Company Secretary

Mark joined the Board in April 2007 and is a partner at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP.

He is the co-chair of the Reinsurance Practice Group and, as a specialist in reinsurance litigation, has handled a number of significant disputes both in the High Court and in arbitration.

Whilst the majority of his clients are in run-off, Mark also represents clients in the live market.

In recent years, Mark has obtained a number of awards in arbitrations for various clients, including members of major underwriting pools.

In particular, he has achieved two awards on two separate issues relating to recoverability of claims, which are of significant importance to the market but which have never been addressed by the courts. He has also obtained awards for reinsurers successfully denying coverage of claims presented and obtaining payment of premium due but not paid.

Mark has obtained a number of significant awards for insolvent companies in run-off that have enhanced the level of dividends payable to creditors. Further, a number of the awards that he has obtained for clients have contributed to the successful acceleration of their run-offs and/or the closure of their schemes.

He has recently been working on a number of arbitrations in London both for domestic and non-domestic clients, advising clients on reinsurance recovery strategy in relation to various books of business, and he is also providing reinsurance advice on a major solvent scheme.