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Provided by Rocco Pirozzolo
Rocco has been the underwriting director of Harbour Underwriting Limited since its incorporation in 2016. He is also its managing director.
Rocco is a solicitor who has spent over two decades developing and providing insurance for a wide variety of legal disputes brought around the world. Apart from being a seasoned underwriter, he has also been a director in the investment team of Harbour Litigation Funding and so has vast experience of complex litigation risks.
Rocco is one of the leading figures in the dispute resolution community. Since 2003, he has served on numerous forums and Working Parties of the Civil Justice Council, a statutory body responsible for overseeing and modernising the civil justice system. He has also been the Chair of The Association of British Insurers’ Legal Expenses Committee.
Rocco is the general editor of The Law Society’s Litigation Funding Handbook and the author of several of chapters, including that on dispute insurance. He is co-author of the chapter on legal expenses insurance in the practitioners’ textbook Friston on Costs.
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Rocco is commercial, responsive, practical and unfalteringly reasonable to deal with. He is very good at making sure you stay aligned. My first port of call.
Rocco is a stalwart in the industry; he is a gentleman and a man of his word. He gets on with the job and doesn't complain even if it isn't easy. At every turn he was incredibly professional.
Rocco is fantastic. He is detail-oriented but not risk-averse: an underwriter with a lot of experience who is keen to write risks and is very collaborative with the market.
Rocco is at all times helpful, knowledgeable and supportive, while maintaining a realistic view of prospects and outcomes.
Rocco is commercial, responsive, practical and unfalteringly reasonable to deal with. He is very good at making sure you stay aligned. My first port of call.
Rocco is a stalwart in the industry; he is a gentleman and a man of his word. He gets on with the job and doesn't complain even if it isn't easy. At every turn he was incredibly professional.
Rocco is fantastic. He is detail-oriented but not risk-averse: an underwriter with a lot of experience who is keen to write risks and is very collaborative with the market.
Rocco is at all times helpful, knowledgeable and supportive, while maintaining a realistic view of prospects and outcomes.