Nicola Anthony - Lockton

Nicola specialises in mitigating the risks facing financial and professional firms. Her diverse career experience assists her in delivering comprehensive risk management support and innovative risk transfer solutions for law firms. She has particular expertise in Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance and Anti Money Laundering.

Before joining Lockton Nicola worked for a global insurance broker, providing risk management support and guidance to top 100 law firms. She was a Regulatory Supervision Manager at a legal regulator, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC). During which time she was a member of the Legal Sector Affinity Group and attended meetings which discussed the implementation and transposition of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 and the Legal Sector Guidance that followed.

Her experience allows her to inform clients on key risk areas such as Anti Money Laundering and other emerging risks, as well as working with clients and prospects to find bespoke solutions to ensure they remain compliant with the latest regulations affecting the legal sector.

Brian Boehmer - Lockton

Brian is a founding Partner at Lockton and is responsible for our UK National Professional and Financial Lines Practice, with offices in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Manchester and Glasgow.

Throughout his 23 plus years with the business he has specialised in providing Professional Indemnity Insurance solutions across all professions. With the last 14 or so years dedicated almost entirely to the legal Profession of England and Wales.

In addition to managing a portfolio of clients, he has a leading role in negotiations with insurers. As such has a wealth of experience in structuring and administrating group insurance solutions.

Jay Bowey - QBE

Jay Bowey is the Underwriting Manager in the financial lines team at QBE. Currently leading the UK 1:10 portfolio, she has been underwriting solicitors PII at every sector of the profession since the start of the open market in 2000.

Joe Bryant - Beale & Co

Joe specialises in defending lawyers and insurance brokers (and their London market insurers) against claims for professional negligence and has an established client base including some of the largest legal and insurance firms both in the UK and internationally.

He advises on the full spectrum of issues facing the legal and broking professions, from M&A lawyers facing complex corporate and tax litigation on the one hand, through to Lloyds brokers having to deal with disputed declinatures and Insurance Act interpretation on the other. He is routinely instructed by the insurance market to act for its policy holders in resolving their disputes, as well as providing coverage advice on policy interpretation.

Emma Dimbylow - Teal Compliance

Emma qualified as a solicitor in 2001, initially specialising in Commercial Litigation before moving into risk and compliance in 2007. Since then, she's worked as a COLP and MLRO and led risk & compliance teams for a number of national law firms, most recently as a Director/Head of Legal Practice for a large Alternative Business Structure. Emma has been with Teal since 2021 and was appointed as Chief Operating Officer in 2022.

Expertise

Emma is passionate about helping lawyers achieve a culture of compliance through a commercially-focussed and pragmatic approach which aligns with business objectives. She's gained wide experience in establishing and managing risk and compliance frameworks within the legal services sector and interacting with regulators to protect firms’ interests. Emma has also implemented quality frameworks within multi-office national firms including Lexcel, CQS and ISO 9001. She is experienced in managing the compliance aspects of law firm mergers and acquisitions, and has a particular interest in data protection. Emma brings many years of management experience with a strong foundation in leadership, coaching and operational strategy to her role as Chief Operating Officer at Teal. Alongside her operational and legal expertise, she holds a qualification in counselling skills which enhances her ability to build trust, foster collaboration and lead the team with a people-first approach.

Career Highlights

Emma has been fortunate to work with a diverse range of firms and colleagues. Her commercial and litigation experience has leant itself well to a rewarding career in management roles within the risk and compliance field, but the highlight is undoubtedly taking all of those experiences to help build a great team and client service at Teal.

Elizabeth Rimmer - Lawcare

LawCare is the mental health charity for the legal sector across the UK, offering free, confidential emotional support, peer support, and information to people working and training in law. LawCare also advocates for better working practices in law to support mental health, and actively leads cultural transformation through education, training, and research.

Elizabeth has been managing and developing charities in the mental health sector for over 20 years. She joined LawCare in 2014. Elizabeth started her working life as a solicitor specialising in clinical negligence, practicing at Leigh Day. Elizabeth is Co Chair of the Helplines Partnership (national body for support and advice helplines) and a member of the International Bar Association’s Professional Wellbeing Commission and chairs the Commission’s regulatory and ethics workstream group.

Helen Rowlands - Clyde & Co

Helen Rowlands is a Partner in Clyde & Co’s Lawyers’ Defence, Regulatory, Disciplinary and Investigations Team. She has over 20 years’ experience of defending law firms in malpractice disputes. Helen’s practice focuses on complex and high value claims against magic circle and other international law firms, and she has defended a wide range of claims, including those involving structured finance, pensions, tax, property, litigation, contract, and trust issues. Helen also has experience of advising on risk management and disciplinary issues involving law firms. She has published articles in Commercial Litigation Journal, New Law Journal and Solicitors Journal, and speaks regularly on professional liability and risk management issues.

Neil Shah - Mills & Reeve

With over 15 years’ experience in PI, Neil specialises in high value/complex solicitors PI (defence and coverage). He is a professional indemnity partner in Mills & Reeve London office. He has also undertaken three London Market client secondments where he has claims handled a broad range of Solicitors PI notifications for A-Rated Insurers. He has worked on solicitors’ PI schemes with specialist Insurers/Brokers from trainee level and has handled solicitors claims from ‘cradle to the grave’. He has successfully litigated/resolved complex multi-party claims against lawyers and underlying Counsel. He is commercially focused and puts his clients at the heart of everything he does.

Lisa Taylor - Mills & Reeve

Lisa joined Mills & Reeve in 2005 and is a professional indemnity partner in Mills & Reeve London office. Lisa is regularly instructed by insurers and their insured clients to defend and resolve professional negligence claims. She has extensive experience in dealing with claims against all types of professionals, but her focus is on defending law firms and legal professionals. The claims Lisa deals with are often high value, multi-party and have complex issues and she has extensive experience of successful resolution of claims through ADR / mediation.

Sarah White - HDI

Sarah White is the Underwriting Manager and Head of Law firms PI in the Professional Liability team at HDI Global Specialty. Sarah's repsonsible for the whole portfolio of law firms ranging from small and medium sized firms to large international and US law firms. Sarah has been underwriting law firms’ PI for more than 15 years.