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Rocco Pirozzolo named as one of Lawdragon’s 100 Global Leaders in Litigation Finance 2026

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Lawdragon’s seventh global litigation finance guide honours what it calls “the best in the world at assessing the potential of attaining a successful outcome in a dispute and monetising it”. We are delighted to announce that Rocco Pirozzolo, our managing director and underwriting director, has been named as one of Lawdragon’s 100 Global Leaders in Litigation Finance for […]

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Rocco Pirozzolo interviewed by Insurance Business UK on how insurers assess litigation risk

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Harbour Underwriting’s managing director and underwriting director, Rocco Pirozzolo, was recently interviewed by Insurance Business UK on how underwriters assess commercial cases and the challenges of doing so at an early stage of a dispute. The piece, titled “Underwriting the unknown”, explores the tension between the legal and underwriting thresholds when assessing whether a case […]

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Rocco Pirozzolo attends Lady Chief Justice’s lecture on unjust enrichment and the law of restitution

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Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, delivered a thought-provoking lecture at Queens’ College Cambridge on one of private law’s most contested questions: is there a unifying theory of unjust enrichment and restitution? Rocco Pirozzolo attended and reports on a talk that offered a fresh perspective on that question. The Lady […]

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If funding costs deserve recovery, so do adverse costs insurance premiums

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The Civil Justice Council’s recommendation that third party funding costs should be recoverable in exceptional circumstances raises an important question: if that principle is accepted, why should adverse costs insurance premiums be treated any differently? In this article, Rocco Pirozzolo suggests that these funding costs and premiums should be considered within the same framework. A […]

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Harbour Underwriting renews charity partnerships with Advocate and Support Through Court

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Harbour Underwriting is delighted to continue its support of legal charities Advocate and Support Through Court in 2026 In 2025, we enjoyed successful charity partnerships with Advocate and Support Through Court, with highlights including Harbour Underwriting sponsoring Advocate’s Carols for Pro Bono at Temple Church, Inner Temple on Tuesday 16 December and Support Through Court […]

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Harbour Underwriting, Rocco Pirozzolo and Macella Wan all ranked in Chambers and Partners’ Litigation Support Guide 2025

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Harbour Underwriting and Rocco Pirozzolo are ranked in Band 1 for the third successive year, and Macella Wan achieves her first ranking in the guide, in Band 2 Chambers and Partners is one of the leading ranking guides and serves as a benchmark of excellence for the legal profession and the industries that support it, […]

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