EC3\Legal News

UK Insurers Ponder Implications of Premium Tax Increase

The unexpected announcement in UK Chancellor George Osborn’s budget, which would raise the Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) from 6 percent to 9.5 percent starting in November, poses a problem for UK-based insurers. David Coupe, a partner in EC3\Legal, said: “The …

U.K.’s EC3\Legal Appoints Schrauwers as Chairman

London-based EC3\Legal* has announced that highly respected insurance industry figure, Cees Schrauwers, has joined the company as chairman. Schrauwers, who has more than 35 years’ financial services experience, is a former managing director of Aviva International and managing director of …