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Insurance Regulatory: lateral monitor
Lawyers whose work centers on Insurance Regulatory and who changed firm over the last 12 months, set against the Financial Services Regulatory practice and the market.
The last 12 months: November 2025 to October 2026
- 22
- Lateral moves, 12 monthsNovember 2025 to October 2026
- 0.0%
- Year on yearSettled 12-month windows
- 50.0%
- Partner share of moves
- 20
- Firms that hired
What the data show
Sartori & Partners data show 22 lateral moves in Insurance Regulatory from November 2025 to October 2026. Year on year the count held level (22 to 22 on settled windows, 0.0%). That trails the wider market, which moved +9.0%.
| Measure | Here | Financial Services Regulatory | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner share of moves | 50.0% | 47.9% | 27.7% |
| Counsel share of moves (three years) | 13.0% | 13.4% | 12.1% |
| Associate share of moves | 36.4% | 37.6% | 58.5% |
| Moved up a level (three years) | 17.4% | 13.8% | 12.3% |
| Changed city (three years) | 18.5% | 18.3% | 21.6% |
| Hired by firms of 1,000+ lawyers | 68.2% | 66.7% | 53.6% |
| Year on year | flat (0.0%) | rose (+19.6%) | rose (+9.0%) |
12 months to October 2026 unless the row says three years; a row switches to three years for every column when this page's 12-month value is not published. A dash is a value we do not publish. Flat means a change under 5% or inside the noise of the two counts.
Against the Financial Services Regulatory practice as a whole, the widest gap is the share who moved up a level over three years, which is higher here: 17.4% against 13.8%. Year on year it held flat while the Financial Services Regulatory practice as a whole rose.
Over the three years to October 2026, 69 lawyers moved in Insurance Regulatory, 33 of them partners (47.8%). They joined 47 different firms. 17.4% stepped up a level on the move and 18.5% changed city, against 12.3% and 21.6% across the market over the same three years. 60.7% came from firms with 1,000+ lawyers.
- Partner50.0%
- Associate36.4%
This is a partner market: 50.0% of movers were partners, against 27.7% market-wide.
- 1,000+ lawyers60.7%
- 400-999 lawyers23.2%
- under 150 lawyers10.7%
Lateral hires in Insurance Regulatory were spread across 20 firms. Firms in the 1,000+ lawyers class took 68.2% of arrivals, against 53.6% across the market.
There were 33 open roles in Insurance Regulatory on law-firm career pages on November 11, 2026.
For a firm planning a hire in Insurance Regulatory, a flat market means candidates are not being pulled by a wave: the case for a move has to come from the platform.
Deals in Insurance Regulatory
Sartori & Partners data count 22 over the three years to October 2026.
Time to partner in Insurance Regulatory
36 lawyers were promoted to partner in Insurance Regulatory over five years, according to Sartori & Partners data.
The median time from first year of practice to partner is 10.0 years, with the middle half between 9.0 years and 13.0 years, against a market median of 10.0 years. 70.8% made partner within 12 years.
These figures rest on 24 promotions.
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Edition November 2026. Window: November 2025 to October 2026. Source: Sartori & Partners, from public law-firm announcements, firm websites and professional profiles, checked monthly. Methodology. Spot an error? [email protected].
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