Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog

Policies sold through Lloyd’s of London present distinct jurisdictional challenges. Unlike policies sold by a single insurance company, Lloyd’s policies are sold through a marketplace in which risks are underwritten by syndicates composed of individual investors known as “Names.” A single syndicate may include dozens—or even more than a thousand—Names.

Hunton commercial litigators and insurance recovery lawyers teamed up to address the intricacies of snap removal – a strategy being employed by insurers and other litigants with increasing frequency.  The technique is designed to defeat the forum-defendant rule that permits a plaintiff to bring its case in state court when suing a defendant in the defendant’s own home state.  However, some courts to confront this maneuver have rejected its use, disallowing a savvy defendant to effect an end-run on the forum-defendant rule by promptly removing a state court lawsuit before an ...