Insurance & Reinsurance: lateral market monitor

From November 2025 to October 2026, Sartori & Partners recorded 672 lateral moves in Insurance & Reinsurance, 4.8% of all lateral moves we tracked. On settled windows the count went from 643 to 659 (+2.5%), which we read as flat. It fell behind the market's own change of +9.0%.

Partners account for 30.5% of movers, near the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 165 to 189 (+14.5%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. A step up in title came with 16.5% of moves (market 12.9%).

237 firms hired at least one lateral in Insurance & Reinsurance in the window. Ten firms account for 31.9% of arrivals, against 12.9% across the market: concentrated. First on the hiring table is Kennedys Law, with arrivals in the 21-40 band.

By city, New York comes first (13.2% of arrivals), then London (6.8%). A change of city came with 17.8% of moves (market 20.5%).

3.1% of moves came as part of a group, against 1.5% market-wide. Over the last 6 months, 31 lawyers left for an in-house role: 8.9 for every 100 lateral moves, against 13.1 market-wide.

For a firm planning a hire in Insurance & Reinsurance, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.