUR PEOPLE / JAN HEUVELS

Jan HeuvelsPartner, London
jan.heuvels@incelaw.com
+44 (0) 20 7481 0010

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 having graduated with a law degree from Hertford College, Oxford and following a work placement with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

Jan became a Partner in 2002 and has a broad international insurance practice with strong industry links in the London and international insurance markets including Germany (he is a member of the Hamburg Bar), Bermuda, the United States, Scandinavia and Australia. He is a past-chair of the Insurance Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) and a member of the Insurance Institute of London (IIL) and the British Insurance Law Association (BILA).

Jan is "an immensely well-regarded non-marine insurance and reinsurance practitioner, often seen leading on a large number of the group's most significant matters" Chambers & Partners, 2009.

Insurance & Reinsurance

Jan heads Ince & Co's Reinsurance Group. 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. 1512; KCM v Coromin & Others and Swiss Re & Others [2006] EWCA Civ. 5; Coromin v Axa Re & Others [2007] EWHC 2818 (Comm.); Equitas v Allstate [2008] EWHC 1671.

Jan is regularly consulted on ‘corporate risks’ by large companies, their captives and their re/insurers including claims and coverage issues relating to high value liability, property and business interruption claims.