Insurance & Reinsurance in Chicago: lateral monitor

In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 38 lawyers joined a new firm in Insurance & Reinsurance in Chicago from November 2025 to October 2026, 5.7% of the practice's moves. On settled windows the count went from 33 to 41 (+24.2%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

Over the three years to October 2026, 106 lawyers moved in Insurance & Reinsurance in Chicago, 32 of them partners (30.2%). They joined 48 different firms. 15.1% stepped up a level on the move and 15.2% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 54.0% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

This is a partner market: 34.2% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide. A step up in title came with 18.4% of moves (market 12.9%).

The 12-month firm table is below our naming threshold, so this part reads the three years to October 2026. Lateral hires in Insurance & Reinsurance in Chicago were spread across 48 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 53.9% of arrivals (12.2% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Clyde & Co ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 11-20 band.

The practice accounts for 6.4% of all lateral moves in Chicago. Over the three years to October 2026, 63.2% of movers came from another firm in Chicago itself.

With volume in Insurance & Reinsurance in Chicago holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.

Sartori & Partners data count 33 dated deals in Insurance & Reinsurance in Chicago in the 12 months to October 2026 and 96 over the three years to October 2026.

M&A work is involved in 36.5% of them and Disputes & investigations in 31.2%.

By client industry, Insurance comes first with 86.5%.

Sidley Austin ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 21-40 band.

Over the three years to October 2026, Insurance Coverage was involved in 72.6% of moves in Insurance & Reinsurance in Chicago.