Insurance Coverage: lateral monitor

In the Sartori & Partners lateral record, 417 lawyers joined a new firm in Insurance Coverage from November 2025 to October 2026. Year on year, on windows that end a month early, the count eased 12.3% (478 to 419). The market as a whole moved +9.0%, so this flow lagged it.

Over the three years to October 2026, 1,326 lawyers moved in Insurance Coverage, 394 of them partners (29.7%). They joined 305 different firms. 14.6% stepped up a level on the move and 17.8% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 37.5% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.

Partners account for 32.4% of movers, near the market's 27.7%. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 142 to 129 (-9.2%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. 18.0% of movers stepped up a level when they changed firm, against 12.9% for the market.

140 firms hired at least one lateral in Insurance Coverage in the window. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 36.8% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. Clyde & Co ranks first by lateral arrivals, in the 21-40 band.

New York ranks first among destination cities with 18.0% of arrivals, followed by Chicago (7.7%). 18.2% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

Group moves were 1.4% of the total (market 1.5%).

There were 249 open roles in Insurance Coverage on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.

For a firm planning a hire in Insurance Coverage, a quieter market means fewer competing processes but also fewer people already in motion: plan on direct approach.

Sartori & Partners data count 165 dated deals in Insurance Coverage in the 12 months to October 2026 and 479 over the three years to October 2026.

Disputes & investigations work is involved in 98.3% of them.

By client industry, Insurance comes first with 62.6%.

Clyde & Co ranks first among advising firms over the period, in the 21-40 band.